单词 | insofar that |
释义 | > as lemmasinsofar that 1. insofar that. extracted from insofaradv. a. To such an extent that; so that. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > in so much as insofar thata1464 insameikle1483 insomuch asc1500 inasmuch1732 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 222 So faute þei..and Herri Percy, aftir þe propirte of his name, [was] percid or presed, in so fer þat he was ded. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 286v The troians had moche to suffre in so ferre that they muste nedes flee in to theyr Cyte. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 269 Britannie was..in sevin Regimentis, deuydet be the Saxonis, Jnsafar, that a certane and sure ordour of kingis coulde not weil be collected. 1635 D. Person Varieties iii. 99 Neverthelesse this presumptuous King..was overcome at the Battell of Thermopilae; in so far that, that same glorious King of Medes and Persians, was forced to steale over the Hellespont. 1700 J. Welwood Mem. Material Trans. 111 He aim'd to be King. The Matter was for some time under Consideration..in-so-far, that a Crown was actually made. 1877 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 59 311 The patient is rousable in so far that he will move his limbs when pinched and even answer a question put in a loud voice. 1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) III. 45/2 Whit Monday—which is only particularly a London ‘day’ in so far that it is one on which a great many Londoners take the opportunity of getting out of London. 2002 B. Michaux & S. Van Camp in G. Spindler & F. Börner E-commerce Law in Europe & USA i. 42 The application of Belgian law should only be excluded insofar that application would restrict information society service. b. Inasmuch as, seeing that; in that. ΚΠ 1554 J. Knox Godly Let. sig. Cjv The prophetes meaning thereby that Idolators can haue no leage nor couenaunt with God in so farre that their hartes be alyenated from hym. 1620 F. W. Paterson Protestants Theol. xii. 128 For first the Church of God is One: partely in the head, in so farre, that all Byshops acknowledge the Pope for head. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. xv. 137 There is no metal like it to resist Blows, insofar that if..Culverin-shot should come to grase upon it, you would incontinently see distil from thence the blessed Fruit of the great Pox. 1885 Cape Law Jrnl. 2 99 A as agent of B rendered B an account signed by himself as correct shewing a balance due to B; the latter disputed the account insofar that he said that more was due to him. 1942 E. V. Cowdry Probl. Ageing (ed. 2) xxiv. 627 Their lives are, however, different insofar that they exhibit increasing specialization. 2015 C. Woodall Atonement i. 18 Adam's knowledge was restricted insofar that it did not yet include cognition of good and evil. < as lemmas |
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