Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | practical arrangements for the conducting of public worship should be finalised as far as possible before Sunday , leaving the minister free to welcome people as they arrive . |
| 2 | the content of subordinates ' jobs should be increased as far as possible ( by decentralisation ) ; |
| 3 | It was generally agreed that it should be raised as far as possible from the social groups of least value . |
| 4 | This implies that bonuses or other discretionary awards should be based as far as possible on efficiency criteria — for example , the percentage by which constant service level costs have been reduced , and other productivity measures . |
| 5 | The Bishop : ‘ I think it is a very balanced and very clear statement of how we should be living so far as our sexuality is concerned . ’ |
| 6 | All board work should be planned as far as possible when preparing the lesson , e.g. |
| 7 | The special educational needs should be met as far as possible within the normal educational system , and parental views should be taken into account in making provision for particular children . |
| 8 | Any charges for luncheons , afternoon teas and dinners should be posted as far as possible to the tabular ledger and the guests ' bills . |
| 9 | It argued that government control should be ‘ strategic guidance ’ and should be exercised as far as possible in the same way for all the industries by the use of economic and financial criteria , and that this should be done by one minister and one department . |
| 10 | Professional jargon should be avoided as far as possible . |
| 11 | The cap iron should be set as far as possible from the cutting edge . |
| 12 | The present [ Thatcher ] government is committed to the policy that housing should be provided as far as possible by the unregulated private market , according to the economic laws of supply and demand which require that owners have maximum control over private property backed ultimately by unhampered exclusive right . |
| 13 | They can not reconcile the liberal precept that private autonomy should be respected as far as possible with the practice of legally enforcing all promises . |
| 14 | It should be resisted as far as possible , or at least amended to remove its subjectivity . |
| 15 | Both Soviet and British spheres of influence should be discouraged as far as possible , though it was accepted that such spheres would be among the inescapable facts of contemporary life . |
| 16 | Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need . |
| 17 | In the context of this paper it is suggested that the following principles are added : dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own homes for as long as possible dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own community for as long as possible the number of moves should be kept to a minimum the independence , dignity and privacy of the sufferer must be respected the dementia sufferers must be involved as far as possible in discussions and decisions regarding their care and any possible move carers or potential carers should be involved in the decision-making process . |
| 18 | States that ‘ the essential characteristics of Green Belts is ( sic ) their permanence and their protection must be maintained as far as can be seen ahead ’ . |
| 19 | There would , however , appear to be one question on which there is unanimity of opinion and that is that Japan must be protected as far as possible from Communistic influences and from infiltration from the USSR . |
| 20 | Lorraine Shaw says … she wwent to a course at Cheltenham and the coach told her that she could be throwing as far as 60 metres in two years … now her ambition is to break the commonwealth record and eventually the world record |
| 21 | Cars may be taken as far as the Hall and , with permission , parked there , a concession especially appreciated when returning . |
| 22 | A striking one came in 1760 when , at the marriage of the Princess of Brazil , the daughter of King Joseph I , the masterful Portuguese chief minister , the marques de Pombal , announced that though the papal nuncio and the imperial ambassador would take precedence over all other foreign envoys this would be governed so far as the rest of them were concerned simply by the dates on which they had presented their credentials . |
| 23 | However , he was much more explicit in his references to the nature of ‘ adolescence ’ , referring to it as the age of ‘ terrible peril ’ which had to be responded to ; the ‘ wayward forces ’ had to be ‘ rightly directed ’ , so that the ‘ new instincts and impulses , the new faculties and powers … shall be rightly exercised and trained , and that protection shall be given as far as possible against the temptations to which it is exposed ’ . |
| 24 | In that case Jim you say to your staff that you 're gon na have a dialogue with Dave and myself , with a view to confirming how it will be implemented as far as your organization is concerned . |
| 25 | Project Elephant , to be announced in full next year , will be run as far as possible along the lines of India 's successful Operation Tiger . |
| 26 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 27 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |
| 28 | Thus if the variable status holds the value REPLAY , the users ' actions will be interpreted as far as possible as involving the recall of a trail . |
| 29 | In this time you will be reduced as far as possible to walking cannon fodder and rushed away to some hell hole . |
| 30 | It 's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps . |