Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the twenty States listed in the Table , thirteen are parties to the more recent Hague Convention of 1965 which does not involve the abrogation of the earlier bilateral Conventions but has in practice superseded them so far as the United Kingdom is concerned . |
| 2 | And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs . |
| 3 | Oh I I as far as we 're concerned er the when bit is if you were are available er now we could even put you on this Thursday . |
| 4 | It er I I mean I as far as I 'm concerned it 's er extremely difficult to get people to er come to social events . |
| 5 | He used to say that he did not want to listen to a man like Beethoven , whose stormy music told his hearers all about himself and his troubles , but rather to hear the pure beauty of musical form , which so far as he was concerned reached its acme in Mozart 's classical perfection . |
| 6 | Part of the three-year letter of intent went so far as to say — this is quite astonishing that for an initial period , which as far as I can recollect was never defined , British Rail should subsidise bus services because buses were being substituted for trains . |
| 7 | The object sought is an ever more accurate understanding of Community legal texts and an interpretation which as far as possible ensures harmony between national and Community provisions . |
| 8 | On the day he left , Gould wrote to Captain Washington at the Royal Geographical Society , announcing proudly , ‘ I shall have many novelties to add to science as well as to communicate a great deal respecting their habits since I have already obtained the nests and eggs of 60 species not one of which as far as I am aware have been described . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 10 | Yet even though Daniel had spread himself as far as he could , including making himself a primitive chapel out of an east-facing bedroom , there was still a good deal of vicarage left over . |
| 11 | Lorton raised himself as far as he could . |
| 12 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |
| 13 | The roofs were most often not their own : long since , the community had drawn in from its perimeter , sharing its water , its food and its warmth , and distancing itself so far as might be from the walls and the thud of the cannon . |
| 14 | In addition , the new knowledge about economic and demographic change in the past has suggested that it is urgent to reconsider several aspects of the received wisdom about the industrial revolution , notably the assumptions made by contemporaries about declining marginal returns in agriculture ; changes in the occupational structure of the English labour force before and during the industrial revolution ; and , more generally , the viability of the concept itself so far as it connotes a unitary and progressive phenomenon . |
| 15 | It is important that this potentially very valuable approach safeguards itself so far as possible against misinterpretation : in particular , that the content of religious belief does not really matter , that knowledge of religious tradition is unimportant , and that any opinions and beliefs are acceptable so long as they are sincerely held . |
| 16 | Fortunately you have a chancre which has appeared soon , and this means that the system has an opportunity to right itself as far as it can , having got rid of some of the trouble . |
| 17 | The land folded in on itself as far as you could see — green and brown hillsides sinking down in repetition , marked by the dark masses of trees and hedges . |
| 18 | If time permits , we would be happy to accommodate you as far as we can . |
| 19 | If you did , the police would get involved , and that 's the last thin– anyone wants 'cause the pimps terrify you as far as the police are concerned . |
| 20 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
| 21 | ‘ The princes are no longer seen in the gardens , child — none as far as I know has had sight or sound of them for several weeks . |
| 22 | But none as far as I know is a homicidal maniac . |
| 23 | The issue would appear to be a novel one so far as the researches of counsel go . |
| 24 | The design point is a good one so far as it goes … |
| 25 | Well , that seems to be everything so far as tomorrow is concerned . |
| 26 | The comparison is a literal one as far as the abbeys and other religious houses in the list of libraries here are concerned . |
| 27 | Rory Scott says roguishly : ‘ She was very sexually attractive and the relationship was not a platonic one as far as I was concerned but it remained that way . |
| 28 | Since literature , whatever else it might be , is undoubtedly a form of communication , this development is obviously an extremely important one as far as literary studies are concerned . |
| 29 | all that 's been disclosed is one as far as I know , erm your Lordship can see that I at some stage need to have a look at them , er before I complete in any way so I can cross examine Mr er my Lord may I just say this , on the seventeenth of November , that 's two days ago , we asked for the documents of the necessary twelve M P's two days ago |
| 30 | I 'm really sorry , but this has altered everything as far as our plans with you were concerned . |