Example sentences of "far [subord] [adj] [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as minimum requirements go , you will need to take at least one blank video cassette with you . |
| 2 | Although , he confesses , he can not provide ‘ money saving ideas , ’ he firmly believes that as far as mid-range systems go , Unix functionality is now on a par with proprietary systems , reflected in reduced proprietary pricing , and that substitution , rather than wholesale replacement , is the key to open systems . |
| 3 | As far as modern marriages go , 20 years is quite an achievement . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As far as strategic partners go , Chuck House , senior vice president of research and development , says Informix is working with Microsoft on Windows NT , but not as closely as competitors Oracle Corp and Sybase Inc . |
| 6 | As far as awful games go this one takes some beating . |
| 7 | So , as far as general principles go , I think the issue between animals and the rest of the environment has become much easier in the last twenty years , and thank goodness for that . |
| 8 | In so far as such doctrines owe anything to economic theory , it is to that body of theorising now encompassed within the term ‘ public choice theory ’ , and particularly to economic models of bureaucracy . |
| 9 | ‘ An inquisition … ( b ) shall set out , so far as such particulars have been proved — ( i ) who the deceased was ; and ( ii ) how , when and where the deceased came by his death … |
| 10 | As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle . |
| 11 | Lotus is also expected to streamline its Notes pricing , making it uniform across all systems , and comprehensible as far as multiple licences go . |
| 12 | Lotus is also expected to streamline its Notes pricing , making it uniform across platforms , and comprehensible as far as multiple licenses go . |
| 13 | People who say they stand for animal protection , for compassion , for human responsibility towards the other animals , speak well and truly , as far as these descriptions go . |
| 14 | Genetics and biology have little to tell us that is relevant , except in so far as these sciences throw light on human nature in general . |
| 15 | In so far as these people share the interests of and are engaged in the practices of the global capitalist system they are members of the transnational capitalist class . |
| 16 | But so far as natural substances go we are all gazing countrymen . |
| 17 | In so far as top businessmen play a decisive role in company strategy — as distinct from its public presentation — the talents they need will vary from one situation to another . |
| 18 | The karate bout has some similarities with a boxing match in so far as both contestants move around the ring exchanging blows . |
| 19 | Those consequences can be avoided ( and Community law respected ) in so far as national courts interpret national legislation so as to comply with the terms of the directive in question . |
| 20 | As far as those artists go you must ask in each case what proportion of their careers were actually spent here and did their stay in America fundamentally affect their work ? |
| 21 | The Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 largely prevent these abuses , but it is true that , in so far as those Acts allow them to , finance companies still insist on the terms being as beneficial to themselves as possible . |
| 22 | Well these things may er describe erm sexual behaviour and how to facilitate it , but they ca n't explain it and nor are they really fundamental , because after all okay in mammals males may be the sex defined by the X chromosome , but in birds it 's the other way round in birds it 's the female chromosome and all , in other words , all bird embryos start , start out as male and differentiate into females if they 're going to , whereas in mammals all embryos start out as female and differentiate into males , in so far as those terms have any sense . |
| 23 | So far as English lawyers have theorized about the nature of corporate personality at all , they at one time for the most part accepted the doctrine of the Canon Law , that such personality is a mere fiction of the law with no basis in fact . |
| 24 | The concept of risk has been recognized as important in so far as older people have been defined as dependent or vulnerable ( Stevenson , 1989 ) but there has been little systematic analysis of risk , risk-tolerance and risk-management in relation to older people ( for a discussion of issues , see Norman , 1979 ) . |
| 25 | But the effect left in the mind by this UK and USA reservation is unfortunate : it suggests , rightly or wrongly , that these nuclear powers are prepared to support the most elaborate codification limiting the use of conventional force , but at the same time want to keep their hands completely free so far as nuclear weapons use is concerned . |