Example sentences of "so far as [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so far as history aspires to meaning , it is doomed to select regions , periods , groups of men and individuals in these groups and to make them stand out , as discontinuous figures , against a continuity barely good enough to be used as a backdrop . |
| 2 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 3 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 4 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 5 | In literate society , these interlocking conversations go on ; but they are no longer man 's only dialogue ; and in so far as writing provides an alternative source for the transmission of cultural orientations it favours awareness of inconsistency . |
| 6 | Both make-ups can be available at the same time and , so far as value goes , there is nothing to choose between them . |
| 7 | We are , says Derrida , still inside structuralism in so far as structuralism constitutes ‘ an adventure of vision , a conversion in the way of putting questions to any object ’ ( Derrida 1978 : 3 ) . |
| 8 | In so far as socialism means the collective ownership and management of the economy and social relations , it requires an extensive administrative apparatus . |
| 9 | In so far as NAB has been regarded as an interim arrangement , despite the dropping of the word ‘ Interim ’ from the original title of the main body , questions about its future are bound to arise . |