Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Of course , I realise that as far as you 're concerned I ca n't possibly hope to fill my predecessor 's shoes , but I do happen to be very good at my job . ’
2 You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced .
3 You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced .
4 My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs .
5 Now , you may think that as far as chorus , delay , flanging etc. is concerned , guitarists could probably write the book , being arguably the most effects-hungry musos on the planet , but when it comes to a studio environment do you know how much delay to add to a vocal part to make it sound really brill ?
6 Well what I 'm sugge , but as an alternative I 'm suggesting that as far as that 's concerned you put down
7 My daughter says that as far as she 's concerned he no longer exists .
8 Bell Labs notes that fault tolerance is common in hardware and in operating systems , but generally too costly for many software systems , and says that as far as it knows , these are the first general-purpose software modules , and they set a trend toward low-cost fault-tolerance in user-level software .
9 It seemed that so far as they were concerned Meehan , guilty or innocent , could stay in Peterhead for ever .
10 We do n't have any suspects , but it has to be said that as far as I can see the people with the best motive were the five permanent residents of the club . ’
11 I consider that as far as they were concerned Mr. Winterbone appeared to them to be perfectly clear and lucid and that , as was said , he seemed to know what he was doing .
12 Laws exist which ensure that as far as possible , accidents , fire , infection and pollution are prevented .
13 Because of the shortage of such funds , it is essential to arrive at methods for their use that ensure that as far as possible :
14 It is certainly true that Marx speaks of single practices as central to societies ( as in the passage quoted earlier ) and Althusser may well believe that as far as exegesis is concerned no more need be said .
15 If an analysis was carried out , you will see that as far as religion is concerned , there is a 50–50 ratio , although 80 of people come from West Belfast itself .
16 Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client .
17 Separate day and night attendants for the lunatics were to be engaged as required , and the master was told that as far as possible fresh water should be provided for bathing each casual .
18 It can be shown that as far as mechanical properties are concerned , where the elasticity tensor is of fourth rank , no terms higher than are required .
19 Previous sections have shown that so far as the ‘ internal ’ interpretation of dispositions was concerned trusts differed only slightly from civil-law dispositions .
20 I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant .
21 Lloyd claimed the last half hour , but when he was out at 233 for 4 he indicated that as far as he was concerned that was that .
22 I then indicated that as far as I was concerned the meeting should terminate there and then , since in no circumstances would I be willing to give advice contrary to the interests of my friend .
23 It has already been noted that as far as contracts of supply are concerned , required formalities are the exception .
24 Eliot remarked that as far as he was concerned he took that paper chiefly for the crossword and the company reports .
25 Turner has demonstrated that so far as cotton weavers were concerned , associational persistence can be reconciled with only sporadic incidence , since the true foundation was the durable one of the habit of association within a " community " of workers , or indeed , in the case of the manufacturing village , within an occupational community .
26 Remember that as far as possible you should make your living arrangements prior to your arrival at the University , whether in on-campus or off-campus accommodation .
27 We might bc excused for considering that as far as the 18th century was concerned , mining in the Coniston Fells had come to a standstill , and indeed it might have , but negotiations were still being carried out .
28 He just sat there jiggling his bloody spectacles and saying that as far as he knew it was n't . ’
29 No doubt in due course they would become equally vocal in their complaints about the French , but Thiercelin decided that so far as possible his own behaviour should be above reproach .
30 We are , therefore , anxious that he should not be thrown away in some other role and I hope that any plan he has made will be carefully examined so as to ensure that as far as possible he does not do something foolhardy .
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