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

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1 What she says and what she does are two different things as far as children go .
2 It was a centre for trade going to Salisbury , the main distribution point for the Wiltshire woollen industry , and sent some goods as far as Coventry , which was famous for its woad-dyed blue cloths .
3 The new right , referred to hereinafter as the " semiconductor design right " , draws heavily from Part III of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 which deals with the unregistered design right but with some differences as far as semiconductor topographies are concerned ( see Chapter 9 for a general description of the design right ) .
4 With regard to marriage , eighteenth century canon law , which recognized marriage based on verbal contract , found itself in conflict with common law , which denied the validity of such marriages as far as property was concerned .
5 What is the status of these areas as far as planning goes ?
6 What are your worst memories as far as conflict is concerned ?
7 Your present vehicle will fall into one of three categories as far as petrol is concerned .
8 Erm we asked the question about the aircraft 's reduced operational capabilities as far as Britain is concerned , we were told that there was no reduction , erm there was no percentage figure that could be produced but w now what about the other countries , I mean , which countries are asking for what to be omitted and by how much is the percentage , in percentage terms er is the performance of the aircraft reduced in those cases and further on from that , picking up something that that Wing Com er Group Captain Granville White has just mentioned which i is the question of sales .
9 The line still represents a real challenge to footplate crews and one of the major attractions as far as enthusiasts are concerned is to hear the engines working under pressure on the slopes of the Rheidol Valley .
10 Electrical stimulation has either positive or negative effects as far as speech is concerned .
11 We 've got poor facilities medically ; we 've got poor facilities as far as shopping is concerned ; no telephone , no place to post your letters .
12 Both biological and cultural explanations , however , have sceptical implications as far as morality is concerned .
13 Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration .
14 She had been to most of the early-morning markets as far as Hyères .
15 She points out that we know little of the differential impact of changing material circumstances on different kinds of tending , and is surely right when she argues that it would be ‘ useful and interesting to discover how long term unemployment alters conjugal roles as far as caring is concerned ’ .
16 I mean , Britain is supposed to be one of the , the founding countries as far as democracy is concerned .
17 Management have several concerns as far as Schedule E income tax liability is concerned .
18 So the regulatory tactic should be to ban the risks consensus defines as unacceptable and to impose ( if necessary ) a duty to limit other risks as far as money allows .
19 Now is there any other er pension funds that do likewise or have any other experiences as far as surpluses are concerned ?
20 He asked if Hall had forgotten that it was intended eventually to extend the new buildings as far as Great George Street where they would be seen with the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster .
21 Fundamentally , roses are as much shrubs as any others in the garden and , like them , divide broadly into two categories as far as pruning is concerned ; those that flower in spring and summer on wood developed during the previous growth period ( i.e. last year ) , and those that flower , necessarily a little later , from mid summer on , upon wood that has developed during the current season .
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