Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I saw myself as a write-off as far as boyfriends were concerned .
2 Today threatened to be a write-off as far as work was concerned , but perhaps she could recoup some of the lost time later on .
3 At seven o'clock on a chilly Saturday evening in November , the shroud of darkness enveloping it was a kindness as far as Captain Roddy Simcox was concerned .
4 And that meant quite a effect as far as the aborigines were concerned they had lost their territory !
5 And lastly , are you an optimist or a pessimist so far as the future 's concerned ?
6 Do you think women are at a disadvantage so far as this computer age is concerned ?
7 The very digestibility of the fruit , however , may be a disadvantage as far as the plant is concerned .
8 I said , ‘ Did you hear me giving her a puff as far as her policies were concerned ?
9 You feel a soft click through your fingers before you have pressed a key as far as it will go .
10 Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ?
11 Touche Ross , the best young talent in Scotland at the moment , will start favourites , but with the league championship basically now a dream as far as Grange are concerned , this clash will undoubtedly lift them for what promises to be their most important game of the season .
12 Goodey has reported and concluded , that as long as they get their hundred per cent minimum requirement they can still go on their contribution holidays , and many and my scheme members feel that this is just a it 's a freebie as far as they 're concerned and scheme members do n't do not benefit from the surplus and they would like to have seen or preferred to have seen
13 by the loading or unloading of a vehicle so far as concerns loading or unloading risk cover by a Motor Policy ; or
14 More than anything else could have been , it was searingly expressive of the contempt in which he held her , because he had ignored her face where her personality and individuality were written , his attention given wholly to a part of her body — and a body was just a body as far as she was concerned , with nothing to do with one 's emotional identity .
15 Indeed , they may be able to help the would-be Texas traveller by uncovering the fact that Philadelphia or New Hampshire may be more productive places to seek a placement to seek a placement so far as child abuse is concerned .
16 one of my sections in the subdivision is thinking of declaring UDI [ unilateral declaration of independence ] from the Divisional Headquarters … as for Headquarters and the Force organizational structure , well that 's just a joke as far as these men are concerned .
17 Apart from these , the two rival systems were more or less on a par as far as simplicity and accord with observations of planetary positions are concerned .
18 There 's still a difference as far as the parents are concerned .
19 Rightly , Nora considered Cramer a wasteland as far as fashion was concerned .
20 It is important to trace the history of a site as far as possible , and identify its present and previous uses .
21 Morris , Hoggart and Hudson agreed that the afternoon 's debate on press and public relations would be a doddle as far as the platform was concerned .
22 Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know .
23 ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes . ’
24 ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes ’ Cregagh Bonsai owner Stephen Whiteside surrounds himself with the love of his life .
25 ‘ No , he does n't have a name as far as you 're concerned .
26 Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag .
27 The box hedge is solid as a wall as far as the corner , but just round there it ends , and that short side is privet , and there 's a place in it where an old wicket 's been taken out , and the gap has n't grown in completely yet .
28 However there is little activity in this line in Aberdeen particularly and Scotland as a whole as far as I know .
29 Only the dull earth can purify me , contact with all else is a defilement so far as I am concerned .
30 I 've always found the men that I 've worked with either it has made no difference that I was a woman so far as I was aware , or else they 've been very helpful .
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