Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even without this problem , it should be our objective to advance negotiations , contract drafting and due diligence as far as possible with the preferred bidder before the remaining offerers realise that they have been unsuccessful . |
| 2 | As far emerging technologies go , Rothstein says although the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment may well become part of a common distributed infrastructure , he claims it is still on a very low level as far as developers are concerned . |
| 3 | Growth in earnings per share is the key short-term measure so far as the City is concerned . |
| 4 | This unfortunate crusade was not a total loss as far as Barbarossa was concerned , for it set the political and feudal scene for his election as Emperor within a short time of his return to Germany . |
| 5 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 6 | As Professor S.F. Bush said in The Times ( 7 October 1991 ) , it was the commercial banks not the Bank of England which generated the credit explosion in 1987–89 : ‘ A central bank , whether independent or not , is an almost total irrelevance as far as inflation is concerned in a world dominated by thousands of different monetary agencies switching assets and liabilities across the world at the touch of a button . ’ |
| 7 | It has been reported for example that the UK has been identified as the main European culprit as far as sulphur emissions and the killing of Norway and Sweden 's lakes is concerned , yet the UK 's sulphur emissions have been in decline since 1970 while acidification has not . |
| 8 | And , this is the exciting bit as far as you 're concerned . |
| 9 | He did n't have a striped jersey or a bag marked Swag as far as the Old Bill are concerned . ’ |
| 10 | On the passage home we retraced our outward course as far as Kyle of Localsh , and from there threaded our way into the Sound of Raasay via Caol Mor to spend the night at Portree . |
| 11 | So if there 's any er er erm thought that the er ombudsman complaints were running at a high level as far as this committee 's interest were concerned , I can confirm that that is n't in fact the case . |
| 12 | • the paths of daily life and work : of these , the newly laid-out path extends from the old building as far as the workshops ; |
| 13 | It 's still a pretty new and unfamiliar business as far as we 're concerned . |
| 14 | Must we , in other words , accept an ultimate sexual apartheid as far as ethical values are concerned ? |
| 15 | And , as anywhere else , transitory lighting can turn a nondescript topography into a picture , as up on the Barkly Tableland where the narrow tarmac ribbon is frayed at the edges into blond tussocky grass as far as the eye can see . |
| 16 | There have been three Railway Gas Works at Wolverton and gas was supplied by the Company to all Wolverton and Old Wolverton as far as the Old Wolverton turn , to all of New Bradwell and the Bradville Estate , the former having its own gasometer positioned at the western end of Bridge Street alongside the canal . |
| 17 | For it was the Spirit who called Philip from his successful mission in Samaria to reach the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel ( 8:29 and probably 26 ) , and led him on his further preaching tour as far as the very Hellenised city of Caesarea . |
| 18 | It is truly said that he can go to bed at night with a clear sky as far as Home Affairs are concerned and wake up the next morning with a major crisis on his hands . |
| 19 | However , do n't thrust the chin forwards and only pull back the withdrawing hand as far as the side of the face — not to the ribs or the hip . |
| 20 | Encourage the dog to remain close to you , away from the public thoroughfare as far as possible . |
| 21 | It is a high-risk venture as far as we 're concerned |
| 22 | ‘ We 're very much old school as far as playing 's concerned , ’ reckons Robert . |
| 23 | It 's a meatless century as far as prisoners are concerned . ’ |
| 24 | From the Palgrave Cross at the top of Church Hill we continue down the High Street as far as Belmont — the centre of dissent — on the left . |
| 25 | Life is nothing but free time as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 26 | Ever'thing down there is a damn pest as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 27 | I checked to see if Armstrong was still there and then I risked a crouching run as far as the Sierra 's tail lights . |
| 28 | With an exclamation of disgust , she pushed herself to her knees and flung the offending branch as far as she could in temper at her own stupidity . |
| 29 | He 's being taught to speak Italian by his new friends , but there 's no real change as far as his job is concerned . |
| 30 | Tony O'Reilly , who has scored a try or two in his time around the world , is the motivating force as far as Heinz and the Independent are concerned , and Guinness , of course , are the ever-present force in Irish sporting events . |