Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as a group formation persists , or so far as it extends , individuals in the group behave as though they were uniform , tolerate peculiarities of its members , equate themselves with them , and have no feeling of aversion towards them . |
| 2 | But where there is an ambiguity , or the law is otherwise unclear or so far undeclared by an appellate court , the English court is not only entitled but , in my judgment , obliged to consider the implications of article 10 . |
| 3 | Now , the REALLY BIG QUESTION : why not find a place for him … yep I appreciate that Batty , McAllister , Speed & Strachan are all bloody good BUT I personally think Rocky is a far more skillful player than Batty , more likely to score goals ( than Batty ) & generally far more of an attacking player . |
| 4 | When the affected characters get to the east wall ( or as far as they can go in that direction if other characters stop them ) , they are attacked . |
| 5 | If it appears relatively flat and equidistant , or quite far away , the lack of parallax may not be a problem at all . |
| 6 | Alarm messages appear on the screen if the chase car gets too close to , or too far from , the lead car . |
| 7 | Calls , too , can supplement other signals when horses are too close or too far apart to see each other . |
| 8 | Try not to hang things too close , too high , or too far apart . |
| 9 | You may discover that you 've chosen to fish a line too close in or too far out . |
| 10 | On the basis of this analogy we may call a ring current a magnetic dipole , or more precisely we should say that sufficiently far away from a ring current the magnetic field appears as if it was created by two closely spaced magnetic charges ( which of course do not exist ) . |
| 11 | With the lucrative business contracts that used to keep the generals happy being diverted to Mr Suharto 's children , his military power-base is developing cracks , although so far they are barely perceptible . |
| 12 | They seem delighted and although so far we have only had telephone contact , I feel sure they will be able to drive their ‘ new ’ acquisition for many years to come . |
| 13 | It was hard going , but as readers of her undoubtedly interesting although immensely tendentious book will discover , some progress was made , although so far as I was concerned with astonishing fluctuations in my popularity . |
| 14 | She 'd always had boyfriends , although so far she had n't been tempted to engage in any serious commitment . |
| 15 | A : You are both playing with fire and , although so far your clandestine relationship has been fairly innocent , if it develops any further , your daughter could stumble on the truth at any time . |
| 16 | Although so far no one has succeeded in interpreting the Etruscan language we can fully appreciate their sculpture , painting and craftsmanship . |
| 17 | Computers are used in all walks of life , although so far in our series of programmes we 've largely been looking at scientific applications . |
| 18 | They point out that the recent North American Free Trade Agreement signed by the USA , Canada and Mexico contains more explicit environmental protection language than so far proposed for the MTO . |
| 19 | What has been attempted in this chapter has been the clarification that so far the traditional values of catholic nationalism are still dominant among the Roman catholics of Ireland , even if they are severely contested by a significant minority from among them and lukewarmly subscribed to by a further significant minority . |
| 20 | Mikhail Shchadov , the Minister for Coal , told the Trud newspaper yesterday that so far this year , deliveries were 18.5 million tonnes less than planned , while 35 million tonnes of mined coal was lying at pitheads for want of freight rolling-stock . |
| 21 | THE Property Exchange , a new company publishing a national directory of people who want to swap homes rather than sell them ( if the properties have different values , one party pays the other the difference ) says that so far most people are looking for smaller homes . |
| 22 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 23 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 24 | To quote , ‘ The result — and this is the essential point — is that so far as regulation through allosteric interaction is concerned , everything is possible . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Yegor Gaidar , First Deputy Prime Minister , said : ‘ I am convinced that so far we have agreed on effective co-operation in order to resolve the problem by joint effort . |
| 26 | It would agree with Ayer that so far as reason is concerned , theism is nonsense . |
| 27 | Heat from stronger lighting could be a problem , but it seems that so far the normal air conditioning has been able to cope and no abnormal discomfort has been experienced . |
| 28 | I will tell you plainly that so far as I am concerned that objective is the promotion of books … . ’ |
| 29 | No doubt in due course they would become equally vocal in their complaints about the French , but Thiercelin decided that so far as possible his own behaviour should be above reproach . |
| 30 | Before moving on to make use of the database , it was necessary to assess whether or not the data itself was valid for the organisation being studied , bearing in mind that so far the exercise had been a systems-thinking one , rather than a study of what was happening in practice . |