Example sentences of "so far as [noun prp] be " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 For extra-Community trade , so far as Britain is concerned , the DNH has worked out how the two systems are to be meshed together , as the UK categories and monetary limits , although similar to those of the EC , are not identical .
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 We happen to lie in the line of sight so far as Algol is concerned ( or nearly so ) ; if we were observing from a different vantage point there would be no eclipses , and Algol would shine steadily .
10 So far as Rome was concerned , they were , of course , rebellious outlaws , to be hounded , harried and ruthlessly extirpated .
11 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 .
12 It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned .
13 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 .
14 From the lack of overlap between the patrons of the two ventures , it seems likely that the progressive bourgeoisie of ESPEW were not disposed to back the printing initiative supported by a more conservative section of the upper class , nor apparently was the venture connected to the NAPSS , which , as the Scottish Typographical Circular pointed out , " so far as Scotland is concerned , declined to have anything to do with the attempt to introduce women into the printing business " .
15 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 . ’
16 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 .
17 She had no living relatives and , so far as Celia was aware , none of her friendships had survived her arrest .
18 So far as Andrew was able to think beyond himself , Nicandra 's beauty overpowered him .
19 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 .
20 Whatever it might have been , it was short-lived so far as James was concerned .
21 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 ] ’ .
22 This situation may best be illustrated , so far as Anselm is concerned , by examining his interventions on the subject of monastic vows .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 Military service to France was actually performed by Edward in 1283 , in so far as Edward 's seneschal of Ponthieu arrived at Bordeaux with a contingent of men-at-arms , ready to serve in Aragon , but they soon returned home .
26 So far as Canterbury was concerned , the right of primacy over the whole of the British Isles was the greatest of all such gifts .
27 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 .
28 So Far as InterCity is concerned sector management has brought two major benefits : overall responsibility for deployment of its rolling stock fleet , and the building of a national range of express train products .
29 But by 1985 the sad reality had to be faced that — so far as InterCity was concerned — the market had changed , probably for ever .
30 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 .
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