Example sentences of "far as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club . |
| 2 | As far as somebody else is concerned , ’ he admitted coldly . |
| 3 | The theory , stated firmly in most gardening manuals , that planting potatoes the first year on neglected land helps to clean it of weeds was erroneous — at least as far as ours was concerned . |
| 4 | As far as myself , Mike and Marius were concerned , this was a good thing , as it meant that the march was going to be tough and that those of us who finished would deserve their white képis . |
| 5 | But forswear all attacks upon cities and towns , upon travellers going their way without ill-thought towards you , all provocation of all kind against the borders , and avoid , so far as ye may , any meeting with any English soldiery . |
| 6 | The threat was enough to stop Rita and Bob going as far as their friends with real rude words . |
| 7 | If this is followed , it should let bands progress as far as their creativity will allow . |
| 8 | But as far as their ideas of women in society goes it has n't changed — that women should stay home and do the cooking . ’ |
| 9 | We compromised on borrowing the Land Rover for positioning , followed by walking as far as their enthusiasm took them . |
| 10 | My interpretation of the functional significance of these grades began by following Lack 's ( 1954 ) view that the primary adaptations of birds , so far as their dispersion was concerned , were to ensure an adequate food supply . |
| 11 | There are over protective parents and there are those that will defend the indefensible as far as their children are concerned . |
| 12 | The individuals may function well in different compartments , and while they may have inhabited the same house for 30 years , believing they are together , they may , in fact , not be together as far as their hopes and expectations go , so it is terribly important that they voice these things to their partners . |
| 13 | According to tests with the missile in the US , of the missiles that successfully penetrate as far as their target , half will land within about 12 m of the aiming point . |
| 14 | In March 1939 the CRREC claimed that ‘ Not only are Jewish children with no particular religious affiliation being placed in non Jewish homes and schools , utterly abandoned as far as their religious education is concerned , but even children who have been brought up in a religious atmosphere … are being callously placed in non Jewish schools and homes , where they suffer mental torture which , in at least one case , has brought the child to the verge of a nervous breakdown . ’ |
| 15 | Drum machines , too , come under close scrutiny as far as their effects-worthiness is concerned , with sensible examples of different delay times , types of gated reverb etc . |
| 16 | Until very recently this was not because they were inherently unprofitable : many small societies proportionately held their own very well until the early 1990s as far as their capital strength and profitability were concerned . |
| 17 | Their aim is to give busy men and women the freedom , as far as their hair is concerned , to take off at a moment 's notice without having to spend hours in front of the mirror — these beliefs have certainly proved successful for Ralph and his team . |
| 18 | As far as their training and qualifications were concerned , one-third had no qualifications at all and less than half had obtained basic school qualifications . |
| 19 | So far as their work goes it has point only as a mean to these . |
| 20 | Individual departments in most medical schools have nearly unrestricted autonomy as far as their teaching is concerned . |
| 21 | He reduced wives , children and servants to the status of ‘ things ’ so far as their relation to husband/father in the family is concerned . |
| 22 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 23 | In particular West Ham and Poplar and a handful of other Boards with active Labour members went as far as their resources permitted in providing out-door relief and improved workhouse conditions even for the unemployed , even though they faced considerable opposition from the LGB . |
| 24 | A society in which all can climb as far as their talents can reach , in which the ladder of opportunity is available to every boy and girl , will be both more vital and more prosperous . |
| 25 | Thus , the Report considers the universities mainly in so far as their influence could be seen to be reflected back on the school system examinations and the home . |
| 26 | All paradigms will be inadequate to some extent as far as their match with nature is concerned . |
| 27 | It gradually becomes apparent to every adolescent male that the only thing most penises have in common is that they are the wrong shape or size as far as their owners are concerned . |
| 28 | Allen and Burton now argue that , at least as far as their observational data are concerned , the projectile model best fits the facts . |
| 29 | The Court has already held , in its judgment of 23 November 1989 in the Torfaen case , that national rules governing the opening hours of retail premises reflect certain political and economic choices in so far as their purpose is to ensure that working and non-working hours are so arranged as to accord with national or regional socio-cultural characteristics , and that , in the present state of Community law , is a matter for the member states . |
| 30 | As the minutes of the conclusions of the conference stated : " Various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals in so far as their return to the Soviet Union direct from 5 Corps is concerned . " |