Example sentences of "so far [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We also judge work performance by the quality of the product ( in so far as we can assess this ) and by the work style of the performer . |
| 32 | In so far as we have evidence about regional comparisons , it points to continuities rather than differences . |
| 33 | Seeing value in activities only in so far as we can conceive them retaining it when cut off from the main tides of human affairs , leads to a kind of preciosity and detachment from what excites most human beings which is ultimately impoverishing . |
| 34 | Now so far as we are in a position to judge , the information was reliable . |
| 35 | So far as we know , Ptolemy spent his whole life in Alexandria , which is well north of the Earth 's equator , so that he could not see the stars of the far south . |
| 36 | Personal honour will affect us in so far as we can believe in the man or woman who defends or loses it . |
| 37 | Secondly , in so far as we are concerned with insider dealing , the practice is analysed within the context of financial conglomerates . |
| 38 | So far as we have been able to see people need to be able to identify those social situations which are distinct in their culture . |
| 39 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |
| 40 | And in so far as we can use gender imagery for these things the Logos is a masculine principle … . |
| 41 | True he was not , so far as we know , misogynist : there is evidence to the contrary . |
| 42 | He did not , so far as we know , see the necessity for structural change to remedy the oppression that women were under . |
| 43 | Certainly , so far as we can see , he took no steps to promote the interests of his younger son , apart from not insisting that he take the cross . |
| 44 | So far as we are aware this process was not formally instituted , nor have such visits been mounted once a school has achieved project status . |
| 45 | We do indeed manipulate and control our surroundings , in so far as we can , by way of things as causal rather than as effects . |
| 46 | So far as we can be aware the infant , in its earliest stages , can not distinguish between " self " and " non-self " , or between its own perceptions and sensations and the phenomena which trigger them . |
| 47 | Studying the semantic features of texts is inevitably rather an intuitive business , and in so far as we can quantify such features at all , it often seems best to attach them to grammatical labels ( eg " colour adjectives " , " adverbials of place " ) , and to use some arbitrary standard of measurement , such as number of words . |
| 48 | He was the first person , so far as we know , to record the fact that the tentacles of the common sundew are capable of movement . |
| 49 | Then , holding everything else constant so far as we can , we form a judgement about what will most probably happen . |
| 50 | The argument is that we or others have made mistakes in the past or would make them in circumstances which , so far as we can tell , are not relevantly different from our present circumstances . |
| 51 | Only 225 boys were interviewed and their results , while interesting ( and , so far as we know , possibly unique ) , will be mentioned only briefly . |
| 52 | On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know . |
| 53 | The hearing began on 29 June at which time , so far as we knew , W. 's condition was stable or deteriorating only slowly , although there had been some further loss of weight . |
| 54 | It is perhaps fortunate from our point of view that we can pin ourselves , in so far as we are talking about an inset , to the actual deposit copy of Ryedale District Council , when they did get the matter right , but no body apart from them , sir , did so . |
| 55 | ‘ So far as we know . ’ |
| 56 | On Oswiu 's death , so far as we know , the succession passed peacefully to his son , Ecgfrith , but concern for what would happen on the death of Ecgfrith is likely to have been acute . |
| 57 | So far as we know , the IMHV in the chick is a bit like the ‘ association cortex ’ in mammals — a region of the brain where inputs from many different sense systems converge and presumably become integrated . |
| 58 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 59 | The problem with it , so far as we can see , is that if the political system is democratic and the state is relatively neutral then how is it that anyone could use the system in such a way as to ensure that it permanently advantaged them to the exclusion of other actors and interests in the system ? |
| 60 | So far as we know , Jesus never spoke in tongues . |