Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All except Lord Diplock ( and in this he positively disagreed ) held that the GLC had to have regard , when making a grant , to the LTE 's obligation to run its operations so far as practicable , on a break-even basis ; so the GLC could make grants to the LTE only to make good unavoidable losses and not to further a particular social policy . |
| 2 | We are , as ever , delighted with the responses we 've had from artists so far and we are currently working with a superb international line-up which includes Alexei Sayle , Spinal Tap ( reforming specially for the show ) , Spitting Image , Julian Clary , Dave Stewart ( performing a specially composed number ) , Jason Donovan ( duetting with Kim Wilde ) , Tom Jones , Roger Daltrey ( with The Chieftains ) , Lisa Stansfield , EMF , Seal , Beverley Craven , Midge Ure , Mica Paris , and , as they say , many many , many more . |
| 3 | The statutory scheme for bankruptcy is to be found in the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency Rules 1986 and has the following main objectives : ( 1 ) to enable the bankrupt 's affairs and dealings to be investigated under the control of the court ; ( 2 ) to provide the statutory machinery for the collection and rateable distribution of the bankrupt 's available assets ( or those assets which ought to form part of his estate ) with a view to satisfying his debts so far as may be practicable ; ( 3 ) to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge . |
| 4 | The important words so far as this appeal is concerned are the words ‘ any enactment or rule of law … restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . ’ |
| 5 | The passing of the Victorian age , significant in so many spheres , brought no great change in this area ; there is no magic in the divide between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries so far as the scope of judicial review is concerned . |
| 6 | About 300 metres of each , I 've torn to make the covers so far but I 'm still doing it because each one has to be the right size and colour-coded by room . |
| 7 | The intention is thus to narrow the matters in dispute between the parties so far as possible and , in theory at least , to give both parties advance notice of what the other case is . |
| 8 | ‘ None of the calls have hit me between the eyes so far as the vital piece of information , but I 'm still hopeful that what we need may be in there , ’ he said . |
| 9 | In freezing temperatures and light snowfall , the enthusiastic and emotional crowd in Sofia heard Bulgaria 's most radical demands so far and called for the ousted leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , to stand trial for fraud and mismanagement . |
| 10 | Their partnership has yielded 14 goals so far and looks capable of keeping Villa in the forefront of the Premier Division title race . |
| 11 | Their partnership has yielded 14 goals so far and looks capable of keeping Villa in the forefront of the Premier Division title race . |
| 12 | The 24-year-old has claimed all three Blades goals so far and is out on his own as the leading candidate for Lineker 's shirt , according to team-mate Ian Bryson . |
| 13 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 14 | She points out that we know little of the differential impact of changing material circumstances on different kinds of tending , and is surely right when she argues that it would be ‘ useful and interesting to discover how long term unemployment alters conjugal roles as far as caring is concerned ’ . |
| 15 | Folk said only trust foreigners as far as th'could see 'em — no further . |
| 16 | In the summary table the tasks are briefly described in words as far as possible . |
| 17 | These were tubed to two bottles of pale green dye which , under weighted pressure , travelled up the lymph channels as far as my lower abdomen , filling the infected nodes , thus making any change in size or behaviour easy to spot on X-ray . |
| 18 | He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him . |
| 19 | The line still represents a real challenge to footplate crews and one of the major attractions as far as enthusiasts are concerned is to hear the engines working under pressure on the slopes of the Rheidol Valley . |
| 20 | Yet they were clearly important considerations as far as the school was concerned . |
| 21 | There are really only two important considerations as far as the desktop publisher is concerned ; is it readable and does it look good . |
| 22 | Consequently , it has been closed off and is out of bounds as far as the Exhilarator goes . ’ |
| 23 | So the regulatory tactic should be to ban the risks consensus defines as unacceptable and to impose ( if necessary ) a duty to limit other risks as far as money allows . |
| 24 | That the king yielded to the resulting complaints of the clergy as far as he did might be explained by his preoccupations in Paris when he could hardly afford serious embarrassment at home ; yet it seems more likely that he recognized the powerful tradition by which the matters in conflict were long deemed to have belonged rightfully to the church . |
| 25 | Our basic goal is to modify both methods as far as we can to reduce these limitations , and then combine both approaches to converge on the linguistic system we hope to describe . |
| 26 | He never had any long-term physical relationships as far as I know . |
| 27 | There are several possible routes to choose — try retracing your steps as far as Suileag . |
| 28 | I got virtually equal marks across arts and sciences for O levels , so making a choice at A level was difficult , but I felt a bit swayed by the fact that people said it 's best to do science subjects as far as jobs and university places go ; it 's difficult to get on to arts courses , but it 's easier to get on to science courses … that 's really why I chose science , ultimately . |
| 29 | Local authorities now support elderly people in their own homes as far as possible , or in the local authority homes in the areas in which they live , so that they may be near to relatives and friends and their old associations . |
| 30 | The trees over Three Island Pond bent to the left with its force , and Creggan saw from the shadows that such ducks as were visible were taking shelter on the lee of the islands , bunching together for warmth and sinking their necks and heads as far as they could into their breast feathers . |