Example sentences of "so far as [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as the results of the first inspections started to come in the seriousness of the problem was realised and the US authorities eventually went so far as to call for the use of specially made ultrasonic probes for detecting cracks round the fastener holes . |
| 2 | On the application of both defendants Wright J. set aside the order in so far as related to such disclosure on the ground that it infringed their privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 3 | In practice the risk of default of non repayment is nil so far as lending to the government is concerned . |
| 4 | North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras . |
| 5 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 6 | The writer Valentin Rasputin , reflecting some of these concerns , went so far as to complain at the Congress of People 's Deputies in 1989 of ‘ Russophobia ’ on the part of other nationalities . |
| 7 | Lawyers are adamant about the need to remain independent of the state so far as licensing for practice is concerned . |
| 8 | Editor , — In his comments on Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine Brian L Pentecost states that , so far as training for consultant practice in the NHS is concerned , all specialties accept one year of research towards higher medical training . |
| 9 | The procedure at the hearing is determined by the tribunal within the framework of the statutory rules which provide that the tribunal shall ‘ so far as appears to it appropriate seek to avoid formality ’ . |
| 10 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 11 | Following announcement of the settlement , the government admitted that it had blundered in its handling of the affair , and on Oct. 30 Antall went so far as to suggest to parliament that he should resign ( no formal resignation offer was made , however ) . |
| 12 | Gleizes and Metzinger , carried away by their enthusiasm for his art , went so far as to suggest at one point in Du Cubisme that Cubism was simply a development of his work : ‘ To understand Cézanne is to foresee Cubism . |
| 13 | The Lewisham Council went so far as to apply to the High Court for an Order of Mandamus requiring the Commissioner of Police to seek to have the march banned . |
| 14 | ‘ So far as working with composers is concerned , providing you do not alienate them , they become more relaxed and their advice is more balanced because there is no hierarchy . |
| 15 | At the lowest level in the TNC hierarchy , the operatives , there is clearly a reputational element at work , in so far as working for a company that has an international name appears to mean something positive for most people . |
| 16 | However he does not go so far as to paraphrase by " see that " , as does Palmer . |
| 17 | Peel reckoned with the prospect of violent conflict between the Government and the trade unions ; and went so far as to enquire into the practicability of organizing the middle classes against them . |
| 18 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 19 | He went so far as to bang on the door of Evert 's home in an effort to see Steffi . |