Example sentences of "so far [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So far as the Directors are aware , the close company provisions of the Corporation Tax Act 1976 do not apply . |
| 7 | So far as the Directors are aware , the Company is not a close company for taxation purposes . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On an appeal by the plaintiff the Court of Appeal held ( dismissing the appeal ) that in so far as the rules of the club provided that two of its officers were to be responsible in law for the conduct of the club then ( in the absence of an express provision that the officers were responsible for the condition of the club premises ) the rules did not give rise to a duty of care towards individual members to maintain the club premises in a reasonable state of safety and repair . |
| 10 | But anyway nineteen ninety three has been another successful year for the Garrick , which started , so far as the productions are concerned with the pantomime , Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves directed by Jill her debut as a director , hopefully not her last . |
| 11 | So far as the ferrets ' accommodation is concerned , I prefer a roomy hutch with separate sleeping quarters . |
| 12 | Some governments , notably the UK , argue that the Fifth Directive should be based on Article 100 ( general harmonisation of national laws ) at least in so far as the provisions on employee representation at board level are concerned , since it deals with the rights of employed persons which fall outside the scope of freedom of establishment governed by Article 54 . |
| 13 | Thus in so far as the provisions of the Act of 1987 are ambiguous , guidance can be sought from the Order of 1991 in the same way as guidance can be sought from a later enactment for the construction of an earlier one : Kirkness v. John Hudson & Co . Ltd . |
| 14 | But , so far as the Exercises goes , all of this is underplayed . |
| 15 | The results of this tour , so far as the ladies of the party were concerned , tended to confirm all my previous impressions of their valour and vigour , and also to the strengthening of my determination never to undertake or propose any arrangement from which the ladies must of course be excluded . |
| 16 | Wilson later admitted that so far as the shipowners were concerned , " It was blow given and blow returned . |
| 17 | I informed Mr Kagan that I was something of a heretic so far as the minutiae of the Jewish faith were concerned ; on the other hand , I said , I had never concealed that I was a loyal member of the faith , and so I would be happy to have the boy to tea and talk to him about Judaism in general terms . |
| 18 | Many writers viewed this strategy as doubtful or worse so far as the laws of war were concerned ( Builder and Graubard , 1982 ) . |
| 19 | Article 6 of the Convention also declared that its provisions did not preclude any of the following so far as the laws of the concerned states or conventions entered into between them allowed : |
| 20 | So far as the merits of the instant appeal are concerned , I , like my noble and learned friends , Lord Bridge of Harwich and Lord Browne-Wilkinson , was in favour of dismissing the appeal at the conclusion of the first hearing . |
| 21 | In so far as the reforms accelerated the growth of capitalism and differentiation between employer and employee among the peasantry , they served only to intensify the misery and oppression of the poorer peasants , to advance the struggle between rich and poor peasants . |
| 22 | So far as the ceremonies of investiture were concerned , he himself had lived , and could live , with either the old or the new . |
| 23 | So far as the families of those involved in disciplinary proceedings are concerned , we do not even count as worth a thought ( ‘ Guilty until proven innocent ’ , 4 March ) . |
| 24 | In so far as the actions since 1979 have politicized areas hitherto relatively immune to such considerations they provide pretexts for a future Labour government to intervene in these spheres . |
| 25 | This follows an après-ski dinner at La Rocca mountain restaurant , accompanied by singing and , so far as the adults are concerned , much passing of the ceremonial grolla , a multi-spouted loving cup containing a potent alcoholic brew . |
| 26 | So far as the Gospels themselves are concerned , Jesus may indeed have been King of the Jews — and/or been so regarded . |
| 27 | The issue would appear to be a novel one so far as the researches of counsel go . |
| 28 | So far as the seamen were concerned , the impossible had been achieved . |
| 29 | As both crimes carried an automatic death sentence , along with many others , so far as the prisoners were concerned , any specific charge was purely academic . |
| 30 | In so far as the letters make statements about what is happening in the territory of some foreign state , such letters may not be the best evidence ; but as regards the question whether Her Majesty 's Government has dealings with the foreign government it will almost certainly be the best and only conclusive evidence of that fact . |