Example sentences of "[adv] far [conj] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is nothing constitutionally mandatory about any such particular structure but , both in existing legislation and particularly so far as internal civil service organisation is concerned , such a structure is assumed and there are heavy administrative costs involved in change .
2 It has been suggested that the main controlling factor , so far as shallow marine organisms are concerned , is the 15°C winter isotherm , which corresponds pretty well with the present limit between the temperate and the subtropical marine faunas .
3 It avoids so far as possible those terms of art which have acquired a special meaning understood only by lawyers in which many of the penal enactments which it supersedes were couched .
4 The enlargement of the EC had , quite simply , come at the worst possible time so far as global economic conditions were concerned , and did not bring the dynamic improvements that had been hoped for .
5 Consequently , as Needham has pointed out , in so far as Chinese natural philosophy ‘ was committed to thinking of time in separate compartments or boxes , perhaps it was more difficult for a Galileo to arise who should uniformise time into an abstract geometrical co-ordinate , a continuous dimension amenable to mathematical handling ’ .
6 In so far as past medical expenses are concerned , the application of this subsection gives rise to no difficulty .
7 As far as competing local production is concerned , a number of industrialists interviewed said that they had considered the possibility but stressed the superior marketing skills of Lever Bros , diseconomies of small scale production and consumer preference for imported goods as the major disincentives .
8 In accordance with our operational and reporting standards , we must review any document with which we are associated through being named in the document ( or through the provision of confidential comfort letters ) to identify as far as practicable any respects in which , in our view , legal , Stock Exchange or other requirements have not been complied with .
9 As far as pure simple enjoyment goes , I 'd say it was an expedition to a mountain called Shivling which Jim Fotheringham and I climbed in 1983 .
10 The deck layout integrates as far as possible all functions , with all the control lines led unobtrusively to self-tailing winches via channels on the deck .
11 This contention is supported by Bird and Morgan-Jones ( 1981 , p. 92 ) , who state that ‘ as far as possible all SSAPs , excluding of course those not relevant , are intended to apply to all enterprises , including charities and other nonprofit organizations ’ and Hepworth and Vass ( 1984 , p. 43 ) , who believe in ‘ a common approach where there are common elements ’ .
12 It is also important to eliminate as far as possible any air pockets in pots of meat and fish .
13 Moreover , as far as possible these units have to be planned with the knowledge of the personalities involved and their likely responses to the exercise .
14 In general , it was apparent that as far as possible different regions of the country ( with the exception of East Anglia and the South West ) were to gain at least one designation .
15 Separate day and night attendants for the lunatics were to be engaged as required , and the master was told that as far as possible fresh water should be provided for bathing each casual .
16 As far as possible original characteristics have been carefully preserved , though the wall can not be seen from passing trains .
17 Signed Danish is a gestural/auditive language in which Danish is spoken at the same time as signs from the Sign Language are used for all words which have a concept , and as far as possible grammatical rules [ are used ] from sign language .
18 Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses .
19 During 1927 and 1928 , most of the South Metropolitan track was relaid and as far as possible wood-block surfaces were replaced by tar-bound macadam .
20 The condition of the books in my list suggests that Vaisey is right and that , at least as far as English printed books are concerned , the justification of dispersal for reasons of ‘ preservation ’ is to be discounted .
21 As far as social psychological concepts are concerned , the distinction between universal and particular is not a trivial one .
22 The mood spread as far as non-separatist feminist campaigns around disciplines like psychology .
23 the westgate with part of the wall as far as particular upright stone in the said wall , between the said gates and the standing stile and steps belongs to Chew Stoke and is repaired by the parishioners thereof ; the other part home to the poor house is repaired by the parish of Chew Magna ; the east side is repaired and half of the wall and stile by the parish of Stowey ; the other by the parish of Norton …
24 As far as public international law is concerned , the member states in question refer above all to the Geneva Convention of 29 April 1958 on the High Seas , article 5(1) of which expressly recognises the right of each state to fix ‘ the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships , for the registration of ships in its territory , and for the right to fly its flag . ’
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