Example sentences of "[adv] far [conj] [adj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , we may think of the traditional or even oldfashioned type of man with tangible material things which belong to him — land and houses , horses and cattle , furniture and jewellery and pictures — things which he may use or destroy ( so far as that is physically possible ) ; from which he may exclude others ; which he may sell or give away or bequeath ; which , if he has made no disposition of them , will pass on his death to persons related to him . |
| 2 | The ‘ market egalitarianism ’ argument embodies the idea that all individuals in the market should be placed on an equal footing , in so far as that is possible . |
| 3 | The primary purpose was to reduce the costly time spent on oral argument in so far as that was not necessary for the proper determination fo the appeal . |
| 4 | ‘ In the first half I thought we played some great stuff , but football is all about what happens in front of goal and we were disappointing so far as that was concerned . ’ |
| 5 | In time of war , persons for the time being residing or doing business in an enemy country , whatever their nationality or domicile , are disabled from suing in the English Courts ; but , if sued here , they will so far as possible be given an opportunity of defending themselves . |
| 6 | The first is a simple reflection of the common view that one person should so far as possible be entitled to tell another person to mind his own business . |
| 7 | ‘ The first is a simple reflection of the common view that one person should so far as possible be entitled to tell another person to mind his own business . |
| 8 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 , ’ |
| 9 | ( c.26 ) " Since the kingdom consists of different regions , officers of the first , second , and indeed any rank should so far as possible be picked from different regions , so that [ men from ] the various regions should be able to come to the palace with a greater sense of knowing their way around ( familiarius ) since they would know that men who were from the same kin-group ( genealogia ) or the same region held a place there . " |
| 10 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 " . |
| 11 | Thus there is generally a presumption that business agreements are intended to be legally binding , and the courts generally accept an element of imprecision in business agreements so that " the dealings of men may so far as possible be treated as effective and that the law may not incur the reproach of being the destroyer of bargains " ( per Lord Tomlin in Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 , at p499 ) . |
| 12 | Henry had died only a few weeks before William and this , so far as Tancred was concerned , meant that the arrangement was void . |
| 13 | The facts so far as relevant are not in dispute , the judge having rejected the evidence of the former landlord , the plaintiff , Mr. Haniff , and accepted the evidence of the former tenant , the defendant , Miss Susan Robinson . |
| 14 | to assimilate the law relating to chattels real and real property , and , so far as this is possible , the law relating to land and movable property ; and |
| 15 | To be for animal welfare , as distinct from merely being against animal cruelty , is to believe that we have a duty to improve the quality of animal life , by ensuring — so far as this is possible — that other animals are the beneficiaries of what is good for them , not merely that we should avoid being cruel to them . |
| 16 | So far as this is no more than a cost-cutting exercise it falls outside the scope of this article . |
| 17 | The same sort of alternative explanations can also be brought to bear on the variation in educational attainment that is associated with social class , in so far as this is attributable to educational attainment . |
| 18 | It is the business of government to listen to them , mediate between them , and evolve the compromise settlements which will take account of all " legitimate " concerns and interests in so far as this is possible . |
| 19 | Secondly , agency discretion should be limited in so far as this is compatible with efficient operational decisions . |
| 20 | In so far as this is the case , the result is similar to a tax on the carers concerned . |
| 21 | Whereas , one of the Green Party 's basic principles is belief in the autonomy of local communities , so far as this is practical . |
| 22 | The DES accompanied the report with Circular 11/77 , ‘ The Training of Teachers for Further Education ’ , in which it declared the Secretary of State 's support for the proposals in principle , together with the hope that an early start would be made on their implementation , ‘ so far as this is possible within existing resources ’ . |
| 23 | combating drug addiction in so far as this is not covered by 7 to 9 ; |
| 24 | combating fraud on an international scale in so far as this is not covered by 7 to 9 ; |
| 25 | In so far as this is still true it is a hangover from history . |
| 26 | Combating drug addiction in so far as this is not covered by 7 to 9 ; |
| 27 | Combating fraud on an international scale in so far as this is not covered by 7 to 9 ; |
| 28 | A weaker version of the same proposal would be to consider that semantics is an abstraction away from context-dependent utterances , in so far as this is possible ( as suggested by Carnap , 1959 : 13 ; Lyons , 1977a : 591 ) . |
| 29 | They must ascertain the child 's wishes with regard to the provision of accommodation so far as this is reasonably practicable and consistent with his welfare ( s20(6) ) . |
| 30 | Our argument must be drawn from political virtue , not , so far as this is supposed to be different , from metaphysics . |