Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] as far as " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before .
2 But the single patient with x and not y does make a great deal of difference as far as the theoretical use of the concept is concerned .
3 ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases .
4 It seemed essential to minimise the proliferation of paper as far as possible and to centralise the recording of achievement in such a way that updating over a number of years would be possible .
5 Erm , I was just saying this before you came in Hannah that er er they 'll probably be quite different groups from the beginning of February and certainly will be er a change of tutor as far as you 're concerned cos I wo n't be involved in the .
6 There was not much of this kind of nonsense as far as I could tell by eavesdropping around the room , but there were cries of anguish when the prices of some of the wines were announced .
7 About how I was some kind of prophet as far as he was concerned and he was desperate to have me Confirmed .
8 At the start of the season , the defensive system was a sweeper one , it worked superbly , we were winning though , but it , it 's the , it 's the reincarnation of the battle of Culloden as far as I 'm concerned ; Bonnie Prince Charlie just trying to swamp the Duke of Cumberland .
9 Because clearly an increase in in in the allocation sends a much stronger signal to potential investors and it carries with it a greater degree of certainty as far as the district council 's concerned , as far as potential investors are concerned .
10 She flung the fragment of saucer as far as she could , watching it spinning against the sky .
11 There is a third route which , bearing in mind our concept of multimedia existing within a single , digital environment , is not strictly an exercise in multimedia as far as this study is concerned .
12 Indeed , given a campaign by Wulfhere as far as the coast , it is difficult to see how the whole extent of the northern territory of the western Saxons from Berkshire to Somerset could have escaped Mercian pressure in these years , creating perhaps precedents for further Mercian involvement in these districts at a later time .
13 As a matter of fact , one of the men from Scotland Yard , a very nice inspector , told me on the way out that the whole thing was a waste of time as far as he was concerned .
14 Nevertheless the ridding of my skin complaint by necromancy coincided with a shift in emphasis as far as my instruction was concerned .
15 But the Chinese Muslims are spread throughout the country , from Xinjiang in the north-west right along the Great Wall of China as far as Peking and dotted throughout Ningxia province , including such key cities as Xian , home of the famous terracotta army , where the Chinese-style pavilions of the Great Mosque have been a place of worship for Muslims since the eighth century .
16 Well , I was bored by the whole of presentation as far as television was concerned because I think television is bound to be superficial .
17 The situation has improved substantially since then and girls have achieved parity with boys as far as staying on at school .
18 But there was no money in conservation as far as the business people were concerned and the charities and voluntary bodies were well-meaning but lacked resources .
19 Gabriel followed the even pattern of pawmarks as far as possible : they carried his eye up to a distant knoll crowned with trees and wounded with great white scars of bare chalk .
20 In conclusion , these are early days and there is a lot that still remains to be learned about adoption with contact as far as the children are concerned .
21 The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service !
22 This would appear to be the end of the road for transsexuals as far as the law is concerned .
23 And they 're not help particularly by this text which can consume them with a sense of guilt as far as their faith is concerned .
24 But then I return to the knifeblade , flexing gently under my weight as I try to shift my centre of gravity as far as possible over my feet to protect the belay .
25 This is not a satisfactory state of affairs as far as a religion is concerned , and when this condition is reached it is in decline .
26 A versatile and hardy traveller , his earliest journey was to Italy and Sicily , the prelude to an extended and detailed tour of Greece as far as Thessaly .
27 What is the significance of the tort of negligence as far as computers and software are concerned ?
28 The Akhenaten is interesting because he was the first Ayatollah of history as far as we know .
29 The most important variation from Redcliffe-Maud as far as the structure of local government was concerned was the addition of two further metropolitan areas .
30 These measures do not , however , involve a general ban on the use of metal detectors and detectorists who follow their hobby in a responsible manner have no cause for concern as far as the Government 's proposals are concerned .
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