Example sentences of "[prep] so far [conj] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , in so far that my father had been dismissed from the er from the coal mining industry , er before just before nineteen twenty six , and he was officially unemployed . |
| 2 | As the minutes of the conclusions of the conference stated : " Various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals in so far as their return to the Soviet Union direct from 5 Corps is concerned . " |
| 3 | According to Marsh and his colleagues ( 1978 ) police intervention is often welcomed by the hooligans in so far as their presence provides a safety valve and prevents the aggro from going too far . |
| 4 | Thus , the Report considers the universities mainly in so far as their influence could be seen to be reflected back on the school system examinations and the home . |
| 5 | The Court has already held , in its judgment of 23 November 1989 in the Torfaen case , that national rules governing the opening hours of retail premises reflect certain political and economic choices in so far as their purpose is to ensure that working and non-working hours are so arranged as to accord with national or regional socio-cultural characteristics , and that , in the present state of Community law , is a matter for the member states . |
| 6 | However , in so far as their purpose is purely redistributive , it seems difficult to provide a rationale for price subsidies or in-kind transfers rather than cash transfers , and yet these latter forms of assistance are extremely important components of public expenditure ( see , e.g. Brennan and Pincus 1983 ) . |
| 7 | In other words , a child with an MLU which falls below the bottom of this range is relatively unusual in so far as her MLU is lower than about 85 per cent of ordinary children . |
| 8 | Jane Cox was 21 , attractive , single and hardworking in so far as her condition allowed . |
| 9 | But in so far as his criticism is based on the right to freedom of expression and its particular relevance where a local or central government authority is concerned , I consider that aspect in the next section of this judgment . |
| 10 | Apollinaire , who in Les Peintres Cubistes had defined Orphic Cubism as being represented only by Delaunay , Léger , Picabia , Duchamp and Picasso in so far as his use of light was significant , now saw Orphic tendencies in Laurencin , Gleizes and Metzinger , and later ( more understandably ) in La Fresnaye . |
| 11 | ‘ What I could n't see was how the life and death of Someone Else ( whoever he was ) 2000 years ago could help us here and now — except in so far as his example helped us . ’ |
| 12 | The adulterer is the cause of this in so far as his/her act has allowed a superhuman being to attack the spouse . |
| 13 | In so far as our religion is our vision of the world , if that vision comes no longer to seem ethical , then it will be discarded . |