Example sentences of "[adv] far as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as the will to violence went , both sides seemed equally matched . |
| 2 | So far as the availability of judicial review ( remedies ) is concerned , the distinction was used in cases decided after Ridge to provide a basis for denying , for example , that disciplinary decisions of prison governors ( as opposed to boards of prison visitors ) were subject to judicial review . |
| 3 | So far as the availability of evidence before the justices , again , I say little because of the course I am going to take but there clearly was evidence for them to consider and assess . |
| 4 | So far as the theorizing and model-building enterprises of sociology are concerned , these also require some assessment with the two criteria of sociological visibility and social presence in mind . |
| 5 | However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . |
| 6 | Since Ebrahimi was decided , s 459 of the Companies Act 1985 has added to the minority shareholder 's armoury a claim of ‘ unfair prejudice ’ , but only in so far as the conduct ( actual or threatened ) that he complains of is prejudicial to him in his capacity as a member . |
| 7 | She and Allan has , so far as the plot goes , the look of an afterthought , with a patchwork plot full of echoes of Quatermain 's other adventures and placing Ayesha in the same kind of danger from rebellion and rivalry which made up the story lines of She and Ayesha . |
| 8 | There were also political complications , in so far as the government wished to avoid criteria for rate-capping which might include Conservative-controlled authorities . |
| 9 | So far as the housekeeping was concerned , Leopold had to admit that Constanze was doing a good job , and seemed to be extremely economical . |
| 10 | In so far as the assistance of the Americans was seen to be desirable or even imperative against Nazi Germany , he feared that they would exact a heavy price at the expense of Britain 's trade and her links with the Empire . |
| 11 | Technically it does not : the right is still upheld in so far as the jury are told that no inferences can be drawn from silence in the face of allegations . |
| 12 | Allowing for exaggeration , it is nevertheless true to say that the Emperor lived up to the Idea in so far as the re-ordering of Paris was concerned . |
| 13 | You erm understand I think , or will understand Mr , that if these sites are not included in the greenbelt , that 's to say if they are shown as part of the inset , so far as the greenbelt local plan is cer is concerned , they have no other designation , that 's to say the greenbelt local plan does n't purport to er allocate or to designate the land for any other purposes . |
| 14 | On the other hand , the assumption underlying this third argument is that by concentrating in so far as the court can , upon ‘ process ’ rather than the ‘ merits , ’ judicial review will be less controversial . |
| 15 | This is another example of constructive liability , and it is particularly inappropriate here , in so far as the law is aiming to produce a ‘ ladder ’ of offences graded in terms of relative seriousness . |
| 16 | Indeed , in so far as the law represents the embodiment of those rules deemed so important by society as to warrant setting them out formally with appropriate sanctions for non-observance , legal principles are the most important regulators of doctors ' decisions . |
| 17 | So far as the law of affray is concerned , the provision in section 3(5) that the offence may be committed in private as well as in public states the existing law on the point , and arguably ‘ corrects the error ’ that had crept in to the law a century or so earlier . |
| 18 | Accordingly , while congratulating the Association on its endeavours , may I make a plea to the members of its Committee to restrain themselves from the political tactic of eyewash and puff and to conduct themselves , so far as the Law Society are concerned , in a straightforward , honest and co-operative manner ? |
| 19 | See Davies v Davies ( 1887 ) 36 Ch D 359 where a covenant which sought to restrain trade " so far as the law allows " was found to be too uncertain to be enforced . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ In so far as the patient was being phased off this treatment , ’ he had begun , pointing with the back of his pen to certain entries on Commander Barnwell 's chart , ‘ it would be technically correct to say that there has been a minor error . ’ |
| 22 | So far as the debt was concerned , the first success was in converting most of the short-term , high-interest credit which had stemmed from the wartime issue of government bills to a funded 5 per cent stock in 1784 – 5 . |
| 23 | An order made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom in bankruptcy proceedings can be enforced in any other part of the United Kingdom as if made by the corresponding court in that other part except in so far as the order relates to property situated there ( unless the Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor make provision for this ) ( s 426(1)-(3) ) . |
| 24 | So far as the development of my interests in China was concerned , I continued frequent visits with Joe Jack , the cobbler , and found myself more frequently patronising the Canton Cafe to talk with another Chinese friend , George Wong , whose father owned the small restaurant . |
| 25 | EVERY league game which Aberdeen play is , given the gap between them and Rangers at the top of the Premier Division , an invitation to flirt with disaster so far as the championship race is concerned . |
| 26 | Although technical barriers mainly arise in Germany and the Netherlands , the fact that they are relatively unapparent in other countries such as Spain and Italy does not mean that they do not present a potential threat , in so far as the removal of structural barriers to takeovers may result in the creation of technical barriers as companies react to defend themselves . |
| 27 | So far as the capitalist , or mixed economy , industrial societies are concerned one of the most important political issues can be posed , I think , by asking : what is the future of the welfare state ? |
| 28 | So far as the raising of revenue is concerned , the entire process is confidential to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his advisers until Budget day , which is normally in the latter part of March . |
| 29 | It is clear from Sullivan v West Yorkshire Passenger Executive [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 134 that motor engineers ' evidence can not now be excluded per se at an interlocutory stage , but Hinds v London Transport Executive [ 1979 ] RTR 103 is still good law in so far as the trial judge is still likely to disregard such evidence if it just argues out the cause of the accident without dealing with any real engineering matters . |
| 30 | But , in so far as the subject was addressed , the dominant view was that by integrating modern industry into the communal structure Russia could enjoy its benefits without enduring proletarianization . |