Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] far [conj] possible [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They innovated as far as possible under the 1948 Act but eventually secured a further Act , in 1963 , which legitimated ‘ preventive ’ work . |
| 2 | Next to him on his left , keeping as far as possible from the coals as though to emphasize his lack of pretensions to warmth , was Percy Makepeace ( ‘ We 're distantly welated to the Thackeways ' ) , the pale shred of a mathematics teacher . |
| 3 | They can not reconcile the liberal precept that private autonomy should be respected as far as possible with the practice of legally enforcing all promises . |
| 4 | Reluctance and misunderstanding must in their case be dissolved as far as possible by rational persuasion . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the relatively few persons for whom special knowledge and training are reserved are freed so far as possible from the obligations of simple labour ’ ( Braverman , 1974 , pp. 82–3 ) . |
| 6 | The special educational needs should be met as far as possible within the normal educational system , and parental views should be taken into account in making provision for particular children . |
| 7 | The action and control areas were carefully selected so that they were matched as far as possible in terms both of the number of referrals to the psychogeriatric service in the previous year , and of 1981 census data on the number of elderly people resident , particularly those aged 80 and over , the housing amenities of elderly people and the proportion of elderly people living alone ( see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 8 | For the trie , the current structure is searched as far as possible following the sequence of letters in the new word to be added . |
| 9 | He hovered about the site restlessly , like one barefoot on thorns , all the while they were removing the debris of sagging , uprooted broom bushes , which Orrie phlegmatically loaded into a handcart and wheeled away along the riverside path to be unloaded and burned as far as possible from the sacred precincts . |
| 10 | It is therefore important to ensure that wording is agreed as far as possible during drafting meetings . |
| 11 | Dalgliesh had recognised , with foreboding , a familiar phenomenon : the desire of a witness , aware of the paucity of her evidence , to make the most of it lest the police be disappointed , while remaining as far as possible within the confines of truth . |
| 12 | ACT carried back is offset as far as possible against the most recent period first and then the next most recent period , and so on until the claim is exhausted or the six year time limit is reached . |
| 13 | The company sees the service as a natural complement to NetWare 4.0 directory services — which have been based as far as possible on the X500 standard . |
| 14 | This implies that bonuses or other discretionary awards should be based as far as possible on efficiency criteria — for example , the percentage by which constant service level costs have been reduced , and other productivity measures . |
| 15 | We shall highlight the options available to you and their potential benefits and hazards to enable your final decision to be based as far as possible on a complete understanding of the available alternatives . |
| 16 | All departments were recommended on the launching of the FMI to establish a ‘ management accounting system ’ to be integrated as far as possible with ‘ existing systems for the public expenditure survey , estimates , and appropriation accounts ’ ( Efficiency and Effectiveness , 1982 , app. 3 ) . |
| 17 | It argued that government control should be ‘ strategic guidance ’ and should be exercised as far as possible in the same way for all the industries by the use of economic and financial criteria , and that this should be done by one minister and one department . |
| 18 | They followed as far as possible in the time available , the practices and procedures of the permanent parliamentary boundary commission , indeed of the six members of the committees , five were members of the parliamentary boundary commissions and they were appointed to the committees after consultation with the opposition parties . |
| 19 | It was generally agreed that it should be raised as far as possible from the social groups of least value . |
| 20 | On Sunday West Germany had complained about the police presence around its embassy , and the slackening of restrictions is thought to have reflected an apparent Czechoslovak desire to remain as far as possible on good terms with both Germanies . |
| 21 | Tied cottages , indeed , performed much the same function as the closed village in Victorian times , by enabling farmers to ensure that their expenditure on housing was limited as far as possible to guaranteeing their own labour requirements . |
| 22 | For this reason it is absolutely vital before setting out on a journey of this type , to plan as far as possible for this eventuality . |
| 23 | When that failed , the country resorted as far as possible to the conditions prevailing prior to its creation . |
| 24 | Otherwise , the fieldwork strategy in large-scale quantitative studies must be broadly the same as that of Labov : we need to go as far as possible in obtaining casual styles from informants and to develop ways of distinguishing styles on a continuum from ‘ careful ’ to ‘ casual ’ style . |
| 25 | However , he was much more explicit in his references to the nature of ‘ adolescence ’ , referring to it as the age of ‘ terrible peril ’ which had to be responded to ; the ‘ wayward forces ’ had to be ‘ rightly directed ’ , so that the ‘ new instincts and impulses , the new faculties and powers … shall be rightly exercised and trained , and that protection shall be given as far as possible against the temptations to which it is exposed ’ . |
| 26 | Any charges for luncheons , afternoon teas and dinners should be posted as far as possible to the tabular ledger and the guests ' bills . |
| 27 | These syllabuses have been developed as far as possible in common with the HND in Business Studies . |
| 28 | I appeal to the people of Burma to economise as far as possible in the consumption of rice and foodstuffs ; so that we may have some surplus to send to a hungry world . |
| 29 | The cap iron should be set as far as possible from the cutting edge . |
| 30 | Lower as far as possible without bending the legs and then gradually stand up straight again . |