Example sentences of "in so [adv] as [det] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To start with , he generally studied the objects in his still lifes from slightly above eye-level , so that the spectator sees them in their most informative aspect ; this high viewpoint was probably assumed largely in order to limit the pictorial depth and ensure the unity of the picture surface in so far as that looking downwards on to the subject one 's eye is not allowed to wander off into limitless space . |
| 2 | So in so far as that affects the confession it may mean that it could be removed but that 's really completely irrelevant to you because erm that 's his confession , not evidence against him . |
| 3 | Finally , I shall turn to a religious position such as my own which is not Christian , though religious and within the western tradition , in which the present is normative and the past is only drawn upon in so far as that seems to be appropriate . |
| 4 | In so far as this involves finding more and more ingenious ways of keeping as many people as possible away from unspoilt parts of rural England , there is common ground between some visitors to the countryside and many of those who live and work there . |
| 5 | Independence , in so far as this entailed freedom from obligation to a politician , was thus restricted to men with independent wealth and few dependents , but for most freeholders the friendship of a politician was a necessity at some point in their lives . |
| 6 | In most fields , the Stormont government aimed to follow British practice in so far as this benefited its citizens but to act separately when special local conditions required separate treatment . |
| 7 | In so far as this amounts to treating women less favourably than men , because they are women , it is unlawful . |
| 8 | In so far as this affects the contemporary architecture , the Ostrogothic work in Italy has already been discussed ( see Volume I , Ravenna ) but the Visigothic work in northern Spain was influential as was the effect of the Merovingian culture in northern France leading to the Carolingian dynasty in northern Europe under Charlemagne . |
| 9 | In so far as these involved Thorkell after 1021 it is worth remembering that Olaf and he had been associates in the army of 1009 – 12 , and that both had later served Æthelred . |
| 10 | It is sufficient to stress that during the first hours and days of life the child 's whole interaction with other things consists of reflex adaptation to the circumstances of the moment in so far as these affect biological need — the need , at this stage , of continued existence only . |
| 11 | Like the LEA , the committee must seek to grant parental preference , but subject to the exceptions contained in section 6 in so far as these have not been dis-applied by the 1988 Act ( see below ) . |
| 12 | As Miliband ( 1974 ) says , ‘ Old age , disablement , low pay , unemployment , etc. become synonymous with poverty in so far as those involved are members of the working class . ’ |