Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] far as [art] " in BNC.

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1 The passing of the Victorian age , significant in so many spheres , brought no great change in this area ; there is no magic in the divide between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries so far as the scope of judicial review is concerned .
2 ‘ None of the calls have hit me between the eyes so far as the vital piece of information , but I 'm still hopeful that what we need may be in there , ’ he said .
3 This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything .
4 He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him .
5 Yet they were clearly important considerations as far as the school was concerned .
6 There are really only two important considerations as far as the desktop publisher is concerned ; is it readable and does it look good .
7 Consequently , it has been closed off and is out of bounds as far as the Exhilarator goes . ’
8 This makes little difference to the behaviour of the companies so far as the production of policies and their conduct of business are concerned , but it does impose further constraints on the marketing of what are now clearly seen as forms of saving .
9 I accept completely what the honourable member for erm Truro Truro actually said in his speech just er that he just made , absolutely right that the cultural and the geographical identity of people matters so far as the European parliament is concerned and in respect of our responsibility , the responsibility of this house to citizens of Gibraltar .
10 ‘ Portugal has completely fulfilled its obligations as far as the Deed of Declaration is concerned , ’ Mr De Silva said .
11 The strange boy whistled , and put his arms into his pockets as far as the big coat sleeves would allow him .
12 Behind the house , the railway embankment stretches straight and level in both directions as far as the eye can see , which is a long way .
13 A few stumps of the 1859 pier built by the company remain , together with lengths of the tramway which ran from the pier-head to the coalyard and stone bankers as far as the Brook .
14 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 .
15 The enormity of this lie was so great that its ripples did in fact spread out one of the lower astral planes as far as the Magical Quarter across the river , where it picked up tremendous velocity from the huge standing wave of power that always hovered there and bounced wildly across the Circle Sea .
16 Suffice it to say that whatever the Court of Appeal 's finding there are likely to be significant procedural and resource implications as far as the administration of the complaints system is concerned and these will have to be explored during the coming year .
17 The new economic climate of the late sixteenth century brought advantages and disadvantages so far as the funeral was concerned .
18 In much the same vein , one LEA considered recently a draft of a newsletter to parents outlining the implication of those rights so far as a child 's education in their early years was concerned .
19 She had been completely open about testing the waters as far as a change of job was concerned .
20 This is not a satisfactory state of affairs as far as a religion is concerned , and when this condition is reached it is in decline .
21 Lonely white roads stretched across the great , wide moors as far as the hills .
22 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 .
23 Yes , it was not so much a deletion as er a reduction in the numbers because we were very mindful erm in going through the requirement erm and not making significant changes as far as the U K was concerned and we needed to make some savings in cost if at all possible and therefore we carried out a very comprehensive review of all the items of role equipment such as drop tanks er pylons , explosive release units and those type of things which had been provisionally earmarked for a very high intensive and fairly long running conflict and it was felt that if we were to make some savings then it was a sensible balance to reduce those numbers on the basis that we could save some money in the programme but at the same time many of these items could be bought later on at relatively short notice , clearly not within a conflict but in the years to come .
24 All students are urged to pursue these performing studies as far as the acquisition of a Teacher 's Diploma of one of the recognised colleges of music and , in suitable cases , to proceed to a Performer 's Diploma .
25 Comparable buildings are also visible from the air north of the defences as far as the River Nene , apart from the low-lying Billing Brook area .
26 Later generations of women have been catching up with their male contemporaries as far as the acquisition of paper qualifications is concerned .
27 I ask her if she has any special preferences as far as the telly is concerned .
28 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 ’ .
29 Recent decisions from Europe give clear rules as far as the union 's concerned and I hope the Labour Party .
30 I will be adding my comments as far as the programme officers are concerned at the close of the enquiry .
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