Example sentences of "so far [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So far as practical consequences are concerned , we need still to bear in mind how far this falls short of a general protection in rem ; difficulty , as always , would arise in proving the bad faith of the possessor .
2 We have no intention to emigrate so far as present plans are concerned .
3 Thus , in so far as middle-class women are more likely to perceive the low status of the housewife role , they are more likely than their working-class sisters to be dissatisfied with it .
4 So far as alternative remedies are concerned , if the alternative is provided by statute then deference to Parliamentary intention can be called in aid of requiring recourse to the alternative .
5 So far as systematic training of diplomats was concerned , therefore , the eighteenth century saw projects and suggestions , but little lasting achievement .
6 So far as Allied Colloids is concerned a great deal .
7 So far as elderly people in particular are concerned , there has been relatively little change in patterns of co-residence with relatives until the later part of the twentieth century ; although there have been some fluctuations , the overall pattern shows more continuities than changes .
8 Claimants for social welfare provisions have not always been in a good position so far as procedural protection is concerned .
9 The immediate prospects are not promising for the child , at least in so far as primary schools are concerned .
10 So far as material culture is concerned , the Siberian peoples fell into two main categories .
11 In so far as material conditions were more unpleasant , so human beings were more unpleasant .
12 We should proceed beyond the immediate results of experience only so far as legitimate inductions will take us .
13 So far as new teachers are concerned , the implications of the new market ethos created by open enrolment and LMS are considerable .
14 By themselves the facts are neutral but in so far as moral views about the proper role of the media are based upon presumptions about facts , our empirical findings are bound to have moral implications .
15 His Lordship said the defendants were employed , so far as professional skill could , to relieve the wife from the pressures of her matrimonial situation .
16 Radical surgery for prostatic cancer has become acceptable so far as long term functional results are concerned : continence can be maintained or restored in virtually all patients , and potency is maintained in 50–70% of those who are potent preoperatively .
17 Second , in the NATO member states , the relative lack of formal restrictions has contributed to the public unease about defence policy , which is associated in people 's minds with threats of all-out nuclear war : far from assisting deterrence this situation is highly corrosive so far as effective defence and deterrence are concerned .
18 In so far as colonial bureaucracy extended its activities beyond law and order and the collection of revenues , they were perceived of as ‘ nation building responsibilities ’ ( Dube 1964 ) .
19 On the other hand , in so far as general provisions such as Articles 100 and 235 may be used in this area , national competence would appear only to be excluded to the extent that the Community has enacted legislation .
20 So far as ordinary citizens and non-governmental bodies are concerned , the background principle of English law is that a person or body may do anything which the law does not prohibit .
21 So far as actual repairs to defective books are concerned , I hope I have said enough in earlier pages to discourage collectors from attempting them , unless they submit themselves to attending one of the excellent courses arranged in some centres of education .
22 It was tempting to the author to use one part of his own surname — Kease — which , so far as current research reveals , is unique to his family .
23 So far as other people are concerned , you are your behaviour .
24 So far as other sectors are concerned , there are no comparable data .
25 But he is not directly accessible in any ordinary sense , nor can the necessity of the concept of God for the interpreting of our experience be demonstrated , at least so far as pure reflection on the nature of our knowledge can take us .
26 As yet , so far as religious houses were concerned , it was the alienation of the gift , not the failure to fulfil the condition , that prompted recovery by the donor .
27 In so far as religious thinking was permeated by the spirit of Humanism , religious music also submitted to become the vehicle of the word while pure polyphony of the utmost technical refinement continued to serve the religion of pure unreasoning faith , ‘ the magic of sound matching the magic of faith ’ .
28 So far as digital penetration with one finger is concerned , if this is less serious than other types of penetration , this could be reflected in sentencing .
29 So far as individual counselling on sexual matters is concerned , schools are advised that whilst pastoral care of pupils is an important aspect of the teacher 's role , parents are expected to play their part , so that if a pupil were to approach a teacher for advice the teacher should , wherever possible , encourage the pupil to seek it from his/her parent whilst at the same time warning the pupil of the risks attached to the pupil 's behaviour .
30 In so far as modern historians have tried to explain it , it is simply as a continuation of the war of 1173 This however , it was not .
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