Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] far as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text pronounces that so far as the words are concerned no trust is created , but then goes on to give a moral reason for holding one to have been created ; it ends by referring to a similar decision of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 2 | The means of salvaging something of the disposition is to recognize that so far as the daughter has benefited under her father 's will she may be obliged by a trust . |
| 3 | Previous sections have shown that so far as the ‘ internal ’ interpretation of dispositions was concerned trusts differed only slightly from civil-law dispositions . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , he did not deny that so far as the kingdom of England was concerned , the decision between the two rivals lay with the king . |
| 5 | Wilson later admitted that so far as the shipowners were concerned , " It was blow given and blow returned . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible . |
| 8 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 9 | I have elsewhere tried to show ( Dignan , 1983 ) that as far as the peace-tax issue itself is concerned the principle of equal concern and respect does generate a right to divert an appropriate amount of income tax from military to peaceful expenditure . |
| 10 | ‘ To a wealthy or aristocratic criminal the vengeance of the law is as a flea , which merely tickles ’ , observed Reynolds 's Newspaper which thought that as far as the Garotter 's Act went ‘ only poor , plebeian criminals will be exposed … rich and aristocratic ruffians … are certain to be exempted from flogging ’ . |
| 11 | Having said that , the tachograph of that particular vehicle illustrated that as far as the speed was concerned it was n't one isolated incident . |
| 12 | We might bc excused for considering that as far as the 18th century was concerned , mining in the Coniston Fells had come to a standstill , and indeed it might have , but negotiations were still being carried out . |
| 13 | Until we sift the evidence ourselves , we ca n't comment objectively except to say that as far as the publicity campaign is concerned , Microsoft had better think again . |
| 14 | I also must add that as far as the war moved to its close , crews became increasingly better ; the output of the Empire Air Training Scheme gave us crews with more experience ; second and even third tours crews were returning to Operations ; and in the final phase , in daylight , the casualty rate dropped dramatically . |
| 15 | I believe the issues about the western road are different but but I can say that as far as the northern route is concerned , Scotton Parish Council would be more than happy if i the notation on the key diagram could be changed to a single star . |
| 16 | Madam Speaker , when my constituents complain about high fuel bills and watch the bosses of privatised utilities coining money am I to say to them that as far as the Prime Me Minister is concerned it 's nothing to do with him ? |
| 17 | You can change the input and output binding ( redirect the I/0 ) with the following CLI commands : Do n't forget that as far as the Z88 is concerned there is no difference between a " real " file and a device . |
| 18 | The duty to a lawful visitor only extends so long as , and so far as the lawful visitor is making what can reasonably be contemplated as an ordinary and reasonable use of the premises by the lawful visitor for the purposes for which he has been invited . |
| 19 | But a thinking participant like Socrates ( with a following in the Assembly ) found this incident difficult to stomach , and so far as the passage contains a statement of constitutional principle , it ought not to be pressed . |
| 20 | The statement of the principle of subsidiarity in the Maastricht text is in what would be a new Article 3B of the EEC Treaty , to the effect that ‘ in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence ’ the Community should take action only if and so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can , therefore , by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action , be better achieved by the Community . |
| 21 | If in any given case the land in dispute is unbuilt land and the squatter is aware that the owner , while having no present use for it , has a purpose in mind for its use in the future , the court is likely to require very clear evidence before it can be satisfied that the squatter who claims a possessory title has not only established factual possession of the land , but also the requisite intention to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . |
| 22 | As to this , counsel for the council accepted the correctness of the following statement ( so far as it went ) which I made in Powell v McFarlane ( at 471 – 2 ) : " … the animus possidendi involves the intention , in one 's own name and on one 's own behalf to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title if he be not himself the possessor , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . " … |
| 23 | He was relying on the earlier case of Nichol v Martyn [ 1799 ] 2 Esp 732 , but in Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [ 1935 ] 2 KB 80 Maugham LJ cast doubt on both those judgments and so far as the modern law is concerned they should not be relied on to the extent that they indicate the employee can canvass or issue circulars to customers of his employer before he leaves . |
| 24 | And so far as the local issue was concerned , of course it 's the issue of tertiary education and erm this was erm a question of erm the particular Governors and parents who wanted to opt out erm doing what the Iraquis are doing with their aeroplanes and they were basically trying to fly Banbury School to a neutral country ; the idea being that erm as soon as the procedure for opting out started the Local Education Authority would not be able to use any of erm Banbury School 's land or premises in part of its plans for tertiary education in Banbury , so it was really an attempt to neutralize Banbury School . |
| 25 | It could just as well have been the 20th birthday of the Eden Gardens tea urn , and as far as the Indian government is concerned , there is nothing like an international cricket tournament for persuading the electorate that , with polling day just around the corner , Rajiv is the boy to vote for . |
| 26 | And as far as the track is concerned , TVR says it has been ‘ overwhelmed ’ with interest from F3000 teams . |
| 27 | Progress was defined as the continued existence of a lack of change , and as far as the Junker lords were concerned the variety of civilisation represented by Western European societies was conspicuous for the absence of specifically German Kultur . |
| 28 | Further privileges lay in store for W. C. T. as a member of the Weavers ' Company — though nearly every entry in his name subsequently is confused by his double Christian names : even the document granting him his Freedom of the City had to insert ‘ William ’ in front of ‘ Charles ’ with a caret mark , and as far as the Weavers were concerned , he was really ‘ Charles William ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | And as far as the child is concerned , it is the mother 's behaviour that will impinge on him , and not some abstract concept . |