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How To Use insofar In A Sentence

• Her desire to pass as white is presented without a great deal of judgment, except insofar as she acts cruelly towards her mother.
• They are a legitimate use of force insofar as they are used in defense and retaliation against foreign aggression.
• This may be least true of the long "culottes", trousers most closely resembling a skirt, and at best mistakable for a skirt, but insofar as "culottes" establish the principle of dividing woman's outward apparel from the waist down, they merely disguise the grave disorder. The Modesty of His Lordship
• Historically, orders of friars could not own property, and individual friars were beggars hence the term mendicant, although this was changed insofar as the orders were concerned by the Council of Trent. No Uncertain Terms
• Your expression insofar as I could decipher it was one of quiet appreciation. The Guardian World News
• Judicial rules, promulgated prior to such statute and which were more favorable to the interests of remaindermen, can be relied upon by the latter only insofar as said rules were intended to operate retroactively; for the decedent, in whose estate the remaindermen had an interest, died even before such court rules were established. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952
• Dog sledding is one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences insofar as if you have done it once you know better than to ever do it again. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
• Insofar as the two halves are extricable, Tiersen's contribution is more compelling.
• `It's a true story, I'm told, insofar as stories can be true. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
• Still, this hard-edged argument has bite only insofar as it cautions us against the easy assumption that the marginal dollar is always worth more in the hands of the poor person than in the hands of the rich person.