Example sentences of "so far [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courses have cost Zeneca a hundred thousand pounds so far but the company believes to ignore the problem , particularly at executive level , would be costlier still . |
| 2 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
| 3 | Just as a battle begins in a state of equilibrium between tile two sides , which gradually alters one way or the other , until it is clear that the balance has tilted so far that the issue can no longer be in doubt — so this gathering of rabbits in the dark , beginning with hesitant approaches , silences , pauses , movements , crouchings side-by-side and all manner of tentative appraisals , slowly moved , like a hemisphere of the world into summer , to a warmer , brighter region of mutual liking and approval , until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear . |
| 4 | Finally , some insects are also capable of backward flight by shifting the plane of vibration , sometimes so far that the wings actually move upwards on the " downbeat " ( Fig. 38 ) . |
| 5 | It should be clear from what I have said so far that the police national computer is exactly that — for use by the police in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | If you choose a wallmounted fitting , make sure the arm does n't jut out so far that the light is in front of you as this will throw your book into shadow . |
| 7 | The final studies to be reviewed in this chapter help , we believe , to take us a little nearer understanding that paradox , as well as offering more convincing evidence than that considered so far that the connection between creativity and psychosis is indeed genuine . |
| 8 | The exclusion of the courts It has been argued so far that the methods of control and accountability introduced by the 1985 Act leave much to be desired . |
| 9 | So far as the will to violence went , both sides seemed equally matched . |
| 10 | So far as the availability of judicial review ( remedies ) is concerned , the distinction was used in cases decided after Ridge to provide a basis for denying , for example , that disciplinary decisions of prison governors ( as opposed to boards of prison visitors ) were subject to judicial review . |
| 11 | So far as the availability of evidence before the justices , again , I say little because of the course I am going to take but there clearly was evidence for them to consider and assess . |
| 12 | So far as the dispersers are concerned , being generalist would overcome the problems of poor years of any particular plant species , which , in any case , rarely fruit continuously throughout the year . |
| 13 | So far as the theorizing and model-building enterprises of sociology are concerned , these also require some assessment with the two criteria of sociological visibility and social presence in mind . |
| 14 | However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . |
| 15 | Since Ebrahimi was decided , s 459 of the Companies Act 1985 has added to the minority shareholder 's armoury a claim of ‘ unfair prejudice ’ , but only in so far as the conduct ( actual or threatened ) that he complains of is prejudicial to him in his capacity as a member . |
| 16 | She and Allan has , so far as the plot goes , the look of an afterthought , with a patchwork plot full of echoes of Quatermain 's other adventures and placing Ayesha in the same kind of danger from rebellion and rivalry which made up the story lines of She and Ayesha . |
| 17 | There were also political complications , in so far as the government wished to avoid criteria for rate-capping which might include Conservative-controlled authorities . |
| 18 | I hasten to add that no curse caused it — no hex or bewitchment , so far as the Adepts can determine ; nor even any lapse in liturgy . |
| 19 | So far as the housekeeping was concerned , Leopold had to admit that Constanze was doing a good job , and seemed to be extremely economical . |
| 20 | So far as the Directors are aware , the close company provisions of the Corporation Tax Act 1976 do not apply . |
| 21 | So far as the Directors are aware , the Company is not a close company for taxation purposes . |
| 22 | In so far as the assistance of the Americans was seen to be desirable or even imperative against Nazi Germany , he feared that they would exact a heavy price at the expense of Britain 's trade and her links with the Empire . |
| 23 | Technically it does not : the right is still upheld in so far as the jury are told that no inferences can be drawn from silence in the face of allegations . |
| 24 | Allowing for exaggeration , it is nevertheless true to say that the Emperor lived up to the Idea in so far as the re-ordering of Paris was concerned . |
| 25 | You erm understand I think , or will understand Mr , that if these sites are not included in the greenbelt , that 's to say if they are shown as part of the inset , so far as the greenbelt local plan is cer is concerned , they have no other designation , that 's to say the greenbelt local plan does n't purport to er allocate or to designate the land for any other purposes . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the assumption underlying this third argument is that by concentrating in so far as the court can , upon ‘ process ’ rather than the ‘ merits , ’ judicial review will be less controversial . |
| 28 | This is another example of constructive liability , and it is particularly inappropriate here , in so far as the law is aiming to produce a ‘ ladder ’ of offences graded in terms of relative seriousness . |
| 29 | Indeed , in so far as the law represents the embodiment of those rules deemed so important by society as to warrant setting them out formally with appropriate sanctions for non-observance , legal principles are the most important regulators of doctors ' decisions . |
| 30 | So far as the law of affray is concerned , the provision in section 3(5) that the offence may be committed in private as well as in public states the existing law on the point , and arguably ‘ corrects the error ’ that had crept in to the law a century or so earlier . |