Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these matters clearly fall within the ‘ good neighbour ’ concept , ’ while others are based on the principle that compensation is not to be paid merely because maximum exploitation has been prevented so long as development of a reasonably remunerative character is allowed . |
| 2 | It is now well recognized that , in so far as survival in the twentieth century is concerned , men rather than women constitute the weaker sex . |
| 3 | It seems to me that the same reasoning can be applied in this case : in so far as compliance with the rules of the E.E.C . |
| 4 | Having regard to the fact that Parliament has not abolished the privilege against self-incrimination Mr. Tully would be entitled to rely on that privilege if but only if and so far as compliance with the order of Buckley J. would provide evidence against him in a criminal trial . |
| 5 | The Durham Cathedral players will only function as protectors of the cathedral and of refugees seeking asylum in so far as others in the drama expect that function from them . |
| 6 | No one doubted that the disqualification remained in force so far as clergymen of the Church of England were concerned but the position of clergymen of the Irish Church remained in doubt until the election of one of them , the Rev. MacManaway , in 1950 . |
| 7 | ‘ He is , in so far as recovery from the operation is concerned . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes the Constitution limits the executive or subordinate local bodies ; sometimes it limits the legislature also , but only so far as amendment of the Constitution itself is concerned ; and sometimes it imposes restrictions upon the legislature which go far beyond this point and forbid it to make laws upon certain subjects or in a certain way or with certain effects . |
| 9 | The jury 's verdict is " final " only so far as punishment by the criminal court is concerned . |
| 10 | They had worked so hard as children in the fields that each field and tree had become a dear presence , especially the hedges . |
| 11 | On the one hand , it is not easy to see who would have been in a position to pay them ; on the other , the incidence of wage assessments fell away steadily as distance from the London region increased . |
| 12 | So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries . |
| 13 | They took one look at him and scampered over the fence as quickly as rats over the timbers of a sinking ship . |
| 14 | Our own days in the palm-frond houses seemed to dwindle as quickly as sand through a sieve . |
| 15 | The bed is old wood and would burn as quickly as stubble in the driest summer . ’ |
| 16 | There is an ancient variant in the Lucan version of the Lord 's Prayer , which is attested as early as Marcion in the second century and reads , ‘ May thy Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us , ’ instead of , ‘ Thy kingdom come . ’ |
| 17 | Most movement is noted from June to September , and nestlings ringed in Sussex have been recovered on the Continent as early as June in the same year . |
| 18 | The middle ground , within which lie most of the current concerns of social anthropology , was increasingly ignored , as far as consideration of the social use of objects is concerned . |
| 19 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |
| 20 | As far as operation of a preserved line is concerned we have practically all the elements necessary . |
| 21 | Her father 's work took him at least as far as Shalstone , Buckinghamshire , and her own work took her as far as Edgcote on the Oxfordshire border . |
| 22 | but when the weather improves we shall , we shall go as far as Harrendle on the bus |
| 23 | The diocese of Salisbury stretches out from Lyme Regis in the south-west ( it even includes a parish in Devon ) almost as far as Swindon in the north , and the eastern boundaries run into Hampshire before they drop down to Poole . |
| 24 | As far as validation of the courses is concerned , this is being undertaken either by the CNAA or by the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester . |
| 25 | The Bosworth Tunnel was completed in April 1813 and the canal was opened as far as Stanford on the main line and Welford at the end of the branch line on 25th May 1813 . |
| 26 | Official efforts to protect the cultivator against an oppressive lord went back at least as far as legislation by the Emperor Leopold I in 1680 ; and in many ways Maria Theresa showed a truer concern for her peasant subjects than her son was ever to do . |
| 27 | At present , the Bartók Quartet have the field to themselves as far as sets of the complete string works are concerned , so these 1974 recordings can be confidently recommended . |
| 28 | As far as Commission of the European Communities v. United Kingdom ( Case C 246/89 ) is concerned , the United Kingdom must be ordered to pay all the costs , including those of the Kingdom of Spain , which intervened in support of the Commission 's conclusions , but with the exception of the costs incurred by Ireland , which intervened in support of the United Kingdom . |
| 29 | The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service ! |
| 30 | For this Scottish cruise the Board stayed with us as far as Tobermory on the Isle of Mull . |