Example sentences of "far as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as the timing of his escape to Germany was concerned , Joyce had hardly moved too soon . |
| 2 | Whilst most modern witch covens can be traced back only as far as the revival stimulated by Gerald Gardner and the repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in the 1950s , there still exist traditional covens which date back much further . |
| 3 | As far as the short-term is concerned , er , part of the budget package in the current year , er , the retirement and the , the now proposal was to , to help up the side as regards that . |
| 4 | Consignments arrive at Burnt Oak every Thursday afternoon to crowds of eager bargain hunters who travel from as far as the Lake District and Newcastle . |
| 5 | A ward nurse accompanied Mr Reynolds as far as the anaesthetic room , taking with her all his notes and X-rays to ensure that the surgical team had all the available information . |
| 6 | Last time round they went to south east Asia , trekked in Nepal as far as the Everest base camp , saw Thailand and China then came back on the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
| 7 | It is , however , established that the demise of one floor of a building extends at least as far as the underside of the joists supporting the floor above it ( Sturge v Hackett ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This would appear to be the end of the road for transsexuals as far as the law is concerned . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , after impassioned protests from Bishop John Fisher , he agreed to the less contentious formula : ‘ especial protector and as far as the law of Christ allows even supreme head . ’ |
| 12 | In fact as far as the law is concerned it 's really irrelevant that you bought the goods in a sale . |
| 13 | All that matters as far as the law is concerned is , did you buy the goods from a shop ? |
| 14 | That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned . |
| 15 | So far as the law of affray is concerned , the provision in section 3(5) that the offence may be committed in private as well as in public states the existing law on the point , and arguably ‘ corrects the error ’ that had crept in to the law a century or so earlier . |
| 16 | ‘ As far as the law 's concerned , they 're all yours . ’ |
| 17 | Accordingly , while congratulating the Association on its endeavours , may I make a plea to the members of its Committee to restrain themselves from the political tactic of eyewash and puff and to conduct themselves , so far as the Law Society are concerned , in a straightforward , honest and co-operative manner ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Niall might be free as far as the law was concerned , but he had been the injured party , the one left to pick up the pieces when the woman he must have loved walked out . |
| 21 | As far as the person on the other end is concerned you are the company or organization . |
| 22 | Always remember , behaviour breeds behaviour and that , so far as the person on the other end of the telephone is concerned , you are what you say ! |
| 23 | He said : ‘ So far as the question of Ministerial rules goes , it is quite clear that there was no breach whatsoever , and I deeply resent the suggestion that there was . ’ |
| 24 | Finally , so far as the question of convergence goes , Moore insists that there is no guarantee of it . |
| 25 | In so far as the question before us is concerned , no distinction can be made with respect to the proprietary and governmental capacities of a city . |
| 26 | There were interviews of which oral evidence was given in the inquiry ordered by the visitor but these were found by Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle to be neutral so far as the question at issue falls to be considered . |
| 27 | And as far as the child is concerned , it is the mother 's behaviour that will impinge on him , and not some abstract concept . |
| 28 | I have been confined almost a year by the dislocation of one of the ankle-bones of my leg , so have not been able to get as far as the Society House , but have enclosed the shilling you was so kind as to pay for a letter from Monsieur du Hamel . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | So far as the attitude to his obstruction is concerned , the essence is that it must be shown that the defendant has deliberately brought about the state of affairs that makes it more difficult for the police to do their duties , and is aware that he has done so . |