Example sentences of "far as [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | She expected no favours from Ace , and he would be the last to give her any as far as her job was concerned . |
| 62 | So far as her father was concerned , Molly did n't know what to call him . |
| 63 | And yet , she felt sure now , it was this that was in her mother 's mind because , as far as her mother knew , her cousin was childless . |
| 64 | While Gemma — still perfectly good-tempered — remained at the old manor , seeing no one of greater significance , so far as her mother could make out , than the spinster lady who ran the mill school , and the mill manager . |
| 65 | They will therefore be interested in the firm only in so far as its activities and financial structure influence the risk class of the bonds . |
| 66 | According to the Theory of Relativity , time passes more slowly for objects moving very swiftly ; thus a spacecraft moving at close to the speed of light would take more than 100,000 years to cross our Galaxy , as observed by the rest of us , but only a few years so far as its crew were concerned . |
| 67 | Article 26 of the ICAO convention imposes an obligation on the State in which an aircraft accident occurs to institute an inquiry in certain circumstances and , as far as its laws permit , to conduct the inquiry in accordance with ICAO procedure . |
| 68 | East Anglia has a peculiar history also , so far as its landscape is concerned . |
| 69 | Speaking at a conference on the ‘ Future of the Irish Country House ’ ( 26 February ) , the Prime Minister of Ireland , Albert Reynolds made a statement of profound importance about how Ireland has come to terms with its Anglo-Irish past , at least so far as its architecture is concerned . |
| 70 | So far as its origin is concerned , we shall take it as a factor in organic evolution , and shall content ourselves with pointing out certain more primitive features of which it is the natural development . |
| 71 | But capitalism , after Indian independence , was ( in so far as its effects on the rural population were concerned ) merely following along the paths established by British colonialism and British capitalism . |
| 72 | I prefer to apply the principle that a promise intended to be binding , intended to be acted on and in fact acted on , is binding so far as its terms properly apply . |
| 73 | The duel in which Lermontov was soon to die is said to have been patterned , so far as its arrangements went , on the one in the novel : the outcome , however , was perceptibly different . |
| 74 | The Premier League got off to a wonderful start as far as its detractors were concerned when Arsenal lost 4-2 at home to Norwich , a side still stubbornly refusing to go back to what is considered their rightful place near the bottom of the League . |
| 75 | True , at death our essence is finally overcome so far as its actualisation in space and time goes , but as long as we live we can go on realizing it in as full a form as circumstances allow . |
| 76 | As far as its methodology is concerned this approach is firmly grounded in the income-expenditure approach of Keynesian macroeconomics . |
| 77 | As far as its lyrics are concerned , ‘ Creep ’ is a dark , desperate trawl through unrequited obsession , heavy on self-loathing and personal inadequacy ; not an easy song to listen to , but one whose disquieting subject matter makes it nothing short of stunning . |
| 78 | I put me 'and down , an' it slithered up on to it and up me arm as far as me shoulder . |
| 79 | Indeed , as far as -my self-interest is concerned , on what principle could I choose as an end sufficient in itself something which I do not spontaneously want ? |
| 80 | The adulterer is the cause of this in so far as his/her act has allowed a superhuman being to attack the spouse . |
| 81 | as far as me mum and dad are concerned I 'm , I try and protect them |
| 82 | Build up your own personal library — as far as your budget will allow ! |
| 83 | Have you gained inner confidence but lost your way as far as your hair , makeup and clothes are concerned ? |
| 84 | As far as your hair 's concerned , I mean . |
| 85 | He brought me as far as your gate , which was decent of him — and then bolted as if the bears were after him . |
| 86 | You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you . |
| 87 | ‘ It might have been a dozen so far as your conduct of the operations is concerned , ’ said one of Joyce 's companions . |
| 88 | One is going back to the issue of acquisitions erm , where are you most interested , both geographically and er , as far as your operation is concerned , where are you most interested in making acquisitions ? |
| 89 | In that case Jim you say to your staff that you 're gon na have a dialogue with Dave and myself , with a view to confirming how it will be implemented as far as your organization is concerned . |
| 90 | You ca n't stop the editor from inverting it , obviously , but , but what we 're saying to you is , as far as your organization is concerned , you want to try and present the , you know the good news first . |