Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] so [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I 've found that regular spraying has little effect when the air is dry for so long .
2 A group is coherent in so far as it has a certain continuity in its consciousness , its organisation and its action ; but its coherence also implies that its members do actually support one another in practical ways that are consistent with the objectives of the group .
3 The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme .
4 To the Sufi the divine is in all things and manifested to the seer , and it is this divine attribute that he sees and which is transferred to the work of the poet and the mystic ; and that work is authentic in so far as it depicts faithfully the himma or emotional part of the event .
5 Any tense which includes a component of the present tense such as the passé composé ( il a écrit ) is personal in so far as it acknowledges the present moment of the utterance .
6 It does , however , link the law to the idea of harm and this is valuable in so far as it reduces the risk that boisterous behaviour , or other non-violent activity , can by itself amount to a breach of the peace .
7 This volume however is both unusual and welcome because it deals specifically with the work of Julia Kristeva ; it is informative in so far as it indicates the cross-disciplinary implications of her work , and it maintains a balance between the introductory and the complex .
8 It is logical in so far as Scotland , in pacing themselves in a World Cup context , have already given caps when deliberately fielding understrength XVs versus the like of Japan and Zimbabwe .
9 The Consolidation Act provides that any clause in an agreement is void in so far as it purports :
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