Example sentences of "how far " in BNC.
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| 1 | An art critic may have difficulty in deciding how far the picture needs to be considered as devotional imagery , and how far discussion can be limited to artistic merits . |
| 2 | It is not easy to know how far Kafka 's fictions can be thought to answer descriptively to the historical realities of his time , let alone to those which his fictions are often thought to have predicted . |
| 3 | And it is not easy to know how far Kapuscinski 's book is a book about a bygone Ethiopia . |
| 4 | How far will terrestrial broadcasters compete for the rights to SPORTS coverage ? |
| 5 | Indeed , such an academic structure might provide a good opportunity for the exercise suggested by Graff , in which students ( many of whom would probably be women ) would consider a feminist anthology of women poets of the past , and discuss how far they are admissible into the existing poetic canon , and what theoretical criteria might govern such admission . |
| 6 | The debate within Labour 's ranks was then about how far and how fast they should be brought under the direct control of the state . |
| 7 | Most important , he will have to explain how far sympathy action should be allowed and precisely what would constitute a lawful trade dispute . |
| 8 | Sir David acknowledged a demand for political reforms to be speeded up , but hedged on how far Britain would go in backing them . |
| 9 | You will want to consider whether to stick to the assumptions , and if so , how far to make use of the costings in public . ’ |
| 10 | In contrast , it will be interesting to see how far Deutsche Bank succeeds with its acquisition of Morgan Grenfell in 1989 , having chosen not to react immediately to the Big Bang by acquiring a merchant banking subsidiary in London in 1986 . |
| 11 | That the views of Edwardian Conservatives elided so easily with those expressed by such a maverick as Maxse is evidence of how threatened the Conservatives felt and how far they were prepared to use a radical voice to pursue Conservative ends . |
| 12 | How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World . |
| 13 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
| 14 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
| 15 | Five hundred quick miles over the Alps in tandem with a thoroughbred rival proved just how far Chrysler has still to go to building an effective contender . |
| 16 | How far Warnie emulated at this stage of life his father 's fondness for a little drop of whiskey , and at what point he began his calamintous descent into alcoholism is not easy to determine . |
| 17 | What was being fought out over The Lodger was a debate about how far it was possible to combine a concern for art with the values of popular cinema . |
| 18 | There needs to be a realization of how far rock noise trails behind the avant garde and new jazz . |
| 19 | which is how far parliaments should surrender part or the whole of their responsibilities . |
| 20 | The extent of the fall will depend on how far liquidity contracts . |
| 21 | But until a majority of Germans , and not just their chancellor , decide how far Europe 's interests are worth defending , the Bundeswehr will be hobbled . |
| 22 | As well as showing how far flint was traded in prehistoric times in Britain , the analyses have shown that the largest proportion of the flint used to make axeheads was deliberately mined , in many ways like the hard rocks used for axes ( see page 106 ) . |
| 23 | Any sensitive reading of a story demands a feeling for how far one is permitted to push the significance of its details , and an awareness of those questions that can properly be asked of it , and those which can not . |
| 24 | The period of opposition was almost comically short and its brevity showed how far events in Northern Ireland had passed out of control of Stormont . |
| 25 | The question which remains is how far Mary was to follow their example in linking her perception of her royalty to interest in the rule of her kingdom . |
| 26 | We are not yet sure how far this is true . |
| 27 | We can now ask how far it is sensible to say that genes ‘ program ’ or ‘ control ’ development . |
| 28 | I wonder how far GCSE science really takes anyone , if the study of science stops there . |
| 29 | Although the Scottish Office would not say how far supplies exceeded MACs for lead , at least 17 schemes were in progress to reduce lead in water that would not be completed until as late as 1992 . |
| 30 | A surer way of assessing how far lakes have turned acid is ‘ diatom analysis ’ as used by Dr Rick Battarbee and his colleagues at UCL . |