Example sentences of "[adj] so far [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Second , in the NATO member states , the relative lack of formal restrictions has contributed to the public unease about defence policy , which is associated in people 's minds with threats of all-out nuclear war : far from assisting deterrence this situation is highly corrosive so far as effective defence and deterrence are concerned . |
2 | But the effect left in the mind by this UK and USA reservation is unfortunate : it suggests , rightly or wrongly , that these nuclear powers are prepared to support the most elaborate codification limiting the use of conventional force , but at the same time want to keep their hands completely free so far as nuclear weapons use is concerned . |
3 | Radical surgery for prostatic cancer has become acceptable so far as long term functional results are concerned : continence can be maintained or restored in virtually all patients , and potency is maintained in 50–70% of those who are potent preoperatively . |
4 | that statement is presumed to be exhaustive so far as that matter is concerned . |
5 | International custom , which includes the actual practice of states and unilateral declarations made by states , is a source of prime importance , and is by no means barren so far as nuclear questions are concerned . |