Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] as far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Although the CNAA system had been in operation since 1964 , ‘ it is only recently that it has made almost total inroads as far as the central , advanced colleges of technology in Scotland are concerned ’ .
2 Social workers really do need to take a stand alongside the old person involved listening and respecting the expressed wishes as far as possible .
3 Recent decisions from Europe give clear rules as far as the union 's concerned and I hope the Labour Party .
4 What she says and what she does are two different things as far as children go .
5 ANDF does not change the fundamental constructs of software , and data can move between applications on different machines as far as it would ordinarily be able to do .
6 I remembered arriving in Cross the previous day on the school bus noticing the universal teatime re-fuelling of hundreds of fires and stores ; fresh puffing chimneys as far as the eye could see .
7 Saving on unavoidable costs : pay poll tax monthly ( rather than let the Council have free use of your money for a year ) ; use annual season tickets , which are substantially cheaper ; check if you can economise on energy use — within sensible limits as far as your family 's health is concerned .
8 The proposed timetable for public platforms/launches as far as these can be scheduled is as follows :
9 Despite efforts by staff to integrate different issues as far as an individual is concerned this has not always been possible given the present working practice , locations and procedures .
10 The Keynesian and monetarist views seem to lead to very different conclusions as far as monetary policy is concerned .
11 Most people who have testicular cancer and who are treated for it and cured go on to lead perfectly active normal lives as far as having children is concerned .
12 The broad lines of advice had in fact already been established : the deflection of arterial traffic from built-up areas as far as practicable ; failing this , traffic should be either elevated or sunken when passing through urban areas ; vehicles , cyclists and pedestrians should be segregated on important traffic routes ; frontage access should be restricted ; fly-over crossings should be provided .
13 If they give advice , they mainly do it after a lifetime 's experience and because they are anxious to help — though I 'll not deny that some parents can be real nasties as far as their children are concerned .
14 So try to maintain normal meals at normal mealtimes , and normal sleeping patterns as far as possible .
15 Later generations of women have been catching up with their male contemporaries as far as the acquisition of paper qualifications is concerned .
16 Right , now , erm , were going to have it on the actual headings as far as the minutes concerned cos we did n't deal with anything very much last time , but the next item on the agenda erm , is usually campaigns and Amnesty erm usually has one or two or more campaigns running on a particular aspect of it 's work or a particular country and there was some that really started maybe two or three years ago and which have continued erm in a smaller form since that time .
17 Sessions last one hour and they are grouped with similar children as far as possible .
18 Then pull each leg away in opposite directions as far as it will go .
19 Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man .
20 The tumbled surface of the sea looked blue-green , with white horses as far as the eye could see .
21 Erm we asked the question about the aircraft 's reduced operational capabilities as far as Britain is concerned , we were told that there was no reduction , erm there was no percentage figure that could be produced but w now what about the other countries , I mean , which countries are asking for what to be omitted and by how much is the percentage , in percentage terms er is the performance of the aircraft reduced in those cases and further on from that , picking up something that that Wing Com er Group Captain Granville White has just mentioned which i is the question of sales .
22 Where contact with the organized public is necessary or unavoidable , steps are taken to retain the organizational initiative in the hands of the governmental authorities as far as possible , and to associate with people of like attitude rather than with those who are considered to be ‘ uncooperative ’ , ‘ militant ’ , ‘ extremist ’ for example .
23 The line still represents a real challenge to footplate crews and one of the major attractions as far as enthusiasts are concerned is to hear the engines working under pressure on the slopes of the Rheidol Valley .
24 Electrical stimulation has either positive or negative effects as far as speech is concerned .
25 We 've got poor facilities medically ; we 've got poor facilities as far as shopping is concerned ; no telephone , no place to post your letters .
26 He never had any long-term physical relationships as far as I know .
27 Yet they were clearly important considerations as far as the school was concerned .
28 There are really only two important considerations as far as the desktop publisher is concerned ; is it readable and does it look good .
29 Both biological and cultural explanations , however , have sceptical implications as far as morality is concerned .
30 While the Blackpool cars ventured over the ex-Company tracks as far as the Cabin , soon after the Gynn junction was completed , it was not until 1926 that double-deckers reached Bispham .
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