Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as is known , nobody else has been arrested or charged in connection with the murder of Mr Mxenge The State President , Mr F. W. de Klerk , last week refused to order a judicial commission of inquiry into the death-squad allegations on the ground that it would be faster to use the ‘ tried and respected prosecution mechanisms of the state ’ . |
| 2 | Reversals have , so far as is known , been taking place throughout geological time , and the evidence of these reversals is stored up in the magnetic fabrics of the rocks of both the continents and the oceanic crust . |
| 3 | Though committed to increasing the number of bishops in England since the council of Hertford in 672 ( HE IV , 5 ) , he did not attempt ( so far as is known ) to partition Wilfrid 's vast diocese of York until Ecgfrith quarrelled with Wilfrid and expelled him in 678 and even then king and archbishop appear to have been in agreement about the subdivision ( HE IV , 12 : V , 19 , 24 ; Vita Wilfridi , ch. 24 ) . |
| 4 | So far as is known , nothing definite came out of the meeting between Castro and Khrushchev in New York in late October 1960 , despite all the drama attached to the Soviet head of state 's seeking out the Cuban leader at his hotel in Harlem . |
| 5 | He married Elizabeth Holdsworth of Alverstoke , Hampshire , in 1831 , and they had ( so far as is known ) two sons and two daughters . |
| 6 | So far as is known it had never been loaned for exhibition , it had never passed through an auction room and those few who had been fortunate enough to see it had done so at the private house in Oxford where it had been in the possession of the same family for many years . |
| 7 | There is a noteable contrast with Pippin II who ( so far as is known ) never married . |
| 8 | Before 1198 we have only very fragmentary papal registers ( and hence statements ) and so far as is known no forerunner of the very precious Regestum super negotio Romani imperii . |
| 9 | So far as is known there is no toxic substance in palm fruits , but by contrast , the seeds of Lauraceae contain alkaloids : the avocado pear ( Persea americana ) , for example , has a poisonous seed . |
| 10 | He shall be assessed on the whole amount or value of that benefit except in so far as is shown that the benefit derives directly or indirectly from income on which he has already been charged to tax for that year or a previous year of assessment . |
| 11 | Repetition of the remedy is continued for as long as is required , and the doses are tailed off gradually . |
| 12 | Its purpose is best served if the person concerned can take up this attitude , be with it for as long as is required , and then let it go again when stepping back into ordinary life , then there is no risk of becoming over-identified with it . |
| 13 | For now , resolve to hold your shots only for as long as is needed to allow the audience to take in the details of the scene or to cover interesting action . |
| 14 | However , the driver/technician who delivers the vehicles spends as long as is needed , normally 1–2 hours , with the teacher/technician who is to be responsible for the duration of the programme , demonstrating the work stations and ensuring that the workings of the vehicle are fully understood . |
| 15 | for direct processing the track index does not make it clear which records are in overflow and which in the prime data area ; this prevents the first overflow record being retrieved as quickly as is achieved in the two-entry index system — at least while it is the only overflow record . |
| 16 | As far as is known all Sussex records refer to the race albifrons , except for a bird showing the characters of the race flavirostris at Wiggonholt on 27 January 1956 . |
| 17 | Kites probably ceased to breed in Sussex about 1825 , and des Forges and Harber give 21 records between 1863 and 1960 , all for the period September to May as far as is known . |
| 18 | As far as is known all the records have been for the period spring to autumn . |
| 19 | As far as is known , AIDS began fulminating in the gay communities of New York City and San Francisco in the late 1970s . |
| 20 | As far as is known , no disease ever has been transmitted with cocoa material distributed from Kew , but the danger is real , and without such quarantine facilities the spread of such diseases as witches ' broom would be almost impossible to prevent . |
| 21 | As far as is known there are no reports of fertile male mules , though they are far from impotent . |
| 22 | In considering the development of a conscience in the newborn child , the first thing is to acknowledge that , as far as is known , he is not born with any such facility . |
| 23 | The spirit of true craftsmanship is , however , best seen in those items which , as far as is known , were unique in their time and which required all the craftsmen 's skills to achieve . |
| 24 | As far as is known practical tests of centrifugal launchers were never undertaken , and with hindsight it is difficult to imagine that they could have proved to be a practical notion , requiring large structures and imposing high stresses on man and machinery . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , as far as is known , no written parchments have survived from the Minoan civilization , and it may be that the finest Minoan thoughts were never committed to writing . |
| 26 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 27 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 28 | The Cooking Centre was vacated and as far as is known nothing has happened . |
| 29 | The Cooking Centre was vacated and as far as is known nothing has happened . |
| 30 | As far as is known there are no side effects — a procedure can not alter any quantity not represented in the data structure and not appearing as a VAR parameter of the procedure . |