Example sentences of "so far as [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have to learn a lot of different skills , and also in business nothing happens unless you 're good at organizing teams , so businessmen often get good at working with people , which is , I think , a hugely important experience so far as helping people to grow up is concerned . |
| 2 | The implication of the argument is that 1823–4 , so far as petitioning to gain mass support was concerned , should be seen primarily as a new start in many places . |
| 3 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
| 4 | So far as getting to know her was concerned , it was apparent that Lieutenant Lapointe had achieved a start on him . |
| 5 | This last choice is desirable but it only delays things so far as getting home is concerned , since the forest road stops on the frontier some three miles away , and there you can but turn round . |
| 6 | Thus , a Bill which sought to bring shipbuilding and repairing under public control but which did so , so far as repairing is concerned , by naming the particular firms affected , would be a ‘ hybrid ’ Bill . |
| 7 | In one condition of their experiment nonsense sequences followed a structural pattern of English in so far as replacing the nonsense stems by English stems would have resulted in a grammatically correct sequence . |
| 8 | So far as shortening or terminating a conversation is concerned , your ability to do this without upsetting her will depend very much on both your personalities , the warmth of your relationship , and the extent of her tolerance and sense of humour . |
| 9 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 10 | He also expressed regret that , so far as taking up arms was concerned , he was ‘ no good ’ as a shot . |
| 11 | Indeed , in so far as knowing the ‘ cause ’ would restrict our reading of the poems , it is the one piece of information we can probably do without . ’ |
| 12 | In practice the risk of default of non repayment is nil so far as lending to the government is concerned . |
| 13 | These new committees have greatly strengthened the House so far as controlling the Executive is concerned . |
| 14 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 15 | Lawyers are adamant about the need to remain independent of the state so far as licensing for practice is concerned . |
| 16 | So far as minimising the environmental effects was concerned the WO encouraged planning authorities to discuss problems with them at an early stage . |
| 17 | Editor , — In his comments on Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine Brian L Pentecost states that , so far as training for consultant practice in the NHS is concerned , all specialties accept one year of research towards higher medical training . |
| 18 | ‘ So far as working with composers is concerned , providing you do not alienate them , they become more relaxed and their advice is more balanced because there is no hierarchy . |
| 19 | At the lowest level in the TNC hierarchy , the operatives , there is clearly a reputational element at work , in so far as working for a company that has an international name appears to mean something positive for most people . |
| 20 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |
| 21 | So far as ranking the relative seriousness of sexual assaults is concerned , however , full account should be taken of the psychological effects of such offences . |
| 22 | So far as overcoming your own tendencies to resist change , it is best to have some limbering up exercises that you inflict on yourself from time to time . |
| 23 | Elderly people and their families who wish to ‘ go it alone , so far as obtaining outside help is concerned are , of course , quite at liberty to do so , and four of the large organisations who can give advice on a great variety of problems are : |
| 24 | So far as doing work with public sector bodies erm , the business services act of nineteen seventy-six came into stand , this creates a lot of er , which work had been done . |
| 25 | So far as dreaming is concerned , it seems that the most striking difference between modern Western culture and pre-scientific cultures is not any decrease in mysticism or Informal supernatural beliefs , but an explosion in the number of alternative explanations for dreaming . |
| 26 | So far as dreaming is concerned , Freud 's theory has similarly been overtaken by the evidence . |
| 27 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 28 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |