Example sentences of "[vb -s] as far as " in BNC.

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1 All that matters as far as the law is concerned is , did you buy the goods from a shop ?
2 That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned .
3 She has as far as pictures are concerned Rich .
4 Difference bands behave exactly like the corresponding combination bands as far as symmetry selection rules , band contours and polarization are concerned .
5 My Boss says as far as he 's concerned a crêche is a motor accident in Kelvinside and any self respecting woman should have a good man to take care of her so its only pinmoney anyway and that 's bound to come out in the attitude .
6 She says as far as pensioners are concerned some will get hypothermia .
7 A spokesman for one of the giant supermarket chains stocking Turtle food , says as far as they 're concerned , there 's plenty of nutritional value in their pizzas .
8 What happens as far as patients in hospital are concerned Ann when it comes to an election ?
9 And I think there 's a big difference between you talking about what happens as far as forestry is concerned and actually what some of the logging companies are up to .
10 No significant differences ( χ 2 test ) were found between the two subgroups as far as index polyp number , size , histotype , or degree of dysplasia were concerned .
11 Most of the other 10 queens are on European thrones , but the thin blue-blooded line reaches as far as Queen Aishwarya of Nepal , and Queen Mata-aho of Tonga .
12 On particularly clear days ( the locals will tell you that midwinter provides the best of them ) the view reaches as far as the Vosges in France and Switzerland 's Jura .
13 The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland .
14 The radiation that strikes the Earth — or at least gets as far as the outer atmosphere — is of two main kinds .
15 Gets as far as this : Migration of Sperms : ‘ Approximately 400 million sperms are present in each ejaculation … if only 10 per cent of the sperms reach the cervical canal a total of approximately 40 million sperms will have reached this favourable haven .
16 If the model only gets as far as being on its side and then starts to fall , apply opposite lateral cyclic to roll out and back stick to recover .
17 HOW 'S ABOUT FAT , THEN : The Duchess gets as far as raising a leg but then decides exercise is just too much effort and takes the rest of the sunbathing session lying down
18 If it gets as far as a decision , it will prove the leading case for some time on the thorny issue of what duty regulators owe the customers of the regulated .
19 The deck layout integrates as far as possible all functions , with all the control lines led unobtrusively to self-tailing winches via channels on the deck .
20 Most of these bars have live music , and all have staggered happy hours ( or is it happy stagger hour ? ! ) , so with a bit of forward planning we make sure your budget goes as far as possible .
21 It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized .
22 Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends .
23 Armstrong even goes as far as asking ‘ is it not conceivable that the whole of syntax and semantics should have been innate so that all mankind spoke the one , wired-in , nonconventional language ? ’ ( 1971 : 437 ) .
24 And Monachesi ( 1960 , p.49 ) goes as far as to say that ‘ The reader will find proposed in his essay practically all of the important reforms in the administration of criminal justice and in penology which have been achieved in the civilised world since 1764 ’ .
25 Lastly , the United Nations Convention of 1986 on Conditions for the Registration of Ships , which no member state has yet signed , even goes as far as expressly to confer on states party thereto the right to choose between the criterion of the nationality of the owner and the criterion of the nationality or place of residence of the crew ( see articles 7 , 8 and 9 , and Annex I to the Commission 's written observations in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) .
26 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
27 We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability .
28 We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability .
29 But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing .
30 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
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