Example sentences of "[conj] in so far [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judges know nothing about any will of the people except in so far as that will is expressed by an Act of Parliament , and would never suffer the validity of a statute to be questioned on the ground of its having been passed or kept alive in opposition to the wishes of the electors . ’ |
| 2 | From the cheetahs ' point of view the mean annual temperature does not get systematically better or worse as the years go by , except in so far as any change for a well-adapted animal is a change for the worse . |
| 3 | Genetics and biology have little to tell us that is relevant , except in so far as these sciences throw light on human nature in general . |
| 4 | The story of the Scouts is too familiar to require further repetition , except in so far as some acknowledgement of the movement is worthwhile in order to complete this description of the range of voluntary youth provision in the period . |
| 5 | On the other hand , it leads to the admission that in so far as all linguistic theories are provisional and incomplete ( particularly in the sphere of semantics ) , even the best-informed linguistic analysis leaves a great deal to be desired . |
| 6 | If such is the case , it would follow that the 500-akce kadilik is a sixteenth-century invention and that in so far as 300- and 500-akce kadiliks have significance in hierarchical terms in the sense that the former ranked below the latter-they do so only in regard to the kadiliks created in the sixteenth century and later . |
| 7 | A woman may not be bound by her role as a housewife but it is still the case that in so far as any one person is left with the main responsibility for the housework , that person is the woman . |
| 8 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , all inductivists would claim that in so far as scientific theories can be justified , they are justified by supporting them inductively on the basis of some more-or-less secure basis provided by experience . |
| 10 | This was to lead to an increase in real wages and to a decline in rents for land , and in so far as these can be used to measure the standard of living of the people , they suggest that the condition of the peasantry improved markedly in the fifteenth century . |
| 11 | By themselves the facts are neutral but in so far as moral views about the proper role of the media are based upon presumptions about facts , our empirical findings are bound to have moral implications . |
| 12 | But in so far as such voters may have their partisanship reinforced the trends do present a major hurdle to the election of a Labour government . |
| 13 | ‘ That is not the case , but in so far as any of those children were abused by their father , she will accept the offer , ’ said spokesman Andrew Fenton . |
| 14 | There is not space to discuss here even briefly the many controversial issues raised in the literature on corporatism , but in so far as territorial politics are concerned , it must be observed that even if there was or is a trend towards greater centralisation of political representation , this does not at all mean that there might not also be a functional deconcentration towards the periphery in specific cases . |
| 15 | According to Gregory , Chlodomer 's kingdom was divided equally between Childebert and Chlothar , but in so far as this division can be reconstructed it appears not to have been confined to the two brothers ; there are grounds for thinking that Theuderic also may have profited from the murders . |