Example sentences of "far as the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of this had been cleared or replanted ; it was scrub woodland as nature had made it , the real thing as far as the boys were concerned . |
| 2 | Of course , they were doing something , standing around on comers in groups for example , but as far as the boys were concerned nothing memorable seems to happen to them on Saturday night . |
| 3 | In so far as the letters make statements about what is happening in the territory of some foreign state , such letters may not be the best evidence ; but as regards the question whether Her Majesty 's Government has dealings with the foreign government it will almost certainly be the best and only conclusive evidence of that fact . |
| 4 | ‘ Until the day after tomorrow as far as the fireworks are concerned . |
| 5 | When their reports of what they were thinking about were examined , it was found that these were frequently bizarre , commonly involved complex stories with visual imagery and , so far as the experimenters were concerned , were indistinguishable from dream reports . |
| 6 | So far as the ferrets ' accommodation is concerned , I prefer a roomy hutch with separate sleeping quarters . |
| 7 | And the other fear , of course , was that the cost of fuel is going to go out literally through the roof , if you 'll excuse the pun , erm that does n't seem to have happened , so again presumably they the tour operators will be able to hold prices , certainly as far as the flights are concerned ? |
| 8 | That too is a long way off , but nothing like as far as the stars . ’ |
| 9 | The issue would appear to be a novel one so far as the researches of counsel go . |
| 10 | An example of the pervasiveness of domestic thoughts , as far as the women in the book are concerned , is Mrs McGill 's conversation during an early air raid ; a time of acute danger : |
| 11 | As far as the women were concerned , they had wiped each other out and that was that . |
| 12 | ‘ As far as the grassroots are concerned we have got one , and I hope we have her for a very long time . ’ |
| 13 | The results of this tour , so far as the ladies of the party were concerned , tended to confirm all my previous impressions of their valour and vigour , and also to the strengthening of my determination never to undertake or propose any arrangement from which the ladies must of course be excluded . |
| 14 | It is important , however , to stress the instrumental character of the prosperity of the business as far as the shareholders are concerned , since otherwise a discontinuity between the ‘ enterprise interest ’ and the interests of the shareholders is liable to be concealed . |
| 15 | Decision : the aggravating features of the offence were the age of the victim ( 61 ) , the fact that as a taxi driver he was vulnerable and an easy target ; the isolated location in which the offence was committed ; the degree of violence and the fact that it continued after the theft had been completed ; the fact that the victim had been left , so far as the offenders were aware , unconscious , and the fact that two men were involved , and an implement may have been used . |
| 16 | THERE 'S never any danger of familiarity breeding contempt as far as the footballers of Down and Meath are concerned . |
| 17 | Right , now , erm , were going to have it on the actual headings as far as the minutes concerned cos we did n't deal with anything very much last time , but the next item on the agenda erm , is usually campaigns and Amnesty erm usually has one or two or more campaigns running on a particular aspect of it 's work or a particular country and there was some that really started maybe two or three years ago and which have continued erm in a smaller form since that time . |
| 18 | As both crimes carried an automatic death sentence , along with many others , so far as the prisoners were concerned , any specific charge was purely academic . |
| 19 | Its not known if the Government will take on any of the reports recommendations but as far as the campaigners are concerned the battle is far from being lost . |
| 20 | As far as the limitations of the theory are concerned the main reservations that have been expressed concern the assumption that bureaucrats maximize their utility through the maximization of their bureau 's budget . |
| 21 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 22 | Many are quite short , some extend as far as the defences , and two at least apparently form a prominent central crossroads . |
| 23 | As far as the perks of the job are concerned , Haslam looks back at his ICI days with a certain amount of nostalgia . |
| 24 | Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen . |
| 25 | In so far as the reforms accelerated the growth of capitalism and differentiation between employer and employee among the peasantry , they served only to intensify the misery and oppression of the poorer peasants , to advance the struggle between rich and poor peasants . |
| 26 | So far as the seamen were concerned , the impossible had been achieved . |
| 27 | The indecent assaults did not go as far as the rapes but were ‘ equally repulsive ’ . |
| 28 | As far as the effects of population change on the economy are concerned , however , the particular disease is of secondary importance . |
| 29 | As far as the records show he went from ‘ runner ’ to shore helper and joined the crew in 1950 . |
| 30 | So far as the merits of the instant appeal are concerned , I , like my noble and learned friends , Lord Bridge of Harwich and Lord Browne-Wilkinson , was in favour of dismissing the appeal at the conclusion of the first hearing . |