Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] far as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) A covenant by the lessee for the repair of the premises is of no effect so far as it relates to the matters mentioned in subsection ( l ) ( a ) to ( c ) , except so far as it imposes on the lessee any of the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ( a ) or ( c ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Chest pain , sudden onset as far as I know , collapse — she 's now arrhythmic , possibly fibrillating . ’ |
| 3 | That the king yielded to the resulting complaints of the clergy as far as he did might be explained by his preoccupations in Paris when he could hardly afford serious embarrassment at home ; yet it seems more likely that he recognized the powerful tradition by which the matters in conflict were long deemed to have belonged rightfully to the church . |
| 4 | He never had any long-term physical relationships as far as I know . |
| 5 | To quote that part of this Act so far as it affects a member of a local authority may be useful . |
| 6 | Erm certainly on the rescue tenders , erm erm on , on each division would have that equipment , it 's not carried on every fire engine as far as I know now , erm I , I do n't see why it should n't but er again I think it 's a matter of cost , and , and carrying it about as well and finding the space for it , but certainly it 's at hand when it 's needed . |
| 7 | This argument seems to me sound so far as it goes , but it does not go very far . |
| 8 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 9 | ‘ No , you can talk quite freely — there 's no phone tapping these days as far as we know ’ |
| 10 | On the motorways no problems at the moment as far as we know . |
| 11 | After all , evolution has been going on now for about four billion years as far as we know and there are n't very many long-lived organisms . |
| 12 | because the verderers … and … the Steward of the Forest made no mention in their rolls of the name of the said page , nor of his delivery , nor of his escape , and the business of the King so far as it relates to the said boy is entirely undone , therefore they are in mercy . |
| 13 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |
| 14 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 15 | However there is little activity in this line in Aberdeen particularly and Scotland as a whole as far as I know . |
| 16 | His father has no name as far as I know . |
| 17 | be no problems as far as he knows . |
| 18 | In reaching his decision he founded himself on the only reported case as far as we know that has been decided under this provision ; it is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Brown v Liverpool Corporation [ 1969 ] 3 AER 1345 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Carol 's split town and gone back to university as far as anyone knows . |
| 21 | I thi I think they 're , the the NALGO COHSE and NUPE health branches are making their own arrangements in Northumberland as far as I know . |
| 22 | Mrs Murphy snatched the opportunity to ask Mrs Frizzell to proceed with her report , which she did , outlining the story as far as she knew it and using as many euphemisms as she could . |
| 23 | it is a good theory so far as it goes . |
| 24 | She was unmarried , and there was no one in prospect as far as I know . |
| 25 | Still , he was a bachelor and he 'd no staff as far as I know . ’ |
| 26 | The bodies were discovered at eight forty-five on the morning of Wednesday 18 September by Miss Emily Wharton , a 65-year-old spinster of the parish of St Matthew 's in Paddington , London , and Darren Wilkes , aged 10 , of no particular parish as far as he knew or cared . |
| 27 | I mean they do n't feel that way about quantum theory as far as I know . |
| 28 | By the second year there was considerable disappointment that they had not developed the purchasing role as far as they had hoped . |
| 29 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
| 30 | Newcastle 's death in 1768 merely removed the most accomplished practitioner of the system ; the word ‘ party ’ only had political significance as far as it related to the following of great magnates . |