Example sentences of "in so far [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so far as cost-of-funds matters lead to Japanese competitive advantage , it is more likely to be due to their willingness to take greater risks because of the low relative cost reported by Prowse ( 1986 ) and confirmed by Hodder ( 1986 ) , rather than a propensity to disregard DCF . |
| 2 | In relation to the outside world they imply a wariness to foreign investors , and an ambivalence to foreign aid in so far as investors and aid donors may undermine the autonomy of the government . |
| 3 | They confer a right to the ‘ equity ’ in the company and , in so far as members can be said to own the company , the ordinary shareholders are its proprietors , It is they who bear the lion 's share of the risk and they who in good years take the lion 's share of the profits ( after the directors and managers have been remunerated ) . |
| 4 | ( 1c ) Finally , and this was the central issue in Benjamin 's ‘ The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction ’ , aura is lost in so far as texts themselves are reproducible . |
| 5 | In so far as institutions find it more profitable to invest abroad , UK companies may find it more difficult to float new share issues . |
| 6 | The Durham Cathedral players will only function as protectors of the cathedral and of refugees seeking asylum in so far as others in the drama expect that function from them . |
| 7 | In so far as differences in social position , such as class and gender , lead to different perspectives , that which is evoked by the objects in society will also be different . |
| 8 | In so far as leaks advertise unhappiness about a line of policy they undermine the principle of collective responsibility , as well as the confidentiality of proceedings . |
| 9 | In so far as tenants were able to secure the protection of copyhold , it removed the old disadvantages under which the servile tenant laboured . |
| 10 | I argue that race may be a factor in the puzzle but only in so far as blacks feel their belonging to a specific race may affect their futures . |
| 11 | In so far as women had played a prominent part in Romanian politics , the precedents were not happy . |
| 12 | In so far as women have these contacts rather than men — even if sometimes they are , as it were , on behalf of men — it is likely that they are in a position to mobilize support in a way that men are not . |
| 13 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 14 | Nevertheless , in so far as changes in interest rates affect expectations , lower interest rates may still contribute to higher investment . |
| 15 | Put another way , in so far as companies have power , is not that power justifiable on the basis that those who exercise it can claim a moral right to do so ? |
| 16 | Therefore no more is needed for an event to be an effect , at least in so far as relations of conditionality are concerned , than that the event was such that another one was required for it . |
| 17 | This involves a medical solution in so far as GPs seek medical care in a hospital environment . |
| 18 | The problem is relatively straightforward in so far as trees are concerned . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Tiebout hypothesis appears to mitigate this , in so far as individuals reveal their preferences by ‘ voting with their feet ’ . |
| 21 | In so far as Poles began to claim Danzig on grounds other than those of practicality , then the claim was one of nationalist reaction . |
| 22 | Most often associated with the school of functional sociology , these ideas have as axiomatic a pluralist integrative approach to political development , in which the centre is synonymous with authority ; and in so far as societies fail to conform with the model of integrated consensual authority , they are not properly modern . |
| 23 | In so far as advertisements ‘ sell ’ they generally do it more or less indirectly : rarely is an ad a direct ( or the only ) stimulus to purchase . |
| 24 | In so far as tactics have evidently changed ( for instance in public order policing : McCabe et al . , |
| 25 | Moreover , the Left has tended to turn away from applause for insurrection — at least in so far as prospects for change in Britain are concerned . |
| 26 | He addresses Dame Sirith imperiously , and with a French expression : But Dame Sirith 's final words remind us that this courtliness of expression is located in a fabliau in which the actions and attitudes are as commercial ( pris , mede ) and as crude , sexually , as in any French counterpart : These lines do not quite move into the register of marked language that we have seen in the French fabliaux and shall see in Chaucer 's English fabliaux except in so far as references to women 's thighs do not find a place in the conventional rhetorical portrayal of a courtly lady . |