Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | All except Lord Diplock ( and in this he positively disagreed ) held that the GLC had to have regard , when making a grant , to the LTE 's obligation to run its operations so far as practicable , on a break-even basis ; so the GLC could make grants to the LTE only to make good unavoidable losses and not to further a particular social policy . |
| 2 | In that year the Cohen Committee succinctly explained how this state of affairs had come about : ‘ [ t ] he illusory nature of the control theoretically exercised by the shareholders over directors has been accentuated by the dispersion of capital among an increasing number of small shareholders who pay little attention to their investments so long as satisfactory dividends are forthcoming , who lack sufficient time , money and experience to make full use of their rights as occasion arises and who are , in many cases , too numerous and too widely dispersed to be able to organise themselves ’ . |
| 3 | Candidates are awarded credit for individual areas of study as these are completed , and no time limit applies to the length of time it may take to complete either the professional certificate or diploma programmes so long as these programmes are still offered by HCIMA . |
| 4 | The statutory scheme for bankruptcy is to be found in the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency Rules 1986 and has the following main objectives : ( 1 ) to enable the bankrupt 's affairs and dealings to be investigated under the control of the court ; ( 2 ) to provide the statutory machinery for the collection and rateable distribution of the bankrupt 's available assets ( or those assets which ought to form part of his estate ) with a view to satisfying his debts so far as may be practicable ; ( 3 ) to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge . |
| 5 | In most subsequent cases , it became clear that considerations of comity would not prevail against the usual procedures of the Federal Rules so long as deponents or documents were to be produced within the United States , from whatever source . |
| 6 | Education departments in the 1950s and 1960s , faced with rapidly rising school populations , were able to win the battle for funds locally just as the ministry did nationally . |
| 7 | The important words so far as this appeal is concerned are the words ‘ any enactment or rule of law … restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . ’ |
| 8 | The passing of the Victorian age , significant in so many spheres , brought no great change in this area ; there is no magic in the divide between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries so far as the scope of judicial review is concerned . |
| 9 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 10 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
| 11 | According to the Smallholdings and Allotments Act of 1908 , a smallholding was defined as ‘ an agricultural holding more than one acre and not more than 50 acres in extent , though the area may be extended beyond 50 acres so long as its annual value for the purpose of income tax does not exceed £50 ’ . |
| 12 | ( Incidentally , most bureau will buy in typefaces for clients so long as either the client pays for it or there is going to be sufficient volume of work to justify it . ) |
| 13 | The intention is thus to narrow the matters in dispute between the parties so far as possible and , in theory at least , to give both parties advance notice of what the other case is . |
| 14 | On March 26 , 1952 , they signed the agreement now sued upon which has three clauses : ‘ ( 1 ) the husband will pay to the wife for her support and maintenance a weekly sum of One Pound Ten Shillings to be paid every four weeks during the joint lives of the parties so long as the wife shall lead a chaste life the first payment hereunder to be made on the Fifteenth day of April 1952. ( 2 ) The wife will out of the said weekly sum or otherwise support and maintain herself and will indemnify the husband against all debts to be incurred by her and will not in any way at any time hereafter pledge the husband 's credit . |
| 15 | Invective flowed from the pens of all parties and violence from their partizans so long as the feud between the Sailors and Firemen and the Seafarers continued . |
| 16 | ‘ None of the calls have hit me between the eyes so far as the vital piece of information , but I 'm still hopeful that what we need may be in there , ’ he said . |
| 17 | In fact , you can choose any level of regular or monthly savings so long as they do n't exceed the maximum savings allowed . |
| 18 | The Netherlands allows the centre to carry on supporting , preparatory or auxiliary activities , which is more flexible , at least in principle , and the centre can take on commercial risks so long as an increased mark-up is agreed . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She points out that we know little of the differential impact of changing material circumstances on different kinds of tending , and is surely right when she argues that it would be ‘ useful and interesting to discover how long term unemployment alters conjugal roles as far as caring is concerned ’ . |
| 21 | She realized that she was feeling it too , frozen to the marrow in this bitter East wind which kept whipping her cloak off her shoulders as contemptuously as if it had been made of pocket-handkerchieves instead of tablecloths , her stomach hollow and aching , her head feeling light and aching a little too . |
| 22 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 23 | The Conservative Group put forward proposals to give this power to the schools as soon as possible , as Councillor did say , and many of our schools took advantage , around fifty percent I believe . |
| 24 | Teachers ' centre wardens ( usually themselves experienced teachers anxious to develop active supportive programmes ) keep in close touch with teachers and schools as well as with local advisers and " the office " , and centre management is frequently run on quasi-democratic lines with a significant element of teacher-participation ( the local authority none the less is responsible for finance ) . |
| 25 | Women in developing countries are generally undereducated because young girls are often taken out of schools as early as possible to allow their mothers to work whilst they take care of younger siblings . |
| 26 | Meanwhile at least one offspring of the NPA flourishes — the ‘ English Through Activity ’ programme in Swaziland , where I found similar activity and enthusiasm in schools , talked to a committed supervisor who saw her role entirely as getting her materials — including issues of English Ladybird books — to rural schools as efficiently as possible and of encouraging ‘ active learning ’ , ( but of what and why she took little heed ) . |
| 27 | There he became a world champion in a year filled with controversy and difficulty and there he learned that he neither really liked being world champion ( it was inhibiting ) nor really driving fast cars as fast as he was expected to ( they were thoroughly frightening ) . |
| 28 | Paragraph , earlier reply will be , be appreciated as I want to finalize the Aran price for the units as soon as possible , best regards , Sam . |
| 29 | Arrange your units as deeply as possible . |
| 30 | This is true for whole nations as well as for individuals , as Israel 's his tory proved . |