Example sentences of "[vb mod] so far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus there is generally a presumption that business agreements are intended to be legally binding , and the courts generally accept an element of imprecision in business agreements so that " the dealings of men may so far as possible be treated as effective and that the law may not incur the reproach of being the destroyer of bargains " ( per Lord Tomlin in Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 , at p499 ) . |
| 2 | The first is a simple reflection of the common view that one person should so far as possible be entitled to tell another person to mind his own business . |
| 3 | ‘ The first is a simple reflection of the common view that one person should so far as possible be entitled to tell another person to mind his own business . |
| 4 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 , ’ |
| 5 | The 1986 Manual also reported that ‘ The Treasury have directed that the format ( rather than the content ) of the annual accounts of all public sector bodies ( i.e. including Health Authorities ) should so far as possible follow that of the private sector ’ ( para 3 , Ch 1 ) . |
| 6 | What the ordinary man most wanted of the State was that it should so far as possible leave him alone . |
| 7 | ( c.26 ) " Since the kingdom consists of different regions , officers of the first , second , and indeed any rank should so far as possible be picked from different regions , so that [ men from ] the various regions should be able to come to the palace with a greater sense of knowing their way around ( familiarius ) since they would know that men who were from the same kin-group ( genealogia ) or the same region held a place there . " |
| 8 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 " . |
| 9 | Accordingly , the draftsman should so far as possible ensure that the plan is accurate . |
| 10 | The procedure is very like that operating in the county courts despite the provisions of the rules of procedure which state that tribunals ‘ shall so far as appears … appropriate seek to avoid formality in its proceedings ’ and the absence of formal rules relating to the admissibility of evidence . |
| 11 | ( 8 ) A recognised body shall so far as possible ensure that its members comply with this Rule and Rule 6 . ’ |
| 12 | R.5(8) provides that a recognised body shall so far as possible ensure that its shareholders comply with Rs.5 and 6 ( R.6 makes provision with respect to mental health ) . |
| 13 | ( 8 ) A recognised body shall so far as possible ensure that its members comply with this Rule and Rule 6 . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) A recognised body shall not enter in its register of members any person until that person has submitted a Compensation Fund covenant to the Council and shall so far as possible ensure that all beneficial owners of any shares submit such a covenant to the Council . |
| 15 | In time of war , persons for the time being residing or doing business in an enemy country , whatever their nationality or domicile , are disabled from suing in the English Courts ; but , if sued here , they will so far as possible be given an opportunity of defending themselves . |