Example sentences of "so far [conj] the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you choose a wallmounted fitting , make sure the arm does n't jut out so far that the light is in front of you as this will throw your book into shadow . |
| 2 | This is another example of constructive liability , and it is particularly inappropriate here , in so far as the law is aiming to produce a ‘ ladder ’ of offences graded in terms of relative seriousness . |
| 3 | If the unreasonableness produces voidness that means that so far as the law is concerned the clause has never existed : it may well then be possible to claim in tort for the restitution of money or goods although no specific action can be brought on the basis of the contractual force of the clause . |
| 4 | Compliance strategy allows justice to be done in the process of negotiating conformity , whereas in a sanctioning system justice is done ( so far as the enforcer is concerned ) when someone is let off ( Reiss and Bordua , 1967:37–8 ) . |
| 5 | You need special cards to get in even if you are a visitor but so far as the computer is concerned that did not have the same security ? ’ |
| 6 | The first one is what exactly the duty is so far as the auditor is concerned . |
| 7 | So far as the housewife is concerned , time limits imposed by factors outside her control mean that the pace of her work is too fast for each task to get the attention she would like to give it . |
| 8 | So far as the Commissioner is concerned there was a fear that the Prime Minister 's power of censorship could lead to an ‘ extremely thin ’ annual report being laid before Parliament , with little opportunity for informed debate . |
| 9 | In so far as the anchoress is seeking Christ lost in the soul , she is like the disciples in the boat on the sea of Galilee lost in the storm ( Matthew 13:44 ) who woke the sleeping Jesus to save them from destruction : But underlying the cry of the anchoress is the constant calling of God which alone enables her cry : " oure lord and all whilk wilen herken to hym ( 50.323a. – 122 ) . |
| 10 | This fertile region , hollowed out and enriched so far as the soil is concerned by glaciation , was once known as the Pays tea Quatre Vallées , and Arreau was its capital , being another of the small centres which flourished in the years when the trans-Pyrenean trade with Spain was at its height . |
| 11 | So far as the Board is aware there are no other holdings of 3 per cent or more of the share capital of the Company . |
| 12 | So far as the curriculum is concerned , equality of access to ‘ benefits , facilities and services ’ means that in relation to subject choices and the way they are taught , stereotypical assumptions about the respective roles of men and women in society should be avoided . |
| 13 | In so far as the goal is to extract a ‘ clean ’ data set of ordered clones and probes , but which is still large enough to minimize the number of contigs , a high initial redundancy implies that less additional effort is needed to close any remaining gaps when all available probes are used and all contiguous clones are ordered . |
| 14 | Many people besides farmers have problems caused by this er tax that , whatever one thinks er about it so far as the system is concerned , really when you look at it more closely it 's the details that have been so badly thought out . |
| 15 | So far as the performer is concerned , he has the defence that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that a programme involving the use of the offending material would be included in a cable broadcast , or that the circumstances in which such material was included would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . |
| 16 | There must be sent to the Central Authority of the state of destination two copies of the Request and of the document to be served ( either the original or a copy ) 75 ; so far as the Request is concerned this requirement for duplicates is always applicable , but pairs or groups of States may agree to dispense , as between themselves , with the need for duplicate copies of the document to be served . |
| 17 | In so far as the interview is a critique of Thatcherism — and that is not as far as might have been supposed from the headlines in yesterday 's papers — it is misplaced . |
| 18 | Growth in earnings per share is the key short-term measure so far as the City is concerned . |
| 19 | From time to time a ferret does get bitten by a rat , usually by a female defending her young , but the clash is never fatal so far as the ferret is concerned . |
| 20 | In Hilton it represents stages in the journey to God when the soul is no longer engaged with worldly things and as it were asleep to sin ( 24.90r. – 235 ) but is not yet fully illuminated by the knowledge of Christ : The experience of the dark can be either painful or restful : painful in so far as the soul is still troubled by the pressures of the worldly attractions from which it is hiding ; or restful in so far as the soul is waiting untroubled in its longing for Christ . |
| 21 | In Hilton it represents stages in the journey to God when the soul is no longer engaged with worldly things and as it were asleep to sin ( 24.90r. – 235 ) but is not yet fully illuminated by the knowledge of Christ : The experience of the dark can be either painful or restful : painful in so far as the soul is still troubled by the pressures of the worldly attractions from which it is hiding ; or restful in so far as the soul is waiting untroubled in its longing for Christ . |
| 22 | I agree with him that an unsatisfactory situation er was created in our legislation and in passing I would like to say how much we all welcome , I 'm sure the efforts of my Noble Friend to get legislation simplified , but erm on this particular matter which he has raised , I would like to try to comfort him if that is possible , because erm by getting rid of the er the sections two two A and three of the Police Act as they er nineteen sixty four as they have been amended and er substituting this clause to the Bill simplification will in fact have been achieved so far as the form is concerned . |
| 23 | The effect of the " dominant impact " test is to enable the courts to take account of the psychological realities of reading and film viewing , in so far as the audience is affected by theme and style and message , so that isolated incidents of an offensive nature are placed in context . |
| 24 | So far as the seller is concerned he would prefer not to accept liability to deliver by a particular date in the first instance . |
| 25 | Rational actors in the same situation make the same choices , but only in so far as the situation is the same from within . |
| 26 | In her affidavit Miss Heal set out , pursuant to the provisions of article 8 ( f ) of the Convention , the circumstances which she said would obtain so far as the mother is concerned if she and the child were to be returned to Ontario . |
| 27 | university this term , at least so far as the community is concerned , is our Open Day on Saturday June the fourteenth . |
| 28 | So far as the view is intended to be a strictly subjective one , it is capable of being summarised , frivolously but informatively , in a single word — ‘ jaundiced ’ ; but that , perhaps applies to all legislation and not exclusively to modern legislation . |
| 29 | Businessmen should be allowed to put the position straight so far as the Revenue is concerned and with the minimum of fuss , not ‘ taken to the cleaners ’ by a second Government department . |
| 30 | The vendor will be required to warrant that it is not in breach of any of the contracts of employment nor , so far as the vendor is aware , are any of the employees . |