Example sentences of "far as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as evidence other than confessions is concerned , there is again no guarantee that unlawful police action will be punished by refusing to admit into court the evidence against an accused that their wrongdoing has secured . |
| 2 | As far as coverage is concerned , this comes out of the definition of the target group and the media available to reach it . |
| 3 | World Peace is a most important , er item affecting everyone in the world ; Gorbachov has been one of the foremost politicians , international politicians to , to make a change in , in , er in the world climate , so far as peace is concerned , and therefore that will certainly help him solve his bread and butter problems in the Soviet Union . |
| 4 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |
| 5 | The Forest Enterprise are well ahead of the game as far as provision for off-road facilities is concerned . |
| 6 | There was speculation about how seriously the committee would heed and take account of the overwhelming consensus that the early years are the seedcorn of the future , and that , commensurately , investment of the proper magnitude would have to be made to reflect that , and , also , to bring the UK in line with a number of other European countries , as far as provision is concerned ( Moss 1988 ) . |
| 7 | I slip into the pitfall of subjectivity with trepidation , but observing my fellow patients , I seemed to discern a distinct pattern so far as stress was concerned . |
| 8 | As far as stress is concerned , the question is quite simple . |
| 9 | ‘ Only as far as proof goes . |
| 10 | True , what he had felt for Kee was at the time a stronger passion , and so far as charm went they could n't be compared . |
| 11 | These are variously indebted , but in so far as authorship is attributable they are the joint work of the writer of the paper and Euan Reid . |
| 12 | She points out that we know little of the differential impact of changing material circumstances on different kinds of tending , and is surely right when she argues that it would be ‘ useful and interesting to discover how long term unemployment alters conjugal roles as far as caring is concerned ’ . |
| 13 | Now , you may think that as far as chorus , delay , flanging etc. is concerned , guitarists could probably write the book , being arguably the most effects-hungry musos on the planet , but when it comes to a studio environment do you know how much delay to add to a vocal part to make it sound really brill ? |
| 14 | I 'm no I 'm no speed merchant as far as maths is concerned |
| 15 | Mr Williamson did n't mention it in his description of the way he 'd arrived , the County Council had arrived at their five hundred and odd hectares and er so far as West Yorkshire 's aware , it 's been ignored or so f as far as we 're aware so far , it 's been ignored . |
| 16 | They were good value , because they were in a style that he could wear anywhere and they were strong enough for all his walking and kept his feet from being bruised on the city pavements , for when you walk as much and as far as Boy did at that time you can hurt your feet badly . |
| 17 | Well I say the er it 's a fair result as far as catchment is concerned , it 's one parish to the next . |
| 18 | As far as culture is concerned , media products dominate [ and ] continuity with traditional aesthetic principles and practices … is broken … |
| 19 | I return to Summerchild , who has retreated as far as laughter will stretch and found nothing . |
| 20 | To the outsider , psychoanalysis appears a pretty broad church , at least so far as dream interpretation is concerned . |
| 21 | In 1931 , however , they were all still comparatively innocent as far as publication was concerned . |
| 22 | These subjects slept like short sleepers in so far as sleep efficiency was improved , and deep slow wave sleep was maintained at baseline levels . |
| 23 | Official efforts to protect the cultivator against an oppressive lord went back at least as far as legislation by the Emperor Leopold I in 1680 ; and in many ways Maria Theresa showed a truer concern for her peasant subjects than her son was ever to do . |
| 24 | As Davy wrote later , John Buddle , the mine inspector , convinced him that , ‘ as far as ventilation was concerned , the resources of modern science had been fully employed ; and that a mode of preventing accidents was only to be sought for in a method of lighting the mines free from danger . ’ |
| 25 | My dancing partner and her parents turned up , a little bit embarrassing for me as my French was very limited as far as conversation was concerned . |
| 26 | As far as conversation was concerned , there was one golden rule : a gentleman should avoid telling shaggy-dog stories . |
| 27 | For the present , however , we will confine our attention to the Sunda Arc comprising Sumatra , Java and the chain of smaller islands extending eastwards as far as longitude 123°E ( Fig. 3.14 ) . |
| 28 | And as far as Folly could remember , there had been no reason to mention the name of the hotel to anyone else — except , of course , the police constable who had taken down her details . |
| 29 | What distinguished the Court of Napoleon III was its brilliance and verve , for he was determined that it should in no way resemble the moribund courts of Europe , stifling under the weight of tradition , except in so far as etiquette and good order must prevail . |
| 30 | Muhammad had certainly covered the ground as far as etiquette was concerned . |