Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] as far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposed timetable for public platforms/launches as far as these can be scheduled is as follows : |
| 2 | With regard to marriage , eighteenth century canon law , which recognized marriage based on verbal contract , found itself in conflict with common law , which denied the validity of such marriages as far as property was concerned . |
| 3 | What is the status of these areas as far as planning goes ? |
| 4 | Your present vehicle will fall into one of three categories as far as petrol is concerned . |
| 5 | This is the moment which humankind must accept as the beginning of all things as far as human life is concerned . |
| 6 | I appreciate the minister 's difficulty representing the Home Office with no specific responsibility for these matters as far as er er Europe is concerned er but nevertheless this is a matter that does affect the electorate and one that I think the house should take er notice of . |
| 7 | The new right , referred to hereinafter as the " semiconductor design right " , draws heavily from Part III of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 which deals with the unregistered design right but with some differences as far as semiconductor topographies are concerned ( see Chapter 9 for a general description of the design right ) . |
| 8 | Sessions last one hour and they are grouped with similar children as far as possible . |
| 9 | The tumbled surface of the sea looked blue-green , with white horses as far as the eye could see . |
| 10 | Fundamentally , roses are as much shrubs as any others in the garden and , like them , divide broadly into two categories as far as pruning is concerned ; those that flower in spring and summer on wood developed during the previous growth period ( i.e. last year ) , and those that flower , necessarily a little later , from mid summer on , upon wood that has developed during the current season . |
| 11 | ‘ He has n't seen me or thought about me for ten years as far as I 'm aware and he could n't have known I 'd be in that house . |
| 12 | The broad lines of advice had in fact already been established : the deflection of arterial traffic from built-up areas as far as practicable ; failing this , traffic should be either elevated or sunken when passing through urban areas ; vehicles , cyclists and pedestrians should be segregated on important traffic routes ; frontage access should be restricted ; fly-over crossings should be provided . |
| 13 | Saving on unavoidable costs : pay poll tax monthly ( rather than let the Council have free use of your money for a year ) ; use annual season tickets , which are substantially cheaper ; check if you can economise on energy use — within sensible limits as far as your family 's health is concerned . |
| 14 | Then pull each leg away in opposite directions as far as it will go . |
| 15 | Also taking that view was Dr Tony Andrews of the Royal Veterinary College in London , who said : ‘ I know I have to be careful in what I say but in my view , the management in many herds as far as feeding regimes are concerned is little better than controlled starvation . ’ |
| 16 | This chapter aims to reflect the reality of interdisciplinary contacts while maintaining that the pivot for the development of early learning opportunities for all children is educational and that , therefore , the ‘ lead department ’ in local authorities as far as under-fives ( including of course special needs ) is , or ought legitimately to be , education . |
| 17 | Behind the house , the railway embankment stretches straight and level in both directions as far as the eye can see , which is a long way . |
| 18 | ANDF does not change the fundamental constructs of software , and data can move between applications on different machines as far as it would ordinarily be able to do . |
| 19 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 20 | McLean 's attempt to impersonate a tic-tac man apart — all he needed was a pair of white gloves — the game offered little in the way of entertainment , which was particularly disappointing when the outcome meant so much to both sides as far as their hopes of finishing fourth in the Premier Division was concerned . |
| 21 | Adjudication officers are expected to rely on reported decisions as far as possible . |
| 22 | You put yourself into cold storage for two years as far as any kind of political practice goes and just sit and think — and do n't forget you 'll get paid £5000 a year to sit and think about the purity of the struggle we 're all fighting back here . ’ |