Example sentences of "so far [conj] [noun prp] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in small things so far but Dexter was sure , thinking back to the taut image of the man sitting on his sofa the previous night , that he was lying about bigger things as well . |
| 2 | The churchyard had emptied , the wedding-carriages had rolled away , taking their fragile gaiety with them to another world so far as Cara was concerned . |
| 3 | My objections were originally on the grounds of freedom , rather than efficiency , although in the event , so far as Britain was concerned , socialism led more to stagnation than to tyranny . |
| 4 | Later he moved over and took his seat in Parliament , where he was able to exploit even grander notions , that public transport be nationalized and another Bill was placed before Parliament , with this in mind , at least in so far as London was concerned . |
| 5 | By December 1940 the news from the African front was very bad so far as Italy was concerned . |
| 6 | However , the most striking feature of the reforms resulting from the Maud Report , so far as England was concerned , was the institution of ‘ metropolitan counties ’ in the most heavily urbanised areas of that country . |
| 7 | He seems to have recognized — at least he did not dissent from the view — that so far as England was concerned , the choice lay with the king . |
| 8 | Beyond the immediate circumstances of this case , Anselm rejected , so far as England was concerned , the recent papal practice of entrusting to specially appointed legates large areas within which they had authority over all archbishops and bishops . |
| 9 | So far as Rome was concerned , they were , of course , rebellious outlaws , to be hounded , harried and ruthlessly extirpated . |
| 10 | In so far as Japan was concerned , it was apparent that all profits made from their ‘ British ’ made products went back to Japan to boost their economy and to further their influence into the European markets . |
| 11 | It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned . |
| 12 | In so far as Bukharin was discussing the relationship between society and nature he focused his attention almost wholly upon the material aspects of the exchanges . |
| 13 | So far as Dicey was concerned Parliamentary sovereignty was ‘ a legal fact ’ and his purpose was to demonstrate that ‘ Parliament does constitute such a supreme legislative authority or sovereign power as , according to Austin and other jurists , must exist in every civilised state . ’ |
| 14 | It would not be the end of France 's participation in the alliance — although privately de Gaulle toyed with that step — but the end , so far as France was concerned , of participation in the structures and institutions of NATO . |
| 15 | She had no living relatives and , so far as Celia was aware , none of her friendships had survived her arrest . |
| 16 | So far as Andrew was able to think beyond himself , Nicandra 's beauty overpowered him . |
| 17 | And that arrogant devil Christie Goldsborough who 'd caused the trouble , so far as Frizingley was concerned at any rate , by egging Ben on to cut the wages at Braithwaite 's mill . |
| 18 | Whatever it might have been , it was short-lived so far as James was concerned . |
| 19 | So far as Balfour was concerned , Zionism was ‘ of far profounder import than the desire and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land [ of Palestine ] ’ . |
| 20 | It was possible , therefore , so far as Hitler was specifically linked to the boycott at all , to see him only in connection with presumed justifiable action , and detached from the ‘ unfortunate excesses ’ of Party activists . |
| 21 | So far as Hitler was concerned , and he was certainly the person who started the war , his objectives were , was to achieve a form of economic autarchy which involved the conquest of , of , of er territory in Europe er but which would not push his adversaries to the point of fighting a war of national existence . |
| 22 | So far as Canterbury was concerned , the right of primacy over the whole of the British Isles was the greatest of all such gifts . |
| 23 | Fortunately the coughing did n't really matter so far as Tinkerbell was concerned … the light is supposed to flash erratically … but the noise was rather off-putting . |
| 24 | But by 1985 the sad reality had to be faced that — so far as InterCity was concerned — the market had changed , probably for ever . |
| 25 | So far as NATO was concerned , de Gaulle recognised the value of alliances in traditional diplomacy but believed that they should also preserve the military and diplomatic independence of their members . |
| 26 | So far as Richard was concerned if his father was eventually going to insist that he give up his conquests then it was at least possible that he would get better terms if he approached Philip directly and offered to abide by the judgement of the French court . |
| 27 | So far as Pitt was concerned , America came first , but he was as delighted as anyone when the English force protecting Hanover won a distinct success against France at Minden , which might have been decisive if Lord George Sackville had not disobeyed an order to charge in a way that exposed him to conspicuous , though not permanent , disgrace . |
| 28 | So far as Vecchi was concerned , the guy must have climbed into a hole in the ground and pulled the lid over his head . |