Which sentence correctly uses "insofar as" to limit the scope of a compliance claim?
"The system is compliant insofar as it encrypts data at rest; it does not yet encrypt data in transit" correctly uses the fixed connector "insofar as" followed directly by a clause, precisely limiting the compliance claim to one dimension. Option B drops the required "as" from the fixed expression. Option C incorrectly adds a redundant "that" after "insofar as". Option D splits "insofar" into "in so far" and drops "as", both of which break the standard modern form.
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Which sentence correctly uses "insofar as" to qualify how much a design review actually covered?
"The review is thorough insofar as it covers the API layer; the data layer was out of scope" is correct: "insofar as" introduces a finite clause ("it covers the API layer") that limits the extent of the claim. Option B reverses the word order of the fixed phrase. Option C drops the subject "it" and the necessary finite verb structure. Option D incorrectly follows "insofar as" with a gerund instead of a finite clause.
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Which sentence correctly uses "insofar as" to express "to the extent that" when scoping a security guarantee?
"We guarantee availability insofar as the underlying cloud provider's SLA allows" is correct: "insofar as" here means "to the extent that", scoping the guarantee to what the upstream SLA permits. Option B drops "as" from the fixed expression. Option C incorrectly inserts "long" into the phrase, conflating it with an unrelated expression. Option D incorrectly substitutes "that" for "as" in the fixed connector.
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Which sentence correctly uses "insofar as" in a formal architecture document to note a partial similarity between two systems?
"The new event bus resembles Kafka insofar as it uses partitioned, ordered logs; it lacks Kafka's compaction model" is correct: the full connector "insofar as" precedes a finite clause with correct subject-verb agreement. Option B both drops "as" and uses the wrong verb form ("use" instead of "uses"). Option C incorrectly uses a gerund instead of a finite clause after "insofar as". Option D scrambles the word order of the fixed phrase into a non-existent form.
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Which sentence correctly uses "insofar as possible" as a fixed adverbial phrase limiting an engineering commitment?
"We will keep the API backward-compatible insofar as possible during the v2 rollout" correctly uses the common fixed phrase "insofar as possible", meaning "to the extent that this is achievable". Option B awkwardly and redundantly expands the phrase with an extra clause and a stray "it". Option C incorrectly splits the connector and substitutes the adverb "possibly" for the adjective "possible", which does not fit the fixed phrase. Option D drops "as", breaking the fixed expression.