Example sentences of "[noun] as far as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it is still advisable to train your dog to defecate on command as far as possible . |
| 2 | In the summary table the tasks are briefly described in words as far as possible . |
| 3 | He did see himself very much as a responsible figure as far as other people 's well being was concerned when it came to this , and this was probably based on the fact that his step-brother , Terry , by his mother 's previous marriage , was classified as schizophrenic , a problem which David felt could be hereditary . ’ |
| 4 | Some directors were of course friends of administration , and used their powers of patronage as far as possible to supplement the efforts of government , but others , and notably the Elphinstone family , used their Indian patronage to sustain an opposition to Henry Dundas in Scotland . |
| 5 | For practical and economic reasons , therefore and in general , the main objective of systematic cleaning will be to reduce the use of manual labour as far as possible and to substitute other forms of energy mainly chemical . |
| 6 | Local authorities now support elderly people in their own homes as far as possible , or in the local authority homes in the areas in which they live , so that they may be near to relatives and friends and their old associations . |
| 7 | Its universality as far as human life is concerned depends on when it actually happened , and we can do no more than guess at the date . |
| 8 | Despite the school 's stated intention to involve parents as far as possible , I seriously doubted whether Mr or Mrs Singh would be capable or prepared to enter into the kind of partnership the school envisaged . |
| 9 | This approach is difficult to reconcile with the principle of supremacy of Community law and would not seem to be the correct way to apply the principle of indirect effect the duty of the national courts to interpret national law as far as possible to bring it into line with Community obligations . |
| 10 | whether the provisions in question were adopted before or after the Directive , a national court must interpret the national law as far as possible in the light and wording of the Directive in order to achieve the aims of the Community law . |
| 11 | Vary your walk home from work as far as possible . |
| 12 | When you have filled all the gaps as far as possible , you can start work on the insulating wall . |
| 13 | He says : ‘ You 've got a very considerable amount of money at stake as far as British industry is concerned , and you 've got jobs at stake . |
| 14 | The broad lines of advice had in fact already been established : the deflection of arterial traffic from built-up areas as far as practicable ; failing this , traffic should be either elevated or sunken when passing through urban areas ; vehicles , cyclists and pedestrians should be segregated on important traffic routes ; frontage access should be restricted ; fly-over crossings should be provided . |
| 15 | He reckons wise men do n't need to bother much with the truth as far as ordinary mortals are concerned . |
| 16 | The attempt now is to provide care on a community rather than an institutional basis , on the assumption that it is good to retain the mentally disordered within the community as far as possible and help to rehabilitate and reintegrate those who have had to go into hospitals for treatment . |
| 17 | Ultraviolet light is a mixed blessing as far as living things are concerned . |
| 18 | The exact role of sleep is uncertain , but , in humans as in other animals , it is a very active process as far as electrical activity in the brain is concerned . |
| 19 | Must we , in other words , accept an ultimate sexual apartheid as far as ethical values are concerned ? |
| 20 | While such views are common doctrine in grammars as far as finite forms are concerned , it will be proposed here that a support or person is also present in the infinitival form of the verb , even though the latter can neither be predicated grammatically of a subject nor take any personal endings . |
| 21 | Twist your body to the left as far as possible , and then round to the right as far as possible . |
| 22 | It is important to trace the history of a site as far as possible , and identify its present and previous uses . |
| 23 | The basic philosophy involves farming as far as possible within a closed system : in a nutshell , growing crops to feed the animals and using the manure those animals produce to fertilize the soil in order to grow more crops . |
| 24 | Hard work , 10 man defending , clearing the ball as far as possible and snatching goals against the run of play , have given safety and enjoyable results , but poor entertainment . |
| 25 | Hard work , 10 man defending , clearing the ball as far as possible and snatching goals against the run of play , have given safety and enjoyable results , but poor entertainment . |
| 26 | This is the moment which humankind must accept as the beginning of all things as far as human life is concerned . |
| 27 | My approach is to research the zoology of the various creatures , the ecology , chemistry , and physical properties of the sea , and then try to mimic these conditions as far as possible in a home aquarium . |
| 28 | The seller will of course wish to restrict these conditions as far as possible and sometimes the conditions are restricted to events which fundamentally affect the business or value of the offeree and which can not be adequately compensated by an offer of financial or other compensation which the seller may be prepared to make . |
| 29 | the westgate with part of the wall as far as particular upright stone in the said wall , between the said gates and the standing stile and steps belongs to Chew Stoke and is repaired by the parishioners thereof ; the other part home to the poor house is repaired by the parish of Chew Magna ; the east side is repaired and half of the wall and stile by the parish of Stowey ; the other by the parish of Norton … |
| 30 | The main emphasis was on encouraging the use of evidence extracted from former Mafia members , who would now give evidence as far as possible in front of the judge alone [ for other provisions see p. 38979 ] . |