Example sentences of "so far as [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , these groups found themselves to be in a catch 22 — no win — situation so far as their own political action was concerned . |
| 2 | But Mary was not actually being singled out for special treatment or favour , except in so far as her own attractiveness and charm marked her out . |
| 3 | The diets are similar in so far as they both exclude a great deal of fat , thereby maximising the reduction of fat from our body . |
| 4 | In so far as its obstinate traditionalism prevented it from doing what political economy required , it had to be made to . |
| 5 | A government and a church should be complementary in the management of human affairs , the government as elected within a nation , and the church based on a world-wide acceptance of a defined ‘ god ’ — , and removed from control by government except in so far as its necessary commercial structure , and its adherents , must obey the laws of the prevailing administration . |
| 6 | Er yes I raised an example without referring to a specific site and the site is in Richmondshire where the county council has objected to a proposal in erm what is a a local plan in its very formative stages and the proposal conflicts with Policy I five in so far as I five directs development to the main towns and urban areas . |
| 7 | Without time for more discussion , Anselm simply left Rome the next day , to spend the next fifteen months in total inactivity so far as his archbishopric was concerned . |
| 8 | Massie 's figures are in line with other evidence , in so far as his broad categories allow confident comparison . |
| 9 | So far as his own understanding of Jesus himself was concerned , however , Baur resembled Biedermann : Jesus was the exemplary embodiment of an ‘ idea ’ . |
| 10 | We rank ourselves amongst our peers very early on , so far as our physical attractiveness is concerned : we make our sexual moves within the group appropriate to our vision of ourselves . |
| 11 | At all events , a recent proposal by the Government to abolish the prohibition against Sunday trading failed ; and in consequence section 47 of the Act of 1950 remains in force with the effect that , so far as our domestic law is concerned , the general prohibition against Sunday trading is still the law . |
| 12 | Asthma has a great many things in its favour so far as my present purpose is concerned . |
| 13 | So far as my honourable friend er is concerned he is right erm and we indeed suggested that the staff federation should be affiliated to the council of civil service trade unions to enable staff who belong to the federation to gain access to the facilities available to unions affiliated to the C C S U. Sadly , sadly the civil service unions did not feel able to accept this proposal . |
| 14 | In so far as my own kind of social anthropology can be |
| 15 | ‘ I ‘ disapprove ’ only in so far as your adventurous inclinations affect my own family , I assure you . |