Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [adv] far as they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Statutory advisers from the conservation bodies all gave us a list of the areas that they wanted included and , for the most part , we followed those lists in so far as they agreed with one another . |
| 2 | This style also reflects the attempt by the political élite in Moscow to hand down to the provinces general directives which were as sophisticated as possible and based on Marxist tenets in so far as they could be understood at lower levels . |
| 3 | As has already been mentioned , insider traders also face the possibility of conviction under the US mail and wire fraud statutes in so far as they participate in a ‘ scheme … to defraud ’ ( ie breach of s.10b and Rule 10b-5 ) where use has been made of the postal system or telephonic communication . |
| 4 | Such women may have been rather running businesses than producing goods in so far as they relied on journeymen . |
| 5 | Promoters of public investment projects should take into account the external effects of their actions in so far as they alter the physical production possibilities of other producers or the satisfaction that consumers get from given resources . |
| 6 | ( a ) Under the Partnership Act As already mentioned , Pt II of the Partnership Act contains certain basic provisions to regulate the rights and duties of partners in so far as they are not defined in writing or otherwise discernible in some course of conduct . |
| 7 | As such it certainly extends to local — and , as I think , also statutory bodies in so far as they are exercising autonomous rule . |
| 8 | This means that the activities of material science ( conductivity physics or dialectical materialism ) are social actions and are manifested by social relations in so far as they produce knowledge . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , since evolution is a conservative process our brains are likely to contain some components in common with other mammals in so far as they contain features that were characteristic of the common ancestor . |
| 10 | Any party to proceedings therefore has a general right to see social work records in so far as they relate to him but not otherwise ( see Chapter 3 , 5 ) . |
| 11 | This right extends to all social work records in so far as they relate to the child and any records compiled in connection with the making or proposed making of an application under the Children Act . |
| 12 | I do n't think that er , I think that unfortunately some of the older doctors definitely were misinformed and were n't educated and I think nowadays that the doctors are becoming very much more educated and perhaps the ones who have the bad time are the fortunate ones in so far as they 're getting the hormone replacement therapy if they 're lucky and they have sympathetic general practitioner . |
| 13 | As we shall see in the next chapter , the conference on the third day passed a resolution , which led to the formation of the BDDA , but on the preceding days it was concerned with the Report of the Royal Commission and its recommendations in so far as they affected deaf and dumb people . |