Example sentences of "so far as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that does not simply mean Walker 's case but the law , whatever it might be , that the English court would apply in the absence of the Act of 1976 in the light of all relevant authorities including decisions , so far as helpful , of other Commonwealth jurisdictions . |
| 2 | So far as practical consequences are concerned , we need still to bear in mind how far this falls short of a general protection in rem ; difficulty , as always , would arise in proving the bad faith of the possessor . |
| 3 | We have no intention to emigrate so far as present plans are concerned . |
| 4 | Thus , in so far as middle-class women are more likely to perceive the low status of the housewife role , they are more likely than their working-class sisters to be dissatisfied with it . |
| 5 | These mechanics for transfer are strictly not dealt with through the post but the Filing and Record Department which is at Room 81 , Royal Courts of Justice , London WC2A 2LL although it is prepared to make an exception provided all of the documents , so far as applicable , set out in the above Practice Direction are sent to it by post ( an unofficial proforma provided to solicitors in fact repeats the list ) ; though in lieu of the proforma no doubt a letter referring to the items in the list would equally suffice . |
| 6 | Counsel for the defenders submitted essentially that the Lord Ordinary had erred in law in concluding that the declaration in the application form was part of a contract between the pursuers and the Alliance Building Society to which the provisions of the act applied , rather than concluding that the declaration was non-contractual in character and accordingly not caught by the provisions of the act so far as applicable to Scotland . |
| 7 | So far as alternative remedies are concerned , if the alternative is provided by statute then deference to Parliamentary intention can be called in aid of requiring recourse to the alternative . |
| 8 | So far as systematic training of diplomats was concerned , therefore , the eighteenth century saw projects and suggestions , but little lasting achievement . |
| 9 | In other ways , however , there is a continuity in these policies , especially in so far as inner-city and urban initiatives specifically target defined spatial areas and direct resources deliberately towards them through special schemes . |
| 10 | So far as Allied Colloids is concerned a great deal . |
| 11 | So far as elderly people in particular are concerned , there has been relatively little change in patterns of co-residence with relatives until the later part of the twentieth century ; although there have been some fluctuations , the overall pattern shows more continuities than changes . |
| 12 | ( 3 ) The particular factors referred to above are — ( a ) the nature and scale of the institution 's operations ; and ( b ) the risks inherent in those operations and , if the institution is a body corporate , in the operations of any other body corporate in the same group so far as capable of affecting the institution . |
| 13 | Claimants for social welfare provisions have not always been in a good position so far as procedural protection is concerned . |
| 14 | The immediate prospects are not promising for the child , at least in so far as primary schools are concerned . |
| 15 | It seems to their Lordships that the petitioner can not be deprived of a right of appeal solely because the trial was divided into two parts , the first part dealing with the compromise issue and the cancellation issue and the second part , so far as necessary , dealing with the misconduct issue . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Provided that the legal estate or interest in any land … which belongs to the partnership shall devolve according to the nature and tenure thereof , and the general rules of law thereto applicable , but in trust , so far as necessary , for the persons beneficially interested in the land under this section . |
| 17 | In so far as material conditions were more unpleasant , so human beings were more unpleasant . |
| 18 | So far as material culture is concerned , the Siberian peoples fell into two main categories . |
| 19 | We should proceed beyond the immediate results of experience only so far as legitimate inductions will take us . |
| 20 | There is nothing constitutionally mandatory about any such particular structure but , both in existing legislation and particularly so far as internal civil service organisation is concerned , such a structure is assumed and there are heavy administrative costs involved in change . |
| 21 | So far as new teachers are concerned , the implications of the new market ethos created by open enrolment and LMS are considerable . |
| 22 | By themselves the facts are neutral but in so far as moral views about the proper role of the media are based upon presumptions about facts , our empirical findings are bound to have moral implications . |
| 23 | His Lordship said the defendants were employed , so far as professional skill could , to relieve the wife from the pressures of her matrimonial situation . |
| 24 | Radical surgery for prostatic cancer has become acceptable so far as long term functional results are concerned : continence can be maintained or restored in virtually all patients , and potency is maintained in 50–70% of those who are potent preoperatively . |
| 25 | Second , in the NATO member states , the relative lack of formal restrictions has contributed to the public unease about defence policy , which is associated in people 's minds with threats of all-out nuclear war : far from assisting deterrence this situation is highly corrosive so far as effective defence and deterrence are concerned . |
| 26 | In so far as colonial bureaucracy extended its activities beyond law and order and the collection of revenues , they were perceived of as ‘ nation building responsibilities ’ ( Dube 1964 ) . |
| 27 | It has been suggested that the main controlling factor , so far as shallow marine organisms are concerned , is the 15°C winter isotherm , which corresponds pretty well with the present limit between the temperate and the subtropical marine faunas . |
| 28 | On the other hand , in so far as general provisions such as Articles 100 and 235 may be used in this area , national competence would appear only to be excluded to the extent that the Community has enacted legislation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is unhistorical to assume that children in the last century responded to death in the same way as children today ; children 's attitudes are largely conditioned by those of adults , and in our day the usual adult attitude is to evade the subject of death , to treat it as ‘ morbid ’ and , so far as possible , to exclude it from the home . |