Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] far [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) A covenant by the lessee for the repair of the premises is of no effect so far as it relates to the matters mentioned in subsection ( l ) ( a ) to ( c ) , except so far as it imposes on the lessee any of the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ( a ) or ( c ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Chest pain , sudden onset as far as I know , collapse — she 's now arrhythmic , possibly fibrillating . ’ |
| 3 | To quote that part of this Act so far as it affects a member of a local authority may be useful . |
| 4 | Erm certainly on the rescue tenders , erm erm on , on each division would have that equipment , it 's not carried on every fire engine as far as I know now , erm I , I do n't see why it should n't but er again I think it 's a matter of cost , and , and carrying it about as well and finding the space for it , but certainly it 's at hand when it 's needed . |
| 5 | This argument seems to me sound so far as it goes , but it does not go very far . |
| 6 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 7 | On the motorways no problems at the moment as far as we know . |
| 8 | because the verderers … and … the Steward of the Forest made no mention in their rolls of the name of the said page , nor of his delivery , nor of his escape , and the business of the King so far as it relates to the said boy is entirely undone , therefore they are in mercy . |
| 9 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |
| 10 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 11 | However there is little activity in this line in Aberdeen particularly and Scotland as a whole as far as I know . |
| 12 | His father has no name as far as I know . |
| 13 | In reaching his decision he founded himself on the only reported case as far as we know that has been decided under this provision ; it is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Brown v Liverpool Corporation [ 1969 ] 3 AER 1345 . |
| 14 | ‘ Carol 's split town and gone back to university as far as anyone knows . |
| 15 | Mrs Murphy snatched the opportunity to ask Mrs Frizzell to proceed with her report , which she did , outlining the story as far as she knew it and using as many euphemisms as she could . |
| 16 | it is a good theory so far as it goes . |
| 17 | She was unmarried , and there was no one in prospect as far as I know . |
| 18 | The bodies were discovered at eight forty-five on the morning of Wednesday 18 September by Miss Emily Wharton , a 65-year-old spinster of the parish of St Matthew 's in Paddington , London , and Darren Wilkes , aged 10 , of no particular parish as far as he knew or cared . |
| 19 | I mean they do n't feel that way about quantum theory as far as I know . |
| 20 | By the second year there was considerable disappointment that they had not developed the purchasing role as far as they had hoped . |
| 21 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
| 22 | Newcastle 's death in 1768 merely removed the most accomplished practitioner of the system ; the word ‘ party ’ only had political significance as far as it related to the following of great magnates . |
| 23 | ( ‘ But only in the footballing sense as far as I know . ’ ) |
| 24 | When sexual activity results from obsession in a parent with offspring simply because they are offspring ( a rare situation so far as I know ) psychotherapy may rectify deviant desire . |
| 25 | Self-cleaning oven so far as I knew . |
| 26 | Once intimate told me : ‘ Now he 'd just come back from the ‘ A ’ tour and his confidence was sky-high when he learned , at second hand as far as I know , that Matthew was going to be vice-captain . |
| 27 | Interestingly enough , that 's the only book as far as I know which veers from history . |
| 28 | ‘ Not a lot as far as I know , why ? ’ |
| 29 | There 's er no practical application as far as you know . |
| 30 | There are no proposals either in er draught directive form or before this house on that matter as far as I know and certainly er if that were to be the proposal it would be objected to strenuously on this side of the house . |