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

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1 Melia suggests that as far as strictly medical treatment is concerned , it would be prudent to leave doctor 's business to doctors !
2 increase general awareness of the Commissioner and her role and to ensure , as far as reasonably practicable , that trade union members will have access to information about the assistance the Commissioner can provide and how to apply for that assistance
3 This was rejected by the court , which refused to read the words , so far as reasonably practical , into the statute .
4 Section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 imposes liabilities on those who supply equipment for use at work to ensure that it is " so far as reasonably practicable … safe and without risks to health when properly used " .
5 Where the Buyer intends to use the goods at work , the Seller supplies the goods on the basis that the Buyer will ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the goods will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , and that prior to delivery the Buyer will sign and return the written undertaking attached hereto as Annex A obliging the Buyer to take the steps specified in that undertaking to ensure this .
6 Where the Buyer purchases the goods with the intention of selling them to a third party for the use by that third party of the goods at work , the Buyer undertakes to supply the goods to the third party on the basis that the third party will ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the goods will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , and the Buyer further undertakes to procure the signature by the third party ( prior to delivery of the goods to the third party ) of the written undertaking attached hereto as Annex A obliging the third party to take the steps specified in that undertaking to ensure this .
7 Act 1974 , I/we [ ] of [ ] having agreed to purchase [ ] ( " the Article " ) for use at work , hereby undertake in accordance with the above Section that I/we will implement the Specified Steps as set out below in order to ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the Article will be safe and without risks to health when properly so used .
8 ‘ British Gas will ensure as far as reasonably practicable that the goods and services which it procures are not inherently damaging to the environment during their use or disposal .
9 Little mannerisms — a scrum-half glancing heavenwards before he puts in a high kick — are dutifully noted and form the basis of the most lucid dissertations which remain , as far as today 's visitors are concerned , ‘ not for publication ’ .
10 It was unlikely that any English advance-parties would in fact have got thus far as yet , but they went prepared .
11 Well , that seems to be everything so far as tomorrow is concerned .
12 erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning
13 So far as tomorrow 's game at Celtic Park is concerned , Rangers ' Goram , Gough and Steven all came through the midweek Champions League match without further mishap , and will play .
14 Just how long the surviving branch line as far as here will remain open is anybody 's guess , but there are usually two trip workings from Tinsley on weekdays .
15 I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here .
16 Lastly , the United Nations Convention of 1986 on Conditions for the Registration of Ships , which no member state has yet signed , even goes as far as expressly to confer on states party thereto the right to choose between the criterion of the nationality of the owner and the criterion of the nationality or place of residence of the crew ( see articles 7 , 8 and 9 , and Annex I to the Commission 's written observations in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) .
17 As far as exactly who was the most famous exponent of the six-string bass , I think Gibson was spot on , but I do acknowledge that Jet Harris played a considerable role in the history of the instrument .
18 All right , you might find everything that crawls in the yard an' they might get as far as downstairs here and there , but not up here .
19 And , as far as ridiculously pompous , overblown musical statements go , no-one holds a candle to Simple Minds .
20 As far as Gaily could judge , the cards got more and more unsuitable each year .
21 In nearby Sumatra , the Batak men went as far as deliberately slicing open their penises and inserting pieces of stone , which became firmly embedded as the wound closed over .
22 On the other hand , the Laffer curve constructed for the UK by the London Business School , and work by Minford in the UK and Lindsey in the US , do indicate that reductions in the composite rate of tax below 60% and down as far as around 45% , have strong incentive effects on output — the converse of rises in tax rate between 45 and 60% having strong disincentive effects .
23 Whether any alternative leadership could have gone further in this direction in the 1960s and 1970s is an open question , but I have argued that it is not useful to conceive of the record so far as merely one of ‘ betrayal ’ .
24 Arafat , speaking on the PLO Voice of Palestine radio from the Yemen capital of San'aa on July 10 , dismissed the dialogue so far as merely " a contact between two ambassadors , nothing more , nothing less " , and accused the US side of suspending these contacts at Israel 's request .
25 That is the problem erm in so far as initially er we felt that it that that the onus would be on the individual , I E if it 's a short term stay car park they would not use it .
26 In what has been described , we have moved from a model of a community in which neighbourly acts were performed within clearly defined limits , with reciprocal benefits looming large , to a model in which , so far as very old people are concerned , such acts are more often the product of altruism ( remembering that this does not deny gratification to the giver ) and of a more systematic attempt to offer and channel care appropriately .
27 A second line of argument is to see the picture painted so far as too static .
28 ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed .
29 ‘ It is getting a little bit critical as far as actually knowing , ’ she added .
30 Around us in the middle distance , which is as near or far as anywhere else seems to get , lie other havens of plaster and flora .
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