Example sentences of "so far [subord] [adj] [be] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ market egalitarianism ’ argument embodies the idea that all individuals in the market should be placed on an equal footing , in so far as that is possible . |
| 2 | to assimilate the law relating to chattels real and real property , and , so far as this is possible , the law relating to land and movable property ; and |
| 3 | To be for animal welfare , as distinct from merely being against animal cruelty , is to believe that we have a duty to improve the quality of animal life , by ensuring — so far as this is possible — that other animals are the beneficiaries of what is good for them , not merely that we should avoid being cruel to them . |
| 4 | It is the business of government to listen to them , mediate between them , and evolve the compromise settlements which will take account of all " legitimate " concerns and interests in so far as this is possible . |
| 5 | The DES accompanied the report with Circular 11/77 , ‘ The Training of Teachers for Further Education ’ , in which it declared the Secretary of State 's support for the proposals in principle , together with the hope that an early start would be made on their implementation , ‘ so far as this is possible within existing resources ’ . |
| 6 | A weaker version of the same proposal would be to consider that semantics is an abstraction away from context-dependent utterances , in so far as this is possible ( as suggested by Carnap , 1959 : 13 ; Lyons , 1977a : 591 ) . |