Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the CNAA system had been in operation since 1964 , ‘ it is only recently that it has made almost total inroads as far as the central , advanced colleges of technology in Scotland are concerned ’ . |
| 2 | Social workers really do need to take a stand alongside the old person involved listening and respecting the expressed wishes as far as possible . |
| 3 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 4 | Recent decisions from Europe give clear rules as far as the union 's concerned and I hope the Labour Party . |
| 5 | He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him . |
| 6 | According to the Theory of Relativity , time passes more slowly for objects moving very swiftly ; thus a spacecraft moving at close to the speed of light would take more than 100,000 years to cross our Galaxy , as observed by the rest of us , but only a few years so far as its crew were concerned . |
| 7 | What she says and what she does are two different things as far as children go . |
| 8 | It was a centre for trade going to Salisbury , the main distribution point for the Wiltshire woollen industry , and sent some goods as far as Coventry , which was famous for its woad-dyed blue cloths . |
| 9 | ANDF does not change the fundamental constructs of software , and data can move between applications on different machines as far as it would ordinarily be able to do . |
| 10 | The new right , referred to hereinafter as the " semiconductor design right " , draws heavily from Part III of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 which deals with the unregistered design right but with some differences as far as semiconductor topographies are concerned ( see Chapter 9 for a general description of the design right ) . |
| 11 | I remembered arriving in Cross the previous day on the school bus noticing the universal teatime re-fuelling of hundreds of fires and stores ; fresh puffing chimneys as far as the eye could see . |
| 12 | Saving on unavoidable costs : pay poll tax monthly ( rather than let the Council have free use of your money for a year ) ; use annual season tickets , which are substantially cheaper ; check if you can economise on energy use — within sensible limits as far as your family 's health is concerned . |
| 13 | The proposed timetable for public platforms/launches as far as these can be scheduled is as follows : |
| 14 | Despite efforts by staff to integrate different issues as far as an individual is concerned this has not always been possible given the present working practice , locations and procedures . |
| 15 | The Keynesian and monetarist views seem to lead to very different conclusions as far as monetary policy is concerned . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This Fact Sheet will be followed by a series of Briefing Papers for MPs , which will go beyond the facts to a description of the types of arguments that have been employed by researchers to study the causes of unemployment , including the possible effects so far as they are known of various remedies that have been proposed . |
| 19 | If they give advice , they mainly do it after a lifetime 's experience and because they are anxious to help — though I 'll not deny that some parents can be real nasties as far as their children are concerned . |
| 20 | So try to maintain normal meals at normal mealtimes , and normal sleeping patterns as far as possible . |
| 21 | Later generations of women have been catching up with their male contemporaries as far as the acquisition of paper qualifications is concerned . |
| 22 | Right , now , erm , were going to have it on the actual headings as far as the minutes concerned cos we did n't deal with anything very much last time , but the next item on the agenda erm , is usually campaigns and Amnesty erm usually has one or two or more campaigns running on a particular aspect of it 's work or a particular country and there was some that really started maybe two or three years ago and which have continued erm in a smaller form since that time . |
| 23 | With regard to marriage , eighteenth century canon law , which recognized marriage based on verbal contract , found itself in conflict with common law , which denied the validity of such marriages as far as property was concerned . |
| 24 | Sessions last one hour and they are grouped with similar children as far as possible . |
| 25 | For example , in 1967 the Monopolies Commission investigated the general effect on the public interest of certain restrictive practices so far as they prevailed in relation to the supply of professional services . |
| 26 | The exchange rate is excellent and you 'll find a pound goes three times as far as it does in Britain ( a feast in a good restaurant can be less than £3 ) . |
| 27 | What is the status of these areas as far as planning goes ? |
| 28 | I appreciate the minister 's difficulty representing the Home Office with no specific responsibility for these matters as far as er er Europe is concerned er but nevertheless this is a matter that does affect the electorate and one that I think the house should take er notice of . |
| 29 | Then pull each leg away in opposite directions as far as it will go . |
| 30 | ‘ No , you can talk quite freely — there 's no phone tapping these days as far as we know ’ |