Example sentences of "[prep] so far [conj] we [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also judge work performance by the quality of the product ( in so far as we can assess this ) and by the work style of the performer . |
| 2 | Seeing value in activities only in so far as we can conceive them retaining it when cut off from the main tides of human affairs , leads to a kind of preciosity and detachment from what excites most human beings which is ultimately impoverishing . |
| 3 | Personal honour will affect us in so far as we can believe in the man or woman who defends or loses it . |
| 4 | And in so far as we can use gender imagery for these things the Logos is a masculine principle … . |
| 5 | We do indeed manipulate and control our surroundings , in so far as we can , by way of things as causal rather than as effects . |
| 6 | Studying the semantic features of texts is inevitably rather an intuitive business , and in so far as we can quantify such features at all , it often seems best to attach them to grammatical labels ( eg " colour adjectives " , " adverbials of place " ) , and to use some arbitrary standard of measurement , such as number of words . |