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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 103^v We are sayd to receiue, to obteyne, to gette that whiche so farre as concerneth the felyng of our faith, is geuen vs of the Lorde.

1640 W. Habington Hist. Edward IV 111 The King receiv'd them to mercy, as farre as their lives were concernd.

1691 Mundus Foppensis sig. Di^v So far as concerns the present Matter [etc.].

1779 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 1774–89 (Libr. of Congr.) (1909) XIII. 42 He is so far as concerns his brigade, to inspect the police of the camp, the discipline and order of the service.

1780 Mirror No. 96 In so far as my improvement was concerned, they spared no expence.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 542 What has passed in Parliament respecting me, has not given me one moment's concern as far as I am personally concerned.

1862 J. Ruskin in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 268/2 In his function of lender (which, however, is one of administration, not use, as far as he is himself concerned), the capitalist takes, indeed, a more interesting aspect.

1922 Crisis Jan. 130/1 His further assertion that the same rule should apply to the white as well as to the black citizen went to the root of the problem, so far as concerns its political aspects.

1984 R. Feild Irons in Fire i. 12 The kitchen, as far as the rest of the household was concerned, was thankfully banished below stairs.

2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane vii. 162 I won't wear a hijab because I don't want anyone telling me what to do. They can piss off as far as I'm concerned.