Example sentences of "far as the [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See Davies v Davies ( 1887 ) 36 Ch D 359 where a covenant which sought to restrain trade " so far as the law allows " was found to be too uncertain to be enforced . |
| 2 | Indeed , in so far as the law represents the embodiment of those rules deemed so important by society as to warrant setting them out formally with appropriate sanctions for non-observance , legal principles are the most important regulators of doctors ' decisions . |
| 3 | The Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra represent the highest parts of the outer-arc ridge of the Sunda Arc and this structure can be traced northwards as far as the Indoburman Ranges in Burma ( Fig. 3.9 ) . |
| 4 | Consequently , it has been closed off and is out of bounds as far as the Exhilarator goes . ’ |
| 5 | The range of permissible investments , for instance , is defined by statute in so far as the settlement makes no provision ; but , even within the limits of investment allowed by statute or settlement , a trustee may incur liability by want of due care in exercising his discretion . |
| 6 | The means of salvaging something of the disposition is to recognize that so far as the daughter has benefited under her father 's will she may be obliged by a trust . |
| 7 | In the Appalachian region there were repeated uplifts giving rise to coarse detritus in the trough to the west , whilst a vast shallow carbonate-depositing sea extended over the stable interior of North America as far as the Pacific ranges . |
| 8 | And are you now going to take that any further or are you going as far as the government wants you to go as this stage ? |
| 9 | As far as the sense goes , we would be better to say that line B specifies the way in which God brings the army of the stars out in flaIl number : it is by summoning each one of them by name . |
| 10 | She and Allan has , so far as the plot goes , the look of an afterthought , with a patchwork plot full of echoes of Quatermain 's other adventures and placing Ayesha in the same kind of danger from rebellion and rivalry which made up the story lines of She and Ayesha . |
| 11 | An order made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom in bankruptcy proceedings can be enforced in any other part of the United Kingdom as if made by the corresponding court in that other part except in so far as the order relates to property situated there ( unless the Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor make provision for this ) ( s 426(1)-(3) ) . |
| 12 | It is the outcome of a series of contracts between the founding shareholders : in so far as the state has a role in corporate creation it is not materially different from its role in enforcing contracts in general . |
| 13 | But , so far as the Exercises goes , all of this is underplayed . |
| 14 | 3.7 The expression " pain and suffering " is almost a term of art in so far as the expression embraces different concepts . |
| 15 | But a thinking participant like Socrates ( with a following in the Assembly ) found this incident difficult to stomach , and so far as the passage contains a statement of constitutional principle , it ought not to be pressed . |
| 16 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 17 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 18 | As far as the material goes , his is more than equal to that served up by the aforementioned pair . |
| 19 | The sociology of religion certainly can not tell us what we ought to believe — or even whether any particular belief is true or false — except , perhaps , in so far as the belief makes empirical claims or predictions — but , even then , we must remember , religions do deal in miracles , and they do celebrate paradox . |
| 20 | These internal connections are explanatory of the behaviour of particles in so far as the world conforms to the model . |
| 21 | As far as the husband goes , he has the corpse but no clear evidence of murder . |
| 22 | These remarks were made in a case in which the mortgage , so far as the report reveals , was silent about costs , charges and expenses . |
| 23 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 24 | An occupier may expect that a person , in the exercise of his calling , will appreciate and guard against any special risks ordinarily incident to it , so far as the occupier leaves him free to do so . |
| 25 | ( b ) Persons entering in the exercise of a calling Section 2(3) ( b ) states : " An occupier may expect that a person , in the exercise of his calling , will appreciate and guard against any special risks ordinarily incident to it , so far as the occupier leaves him free to do so . " |
| 26 | In so far as the house does represent a large capital asset , and it undoubtedly does , I am quite clear that in the long term , house prices are likely , generally to rise with inflation , indeed I would think must do so or perhaps to rise rather more quickly than inflation if there is a rising population and as there has been for very , very ma many years have passed , that , in the passed a decreasing occupancy rate . |
| 27 | And the same mutatis mutandis applies to the mat , in so far as the mat qualifies as a self-subsistent ontological entity . |
| 28 | When Insurers settle a partial loss they acquire no proprietary rights in the subject matter insured — but they become subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the Policyholder in so far as the Policyholder has been indemnified under the Policy . |
| 29 | In this sense it has a similar role to that of the Office of Fair Trading in relation to UK competition rules such as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , although in a number of respects and in particular in so far as the Commission has the power to take binding decisions , its powers are more extensive than the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 30 | AB : Well it was always fairly straightforward for me as far as the repertoire goes . |