Example sentences of "far as [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1939 the CRREC claimed that ‘ Not only are Jewish children with no particular religious affiliation being placed in non Jewish homes and schools , utterly abandoned as far as their religious education is concerned , but even children who have been brought up in a religious atmosphere … are being callously placed in non Jewish schools and homes , where they suffer mental torture which , in at least one case , has brought the child to the verge of a nervous breakdown . ’ |
| 2 | Allen and Burton now argue that , at least as far as their observational data are concerned , the projectile model best fits the facts . |
| 3 | However , the UN Secretary General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , said on July 25 that the Iraqis had " unfortunately not revealed all they have as far as their nuclear capabilities are concerned " . |
| 4 | When the carrier acknowledges that he holds for and on behalf of the buyer , e.g. by accepting and acting upon the buyer 's instructions not to convey the goods as far as their original destination or to convey them to a further destination , or |
| 5 | Slaughter 's description of this as ‘ whimsical ’ is about as far as her detached sense of scholarship allows her to go in appraising some of these eccentricities . |
| 6 | But Mary was not actually being singled out for special treatment or favour , except in so far as her own attractiveness and charm marked her out . |
| 7 | In so far as its obstinate traditionalism prevented it from doing what political economy required , it had to be made to . |
| 8 | Lawrence Kohlberg 's empirical work on moral development follows , as far as its basic stance is concerned , the structure and assumptions of Jean Piaget , who has demonstrated apparently invariant sequences of change , not only in relation to moral development , but in other areas , too . |
| 9 | But there are some bright spots on the horizon–what occurs as June gets underway should have an amazing effect as far as your worldly ambitions , happiness and general well-being are concerned . |
| 10 | As far as your proposed advertising campaign is concerned , I can assure you that we will be quite capable of working from the material you supply us with , should you decide to offer us your business . |
| 11 | ‘ I ‘ disapprove ’ only in so far as your adventurous inclinations affect my own family , I assure you . |
| 12 | As far as our own history is concerned , feminist criticism shows that Western philosophy has been consistently masculine in orientation even while it has changed its preoccupations and methods . |
| 13 | We rank ourselves amongst our peers very early on , so far as our physical attractiveness is concerned : we make our sexual moves within the group appropriate to our vision of ourselves . |
| 14 | At all events , a recent proposal by the Government to abolish the prohibition against Sunday trading failed ; and in consequence section 47 of the Act of 1950 remains in force with the effect that , so far as our domestic law is concerned , the general prohibition against Sunday trading is still the law . |
| 15 | These were tubed to two bottles of pale green dye which , under weighted pressure , travelled up the lymph channels as far as my lower abdomen , filling the infected nodes , thus making any change in size or behaviour easy to spot on X-ray . |
| 16 | So far as my honourable friend er is concerned he is right erm and we indeed suggested that the staff federation should be affiliated to the council of civil service trade unions to enable staff who belong to the federation to gain access to the facilities available to unions affiliated to the C C S U. Sadly , sadly the civil service unions did not feel able to accept this proposal . |
| 17 | The whole three-hour operation was painless but tedious , and I dozed off when the thin white line had progressed as far as my X-rayed knees on the screen in front of me . |
| 18 | Asthma has a great many things in its favour so far as my present purpose is concerned . |
| 19 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 20 | But I do agree as far as my two friends are concerned . |
| 21 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 22 | As far as my old man could find out , it was abandoned two generations ago , or more . |
| 23 | Erm , but my Lord er I think the difficulty is that as far as my learned friend is concerned er he takes the view and it 's probably better for him to develop this your Lordship , that the matters can not properly be separated and he wishes your Lordship to deal with them in total so that er the whole picture can be seen at liability stage . |
| 24 | As far as my own case is concerned , the scapegoating theory , delineated above , describes only a portion of the truth about emptiness . |
| 25 | In so far as my own kind of social anthropology can be |
| 26 | As far as my own taste in music is concerned I like everything from ragtime to opera , but prefer the classical composers such as Mozart , Beethoven , Strauss and Tchaikovsky . |
| 27 | I I 'm grateful Mr Deputy Speaker and I I will certainly er stay in order but the British electorate coming up to June the ninth and the European er elections will not know even if we pass these particular proposals tonight er in which constituencies they will be voting and if I may give an illustration as the honourable member for Truro did er er as far as his European constituency is concerned er the European constituency of Derbyshire Ashfield will d be divided into three different directions as the result of this particular order in council if we pass it tonight . |
| 28 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |
| 29 | Ken 's more serious side was , as far as his fellow performers were concerned , more obvious in the books he read . |
| 30 | Massie 's figures are in line with other evidence , in so far as his broad categories allow confident comparison . |