Example sentences of "[prep] so far [conj] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment of Abdulkerim by Katib Celebi and his followers is consistent ( and interesting ) in so far as they rightly , one believes , place his Muftilik in the time of Mehmed II , in accordance with the and as opposed to the view of the unmodified traditional account ; but on the assumption that the available texts of Katib Celebi and Hezarfen are accurate , the writers connected with the Katib Celebi view appear to differ amongst themselves about the nature and timing of his Muftilik , possibly because Katib Celebi " s list is particularly cryptic and , at first sight , confused at this point . |
| 2 | The very machines of this period , iron and brass filed and polished with the hand of love , in perfect working order after a century ( in so far as they still survive ) , are a visual demonstration of this . |
| 3 | Black sportsmen are not exceptional in so far as they too undergo the turbulence of having to refashion their ideas about career and , indeed , life prospects at around this age . |
| 4 | That is , previous readers would have grasped the play in Freeman 's terms , in so far as they validly comprehended it , but they would not have been aware of so doing , meantime foolishly talking of it in irrelevant , non-explanatory , " folk " ways . |
| 5 | In so far as one so young and beautiful could look morose , Irene Charial gazed out morosely over the taffrail of the Ariadne . |
| 6 | Surfaces are unavoidable too , except in so far as you quickly learn to eliminate them from what you consciously hear . |
| 7 | ‘ In so far as I ever had snake hips , they have gone since I came here . ’ |
| 8 | The history of the Ottoman Empire , for example , is only dealt with here in so far as it immediately affects non-Turkish Europe . |
| 9 | In so far as she possibly can , she lets this great dull store of words speak for themselves , without addition to their number . |