Example sentences of "in [adv] far [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | In so far as sensations are ‘ things excited in our minds ’ , they seem to have the character of particulars ; but in so far as the same sensation can be excited by any one of numerous objects , they ( the sensations ) seem to have the character of universals . |
| 32 | Aside from the clear financial objective of an increase in the basic weekly rate to 7s 6d , the association was mainly concerned with the inconsistencies of the 1908 Act in so far as the means test mitigated against the ‘ respectable aged Britisher ’ . |
| 33 | The sociology of religion certainly can not tell us what we ought to believe — or even whether any particular belief is true or false — except , perhaps , in so far as the belief makes empirical claims or predictions — but , even then , we must remember , religions do deal in miracles , and they do celebrate paradox . |
| 34 | In so far as the historian must now ask himself rigorously when confronted with new evidence , ‘ evidence for what ? ’ , this is an excellent thing . |
| 35 | In so far as the members of the professions themselves believed in such an ideal and oriented their behaviour in accordance with it ( and therefore against pure self-interest ) , they created the conditions under which trust could be offered and accepted . |
| 36 | In so far as the historic cost pricing rules applied , the large consumers were subsidised like others initially , but , by the mid-1950s , their prices probably reflected long-run costs fairly accurately ( though they correctly , if somewhat ineffectively , complained about the continuing subsidy to the domestic consumer , which they suspected but could not prove ) . |
| 37 | In so far as the RHA did feel impelled to act , the constant worry about shortages of staff and inadequacies of conditions at its mental hospitals , making neglect or abuse of patients more likely to occur , played a significant part in decision-making . |
| 38 | The condition of the people of Hartfield , Hawksborough and Shoyswell hundreds differed from that of the rest of the region only in so far as the usual string of £1 assessments was balanced in each of them by one of the very few three-figure ones ( see Table 2.17 ) . |
| 39 | In so far as the political stability of mid-century depended upon the success of the king 's cause in France , it was shallowly based . |
| 40 | But , in so far as the subject was addressed , the dominant view was that by integrating modern industry into the communal structure Russia could enjoy its benefits without enduring proletarianization . |
| 41 | In so far as the system worked — some disputes were settled , some crimes fully atoned for — it did so because it accommodated to the plastic and multifarious notions of justice obtaining within a small group of men , known to each other from youth up , often related by marriage , who had to reckon on continuing to live as neighbours after the case was over . |
| 42 | Indeed , the cause of Duke William 's concern on the matter was his clash with Hugh IV de Lusignan ; in the course of this Hugh , embittered by William 's failure to keep his word , renounced his oath of fidelity , except in so far as the count 's physical safety and the safety of Poitiers were concerned . |
| 43 | For instance , Realism and Idealism are not in direct competition , in so far as the former relies on a view of scientific method which the latter rejects . |
| 44 | These internal connections are explanatory of the behaviour of particles in so far as the world conforms to the model . |
| 45 | In ‘ action ’ he includes ‘ all human action , when and in so far as the acting individual attaches subjective meaning to it ’ . |
| 46 | When Weber remarked initially that he would consider ‘ all action when and in so far as the acting individual attaches subjective meaning to it ’ , he invited the comment that there are all sorts of subjective meanings . |
| 47 | Rational actors in the same situation make the same choices , but only in so far as the situation is the same from within . |
| 48 | The third is ‘ ideal-typical ’ , as when we invoke microeconomic theory in order to model the rational choice by the agent ( in so far as the action was zweckrational ) . |
| 49 | They did not shrink from assassination and , in so far as the technology of the epoch allowed , they employed techniques which today would be associated with terrorism . |
| 50 | This is the most likely , in so far as the threatened deposition of Edward V would provide the strongest reason for Hastings to switch sides , but in that case any conspiracy becomes the result , and not the cause , of Gloucester 's decision to take the throne . |
| 51 | In so far as the French Union was a federation which would group Indochina , Black Africa , and North Africa it was , as Raymond Aron pointed out , a grandiose objective but at least in the original proposals of the drafting committee which included a former governor general of Indochina , Alexandre Varenne , it was to be a union based on free consent . |
| 52 | In what follows , in so far as the requiredness of causal circumstances to effects is concerned , it will be enough to keep in mind only the great majority , which are of the ordinary kind . |
| 53 | The interesting implication of disregarding them is that in so far as the STV can operate and be judged as a PR system , it is not at all because it provides for transfers of votes , but because it is used in pluri-member constituencies in which candidates of more than one party can be voted for effectively . |
| 54 | David Lodge , in Language of Fiction , adopts a monist stance , arguing that there is no essential difference between poetry and prose , in so far as the following tenets apply to both : |
| 55 | In so far as the typical client can be identified from the survey information , he is likely to be a male owner-occupier aged between 25 and 34 and be himself a member of the professional or employers and managers socio-economic group . |
| 56 | In so far as the ‘ southern enlargement ’ extended the European ideal , created a larger market for goods , and protected democracy it could be seen as a success . |
| 57 | Money therefore tends to extend a concept of equality , in so far as the perception of inequality becomes based upon differences in the possession of money , rather than on an essentialist notion of intrinsic differences in persons . |
| 58 | On an appeal by the plaintiff the Court of Appeal held ( dismissing the appeal ) that in so far as the rules of the club provided that two of its officers were to be responsible in law for the conduct of the club then ( in the absence of an express provision that the officers were responsible for the condition of the club premises ) the rules did not give rise to a duty of care towards individual members to maintain the club premises in a reasonable state of safety and repair . |
| 59 | In so far as the reforms accelerated the growth of capitalism and differentiation between employer and employee among the peasantry , they served only to intensify the misery and oppression of the poorer peasants , to advance the struggle between rich and poor peasants . |
| 60 | Before the advent of the Europeans the latter lacked any contact with more ‘ advanced ’ cultures ( except in so far as the influence of the Aztecs and other peoples of Central America may have percolated northward ) , whereas Siberia , as part of the ‘ Old World ’ cultural complex , was subject to many influences ( however remote ) from the great civilizations of Eurasia . |