Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] as far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the CNAA system had been in operation since 1964 , ‘ it is only recently that it has made almost total inroads as far as the central , advanced colleges of technology in Scotland are concerned ’ . |
| 2 | Even without this problem , it should be our objective to advance negotiations , contract drafting and due diligence as far as possible with the preferred bidder before the remaining offerers realise that they have been unsuccessful . |
| 3 | Social workers really do need to take a stand alongside the old person involved listening and respecting the expressed wishes as far as possible . |
| 4 | As far emerging technologies go , Rothstein says although the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment may well become part of a common distributed infrastructure , he claims it is still on a very low level as far as developers are concerned . |
| 5 | This unfortunate crusade was not a total loss as far as Barbarossa was concerned , for it set the political and feudal scene for his election as Emperor within a short time of his return to Germany . |
| 6 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 7 | As Professor S.F. Bush said in The Times ( 7 October 1991 ) , it was the commercial banks not the Bank of England which generated the credit explosion in 1987–89 : ‘ A central bank , whether independent or not , is an almost total irrelevance as far as inflation is concerned in a world dominated by thousands of different monetary agencies switching assets and liabilities across the world at the touch of a button . ’ |
| 8 | It has been reported for example that the UK has been identified as the main European culprit as far as sulphur emissions and the killing of Norway and Sweden 's lakes is concerned , yet the UK 's sulphur emissions have been in decline since 1970 while acidification has not . |
| 9 | And , this is the exciting bit as far as you 're concerned . |
| 10 | Recent decisions from Europe give clear rules as far as the union 's concerned and I hope the Labour Party . |
| 11 | He did n't have a striped jersey or a bag marked Swag as far as the Old Bill are concerned . ’ |
| 12 | On the passage home we retraced our outward course as far as Kyle of Localsh , and from there threaded our way into the Sound of Raasay via Caol Mor to spend the night at Portree . |
| 13 | So if there 's any er er erm thought that the er ombudsman complaints were running at a high level as far as this committee 's interest were concerned , I can confirm that that is n't in fact the case . |
| 14 | • the paths of daily life and work : of these , the newly laid-out path extends from the old building as far as the workshops ; |
| 15 | It 's still a pretty new and unfamiliar business as far as we 're concerned . |
| 16 | Must we , in other words , accept an ultimate sexual apartheid as far as ethical values are concerned ? |
| 17 | What she says and what she does are two different things as far as children go . |
| 18 | ANDF does not change the fundamental constructs of software , and data can move between applications on different machines as far as it would ordinarily be able to do . |
| 19 | And , as anywhere else , transitory lighting can turn a nondescript topography into a picture , as up on the Barkly Tableland where the narrow tarmac ribbon is frayed at the edges into blond tussocky grass as far as the eye can see . |
| 20 | There have been three Railway Gas Works at Wolverton and gas was supplied by the Company to all Wolverton and Old Wolverton as far as the Old Wolverton turn , to all of New Bradwell and the Bradville Estate , the former having its own gasometer positioned at the western end of Bridge Street alongside the canal . |
| 21 | For it was the Spirit who called Philip from his successful mission in Samaria to reach the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel ( 8:29 and probably 26 ) , and led him on his further preaching tour as far as the very Hellenised city of Caesarea . |
| 22 | It is truly said that he can go to bed at night with a clear sky as far as Home Affairs are concerned and wake up the next morning with a major crisis on his hands . |
| 23 | I remembered arriving in Cross the previous day on the school bus noticing the universal teatime re-fuelling of hundreds of fires and stores ; fresh puffing chimneys as far as the eye could see . |
| 24 | Saving on unavoidable costs : pay poll tax monthly ( rather than let the Council have free use of your money for a year ) ; use annual season tickets , which are substantially cheaper ; check if you can economise on energy use — within sensible limits as far as your family 's health is concerned . |
| 25 | The proposed timetable for public platforms/launches as far as these can be scheduled is as follows : |
| 26 | However , do n't thrust the chin forwards and only pull back the withdrawing hand as far as the side of the face — not to the ribs or the hip . |
| 27 | Despite efforts by staff to integrate different issues as far as an individual is concerned this has not always been possible given the present working practice , locations and procedures . |
| 28 | Encourage the dog to remain close to you , away from the public thoroughfare as far as possible . |
| 29 | It is a high-risk venture as far as we 're concerned |
| 30 | ‘ We 're very much old school as far as playing 's concerned , ’ reckons Robert . |