Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] far [subord] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Subsection ( 2 ) contains the critical provision so far as the present case is concerned .
2 Growth in earnings per share is the key short-term measure so far as the City is concerned .
3 That was the principle of the Yasa so far as the practical application of scientific knowledge was concerned .
4 The passing of the Victorian age , significant in so many spheres , brought no great change in this area ; there is no magic in the divide between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries so far as the scope of judicial review is concerned .
5 By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned .
6 However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread .
7 And lastly , are you an optimist or a pessimist so far as the future 's concerned ?
8 ‘ None of the calls have hit me between the eyes so far as the vital piece of information , but I 'm still hopeful that what we need may be in there , ’ he said .
9 The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature .
10 This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything .
11 Jenkins ( 1987 ) describes effectiveness research so far as a ‘ limited concept , primarily relating to the intervention process ’ and with little validity in the ‘ macro area ’ .
12 At a Christmas assembly at Aachen in 837 , having carefully built up aristocratic and episcopal support , and secured the agreement of Pippin ( whose own ambitions in Francia now looked blighted ) and Louis the German , Louis solemnly conferred on Charles " a part of the regnum " , with the following boundaries : the greater part of the Belgic provinces , in other words , the whole of Frisia from the North Sea and Saxon frontier as far as the frontier of the Ripuarian Franks , and along the latter , the counties of Mulekewe , Ettra , Hamarlant and Maasgau ; then all the territory between the Meuse and Seine as far south as Burgundy , including Verdun ; and going from Burgundy , the counties of Toul , Ornois , Blois , Blaisois , Perthois , the two Bars [ i.e. Bar-le-Duc and Bar-sur-Aube ] , Brienne , Troyes , Auxerre , Sens , the Gâtinais , Melun , Etampes , the Pays de Châtres , and Paris ; then along the Seine to the Channel and up the coast as far as Frisia again : within these , all the bishoprics , abbacies , counties , fisclands , and all pertaining thereto .
13 It is clear , furthermore , that Categories 1 and 2 do not impose an evidential burden on the defendant as far as the consent issue is concerned , for generally speaking , where the defence seeks to do no more than deny the prosecution 's assertion , it is entitled to have its claims placed before the jury .
14 And that meant quite a effect as far as the aborigines were concerned they had lost their territory !
15 He cursed her , and blessed her , and fumed away on her errand as far as the door ; and turned there to say with genuine fury : ‘ Am I mad , that I turn you loose to take your chance among wolves ?
16 He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him .
17 On either side as far as the eye could see , long lines of children , dwarfed by the adults stooped over the restless machinery , reached or crawled , snatched or darted , in and out of the network of rattling belts and hissing pipes , playing a constant game with death .
18 The new industry of salmon-farming has filled the gap as far as the scavenging gulls are concerned : the rearing cages are placed in the sheltered bays and ‘ sounds ’ between the islands and are fed on high-protein , manufactured food in pellet form , which are ferried out in sacks by small boats .
19 Yet they were clearly important considerations as far as the school was concerned .
20 There are really only two important considerations as far as the desktop publisher is concerned ; is it readable and does it look good .
21 The demand for shell suits in shiny crinkle and trilobal fabrics is waning and there will certainly be less of these versions around by next spring as far as the more fashion conscious wearer is concerned .
22 Frost is the biggest killer as far as the size of crops harvested in Champagne is concerned .
23 First , at the time Jones had no idea what a storm was going to erupt about test-tube fusion and in notifying the DOE of his possible conflict of interest he was already being exceedingly conscientious and could , for example , have chosen instead to have remained an anonymous reviewer as far as the chemists were concerned .
24 A further exploration with von Wissmann in 1939 took him from Aden , through the almost unknown highlands to the north-east as far as the Wadi Jirdan and on into Hadhramaut , the results appearing in his Aden to the Hadhramaut ( 1947 ) .
25 In another change of tack — there was a time when OS/2 was the whole future as far as the company was concerned , Microsoft Corp is switching its signals and is now making it clear that it expects MS-DOS users to prepare to switch to Windows NT .
26 Consequently , it has been closed off and is out of bounds as far as the Exhilarator goes . ’
27 He established trading connections with the sultan of Kedah , by whom he was offered in 1771 the port and the coast as far as the island of Penang in return for help against the Bugis of Selangor .
28 The more southerly route lay across a gap in the Urals to the Irtysh and thence , after the Tatar khanate had been defeated , up the middle Ob and its tributaries , such as the Ket , to where a portage led to the middle reaches of the Yenisei ; from here they ascended the Upper ( or ‘ Stony ’ ) Tunguska as far as the Ilim , and so either by portage to the Lena or up the Angara towards Lake Baikal .
29 The very digestibility of the fruit , however , may be a disadvantage as far as the plant is concerned .
30 Secondly , if the tenant is entitled to break at a specified date linked to a rent review , the effect of the break-clause may be to make time of the essence as far as the review is concerned ( United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley Borough Council [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 62 at 77 , 98 ) .
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