Example sentences of "in [adv] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But capitalism , after Indian independence , was ( in so far as its effects on the rural population were concerned ) merely following along the paths established by British colonialism and British capitalism . |
| 2 | A government and a church should be complementary in the management of human affairs , the government as elected within a nation , and the church based on a world-wide acceptance of a defined ‘ god ’ — , and removed from control by government except in so far as its necessary commercial structure , and its adherents , must obey the laws of the prevailing administration . |
| 3 | They will therefore be interested in the firm only in so far as its activities and financial structure influence the risk class of the bonds . |
| 4 | In so far as its obstinate traditionalism prevented it from doing what political economy required , it had to be made to . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . " |
| 8 | In the morass of detail Mills brings forward to describe his ‘ power elite ’ , it is easy to ignore this fundamental assumption which precedes his empirical work : ‘ In so far as the power elite is composed of men of similar origin and education , in so far as their careers and their styles of life are similar , there are psychological and social bases for their unity , resting upon the fact that they are of similar social type and leading to the fact of their easy intermingling ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | But Mary was not actually being singled out for special treatment or favour , except in so far as her own attractiveness and charm marked her out . |
| 12 | Jane Cox was 21 , attractive , single and hardworking in so far as her condition allowed . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Why ca n't the woman be assessed as an individual , and benefit paid in so far as her resources are insufficient to meet her requirements ? |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Massie 's figures are in line with other evidence , in so far as his broad categories allow confident comparison . |
| 19 | The adulterer is the cause of this in so far as his/her act has allowed a superhuman being to attack the spouse . |
| 20 | He was correct in so far as our forebears were piteously shattered but quite wrong in thinking that they could be subjugated . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I ‘ disapprove ’ only in so far as your adventurous inclinations affect my own family , I assure you . |
| 23 | In so far as my own kind of social anthropology can be |