Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] so [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German Idealist tradition was born out of the rejection of British empiricism and some political commentators have urged that the legacy of this can still be seen in the idea that ‘ the Germans have only really to desire change in order to achieve basic changes in their position , and that these changes would in consequence alter the European scene so radically as to produce the longed-for peace ’ . |
| 2 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 3 | The allowance is given from the date of bereavement to the end of that tax year , and for the following year so long as she has not remarried by the start of that year . |
| 4 | It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward . |
| 5 | This may be the inescapable question for the foreseeable future so long as NATO procurement policy is predicated on highly trained work forces , scarce materials and sophisticated machine tools . |
| 6 | There seemed no hope of removing the National Government so long as division continued . " |
| 7 | It came to the reverse conclusion so far as the crime of administering a drug for the purpose of obtaining sexual intercourse was concerned and recommended that all sexual acts should be covered . |
| 8 | subdivision of a county , the smallest area so far as local government is concerned , governed until 1894 by a body known as the Vestry . |
| 9 | Subsection ( 2 ) contains the critical provision so far as the present case is concerned . |
| 10 | In such cases the court should not apply the strict construction so far as to make the whole clause void or invalid or unenforceable . |
| 11 | Because the bottom line so far as a broadcaster 's concerned , or a studio 's , a station 's concerned , is to keep the listeners listening . |
| 12 | This outperforms the return on conventional gilts of the same maturity so long as inflation is above 1 p.c. to 2 p.c . ’ |
| 13 | The following observations follow those on the agenda , and of course will be dealt with together at the same time so far as possible . |
| 14 | Moreover , we showed , in a small study , that non-conservers of length will say that a one-inch and a ten-inch stick are the same length so long as their tips are on a level . |
| 15 | ( 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 . |
| 16 | If its greatest danger lies in the Israeli threat to push yet more Palestinians across the river Jordan and in a consequent revolution , Jordan 's greatest asset lies in the support it receives from the West , anxious to bolster Jordan as a ‘ moderate ’ in the Arab world so long as the Middle East conflict persists . |
| 17 | However , it is not necessary for the restraint of trade clause to be part of the main contract so long as it is possible to argue that it is referable to it or is in some other way of contractual force . |