Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] far [subord] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have to learn a lot of different skills , and also in business nothing happens unless you 're good at organizing teams , so businessmen often get good at working with people , which is , I think , a hugely important experience so far as helping people to grow up is concerned . |
| 2 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 3 | Most people who have testicular cancer and who are treated for it and cured go on to lead perfectly active normal lives as far as having children is concerned . |
| 4 | This last choice is desirable but it only delays things so far as getting home is concerned , since the forest road stops on the frontier some three miles away , and there you can but turn round . |
| 5 | The process is technically demanding and time-consuming , to say the least , and puts WABI behind the eight ball as far as staying current with Windows development , a situation Microsoft is likely to exploit . |
| 6 | I sit there quietly revising my priorities as far as expending grief goes . |
| 7 | Colin Webley ( 36 ) is another newcomer as far as playing is concerned , although many of you will know him as the chap who did sterling work in the tea hut last season . |
| 8 | BTW the season as far as scoring concerned started on Dec 27 . |
| 9 | The Letterewe estate is run as a wilderness area and not as a commercial estate — this is an immense boon as far as preserving the beauty of the area is concerned . |
| 10 | Lawyers are adamant about the need to remain independent of the state so far as licensing for practice is concerned . |
| 11 | And we did a lot of experimentation as far as going for certain guitar sounds and stuff like that . |
| 12 | It is our belief — shared by a number of retailers — that Christmas will prove to be yet another false dawn as far as reawakening consumer confidence is concerned . |
| 13 | ‘ Lots of times I think a president seems so out of your league as far as knowing somebody . |
| 14 | Now er they are then in a situation perhaps often those people who are er less financially well off and sometimes in jobs which this particular might very well lose tomorrow erm their in a difficult situation as far as paying back mortgages is concerned . |
| 15 | Also taking that view was Dr Tony Andrews of the Royal Veterinary College in London , who said : ‘ I know I have to be careful in what I say but in my view , the management in many herds as far as feeding regimes are concerned is little better than controlled starvation . ’ |
| 16 | Harold is a very good prime minister as far as taking the Cabinet goes . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're very much old school as far as playing 's concerned , ’ reckons Robert . |
| 18 | The situation has improved substantially since then and girls have achieved parity with boys as far as staying on at school . |
| 19 | These new committees have greatly strengthened the House so far as controlling the Executive is concerned . |
| 20 | ‘ And he set us on a new track as far as putting human rights violations in a political context was concerned . |
| 21 | By this means of marketing , Stoddard regard all the European and Scandinavian markets as merely an extension of the home market as far as pricing , selling and marketing are concerned . |