Example sentences of "so far as [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The only sense in which the government had an overall strategy was in its continued determination to maintain full employment so far as was consistent with a fixed exchange rate . |
2 | This Boden observed other people 's taboos just so far as was necessary , but he went his own way , sure that no values were valid but his own . |
3 | As elsewhere in industry , this terrific pace could not be maintained and ultimately , when the Minister of Labour recommended the reduction of working hours to 56 , the Railway Workshop followed suit , so far as was practicable . |
4 | Under the Act the L.T.E. was required , so far as was practicable , to make up any deficit incurred in one accounting period within the next such period . |
5 | This decision met with considerable resistance from our East German colleagues , and in the end , the only way to overcome this was to steer clear so far as was possible of the art historical minefield that exists in Germany . |
6 | Most of the brothers were all too well aware of him , but in his absence relaxed , gave thanks and forgot him ; and the novices and schoolboys evaded being in his proximity at all , so far as was possible . |