Example sentences of "as far as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no rigid rules about blending , at least as far as aromatherapy is concerned — though perfumers may disagree . |
| 2 | As far as Maxim could see nobody followed George through the fading damp light back to Albany , although there was no way to be sure and less way of knowing if he was followed himself not over such a short and crowded distance . |
| 3 | She points out that we know little of the differential impact of changing material circumstances on different kinds of tending , and is surely right when she argues that it would be ‘ useful and interesting to discover how long term unemployment alters conjugal roles as far as caring is concerned ’ . |
| 4 | I mean , they had a big influence , the Brontes , right up as far as modren days , no doubt about it . |
| 5 | Now , you may think that as far as chorus , delay , flanging etc. is concerned , guitarists could probably write the book , being arguably the most effects-hungry musos on the planet , but when it comes to a studio environment do you know how much delay to add to a vocal part to make it sound really brill ? |
| 6 | It is clear that the premium is equivalent as far as factor prices are concerned to a tax on labour in the X sector ( for simplicity we take on the demand side the effects are also equivalent with the simplifying assumptions being made here . |
| 7 | What natural selection does seem to care about as far as sex is concerned is that there is constant re-combination and this is a question of sexual that we 'll touch on later . |
| 8 | In addition , as far as English has been concerned , others besides progressives and radicals have questioned the value of academic approaches for working-class pupils . |
| 9 | As far as English is concerned , it would be good to see more evidence from the full range of regional and national varieties in support of the claim . |
| 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 | As Professor S.F. Bush said in The Times ( 7 October 1991 ) , it was the commercial banks not the Bank of England which generated the credit explosion in 1987–89 : ‘ A central bank , whether independent or not , is an almost total irrelevance as far as inflation is concerned in a world dominated by thousands of different monetary agencies switching assets and liabilities across the world at the touch of a button . ’ |
| 12 | It was an overcast day and not the height of the season as far as tourism was concerned . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Every culture in Britain at the moment has a similar philosophy as far as size goes : if you want to look good , be desirable , you 've got to be thin . |
| 15 | as well as Callinicos , there is nothing as far as art ( as distinct from culture or politics ) is concerned which will a priori privilege a Tatlin made in revolutionary Petrograd from a Matisse painted in a hotel bedroom on the Riviera — Benjamin on technique notwithstanding ( do n't forget : Benjamin owned a Klee ) . |
| 16 | But if anyone looking at Germany from the outside and imagining that , as far as art history is concerned , something new and potentially fruitful is being formed will be disappointed . |
| 17 | As far as lab work went , I always felt very intimidated because I 'd never touched anything more technical than a hairdryer , and all these boys around me were confidently plugging in their oscilloscopes , because I mean , I suppose they had their train sets and that sort of thing , and I was very scared to plug things in , in case they blew up . |
| 18 | Note that as far as triad chords are concerned , a whole-tone scale comprises only two different chords , as the notes of a chord on the first degree are repeated in chords on the third and fifth degrees , while those of a chord on the second degree are repeated on the fourth and sixth . |
| 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 | None the less , as far as education was concerned , the policies followed were not dissimilar . |
| 21 | As far as education was concerned , for example , Frelimo 's point of departure was an illiteracy rate of 93 per cent , compared with about 50 per cent in Nicaragua . |
| 22 | Jacqueline Sanchez , of the Ministry of Education , also points out that ; ‘ Over the years , since the revolution , many people have become much more demanding as far as education is concerned , and despite all the difficulties , are more critical and expect more of their schools . ’ |
| 23 | Er you 've got people who were representing the community that 's as far as law and order is concerned er making decisions . |
| 24 | As far as law and order was concerned just over half believed bringing back the death penalty would decrease crime , while 64pc said sentencing was ‘ too soft ’ on adult criminals . |
| 25 | As far as consumerism is concerned , discrimination against older people will only disappear as their cash flowing through the tills influences change . |
| 26 | As far as agriculture is concerned , Great Britain is the only country in Europe which has a research institute , the Hill Farming Research Organisation ( HFRO ) , with responsibility to investigate problems of food production in its less-favoured areas . |
| 27 | The situation arising from this all-too-common attitude was as follows : in the evening she was placing herself in a situation of maximum temptation as far as diet-breaking was concerned with time on her hands and food and drink all too readily available . |
| 28 | So , as far as colour is concerned , sheet polythene is decidedly neutral ! |
| 29 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 30 | WHILE the North Wales Coast mainline has been claiming the headlines as far as steam operations have been concerned the other coastal route , the Cambrian , provided some memorable moments as well . |