Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] far as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are increasing demands that the central institutions of the EEC should be reduced to a minimal role , that Member States should be allowed to integrate only so far as they wish , and that it should be possible for a country to remain within a European free-trade zone , but outside a politically united federation — as Norway , Iceland and the other Efta states have done since the establishment of the EEA . |
| 2 | It falls foul of one of the cardinal principles of the law of trusts : the principle of benefit , which states that a person can be validly appointed a trustee only so far as he has received benefits intended by the settlor under the settlor 's will . |
| 3 | Furthermore s. 2(4) European Communities Act 1972 provides that any Act of the Westminster Parliament shall be presumed not to conflict with EEC legislation , and will be given effect only so far as it does not conflict with the EEC legislation . |
| 4 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
| 5 | Paschal 's grant of 1103 certainly extended the primacy to Anselm 's successors , but only so far as it had been ‘ enjoyed by Anselm 's predecessors ’ . |
| 6 | Ministers of the Crown will no longer be responsible for the internal workings of such organisations , accept in so far as they fulfil their contractual obligations . |
| 7 | So as far as I know there are no plans . |
| 8 | ‘ Only as far as they know she had n't seen a doctor . ’ |
| 9 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |
| 10 | LADY DAVERS : You 'll break her spirit quite , brother , you 'll carry your passion as much too far as I have done . |
| 11 | ‘ Not so far as we know , ’ a man in a flat cap wearing a Hawks Club tie told him . |
| 12 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 13 | It was of course simple mischance that this rat-tat should happen , even though the kiosk is not so far as I know a particularly busy one . |
| 14 | ‘ Not so far as I know . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Not so far as I know . |
| 16 | Not so far as I know . |
| 17 | But he was n't a friend of Hilary 's , not so far as I know . ’ |
| 18 | Not so far as I recollect . ’ |
| 19 | By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank . |
| 20 | Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up . |
| 21 | ‘ Not as far as we know . |
| 22 | ‘ Not as far as we know , but it 's possible . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Not as far as I know , my dear . |
| 24 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 25 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 26 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 27 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 28 | ‘ Not as far as I know … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Not as far as I know . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Not as far as I know . ’ |