Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] so far [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 2 | Except in so far as they publicized opinion poll findings , television projections of party credibility did not dictate public perceptions . |
| 3 | The better opinion is that the pre-1926 priorities of the legal over the equitable estate , and of the earlier in time over the later , still apply , except in so far as they are abrogated by the provisions of the 1925 legislation . |
| 4 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 5 | ( 2 ) On a taxation on the indemnity basis all costs shall be allowed except in so far as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and any doubts which the taxing officer may have as to whether the costs were reasonably incurred or were reasonable in amount shall be resolved in favour of the receiving party ; and in these rules the term ‘ the indemnity basis ' in relation to the taxation of costs shall be construed accordingly . |
| 6 | In order to promote these purposes the Secretary of State , normally on the advice of the Health and Safety Commission , has power to make ‘ health and safety regulations ’ which will give rise to civil liability except in so far as they provide otherwise . |
| 7 | This can be seen in the example of river action : in climates with rain at all seasons erosion and deposition are almost continuous except in so far as they are varied by floods ; in areas marginal to ice sheets the short periods of summer thaw , which result in enormous increases in the discharge of meltwater streams issuing from the ice , are the significant ones ; in deserts it may well be that the isolated rainfall , occurring perhaps once every five or ten years , is of greater significance than anything else . |
| 8 | Thus when determining what contracts fall within or outside the ambit of s 3 , issues of reasonableness , equality of bargaining power and the possibility of negotiation are in fact not very relevant , except in so far as they could move a judge to finding that terms were standard or not in borderline cases . |
| 9 | This approach is assisted by the common law saving provision found in s62(2) of the SGA 1979 which states : ( 2 ) The rules of the common law , including the law merchant , except in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act , and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent and the effect of fraud , misrepresentation , duress or coercion , mistake , or other invalidating cause , apply to contracts for the sale of goods . |
| 10 | Neither does Poulantzas explain what the peasantry would have been like if it had not had this pertinent effect , except in so far as he stipulates that they would not then have been a class . |
| 11 | ‘ The Emperor is not your enemy , Deems , except in so far as he stands in the way of your advancement . |
| 12 | Not , she told herself , that she was at all interested in Benedict Beckenham , except in so far as he fitted into this household . |
| 13 | ( c ) Exclusion Section 2(1) states : An occupier of premises owes the same duty , the " common duty of care " to all his visitors , except in so far as he is free to and does extend , restrict , modify or exclude his duty to any visitor or visitors by agreement or otherwise . |
| 14 | Surfaces are unavoidable too , except in so far as you quickly learn to eliminate them from what you consciously hear . |
| 15 | The epitaph upon the old Forest system was finally written in the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act of 1971 , which abolished the sovereign 's prerogative right to wild creatures ( except royal fish and swans ) , and abrogated the Forest law , except in so far as it relates to the appointment and functions of verderers . |
| 16 | Similarly , although libraries were established in temples and palaces in order to conserve records of the past , there is no evidence of any interest in history , except in so far as it was a guide to action in the present . |
| 17 | In fact , another species of bee that communicates about food sources ( Apis florica ) does so in the same way except in so far as it wiggles in the horizontal rather than the vertical plane , and so can indicate directly the angle of the food source from the sun . |
| 18 | The mother through her counsel has sought to support the decision of the justices except in so far as it is conceded that the prohibited steps order in relation to the two adults was wrong , and likewise although in the court below the guardian ad litem had reluctantly supported the interim care order , the guardian ad litem today seeks to uphold the justices ' decision . |
| 19 | It is obvious that if the present decision is undisturbed attention must be paid to the quite new arrangements prescribed by section 19(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which provides , so far as is relevant , that any jurisdiction of the High Court shall be exercised only by a single judge of that court , except in so far as it is , by or by virtue of rules of court or any other statutory provision , required to be exercised by a divisional court . |
| 20 | What I mean is , it 's a personal matter except in so far as it affects the syllabus . |
| 21 | There is no reason why a male bird should signal accurate information to its competitors , except in so far as it will scare them away . |
| 22 | The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading , except in so far as it determines the minimum liability . |
| 23 | Despite the fact that the majority of students in adult education are women , the majority of volunteers , part-time workers , detached workers , and assistant workers in adult education are women , those with key jobs in the career structure — mostly men — made no recognition of this fact , except in so far as it influenced their assumptions about ‘ relevant ’ curricula and enabled them to plan programmes which depended upon an enormous amount of female exploitation . |
| 24 | The price is not important except in so far as it determines the number of units to be created after subscriptions have been received . |
| 25 | He was jealous of Florian , she accepted , but she could take little comfort or encouragement from the knowledge , except in so far as it meant that he was n't ready to put an end to their affair quite yet . |
| 26 | ‘ Twenty-eight hectares , not big really — except in so far as it 's in a totally built-up area . ’ |
| 27 | Under s8 of UCTA 1977 , s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 is replaced by the following : 3 — If a contract contains a term which would exclude or restrict ( a ) any liability to which a party to a contract may be subject by reason of any misrepresentation made by him before the contract was made ; or ( b ) any remedy available to another party to the contract by reason of such a misrepresentation , that term shall be of no effect except in so far as it satisfies the requirement of reasonableness as stated in s11(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ; and it is for those claiming that the term satisfies that requirement to show that it does . |
| 28 | And it it really is covered by the passages in erm erm , just , I just reiterate that that that expressly referring your Lordship to it , professional duty except in so far as it may be necessary to elucidate the rules that that was at page eight hundred and forty one at the bottom and it goes over the page to eight four two and then proceeds to general proposition to those two experts ordinary witness may not may not give their opinions towards matters legal or moral obligation . |
| 29 | I hope that in so far as we are achieving a consensus on care in the community , there is a general recognition that it will cost more and use more resources . |
| 30 | And in so far as we can use gender imagery for these things the Logos is a masculine principle … . |