Example sentences of "have [adv] far refused [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | China has so far refused to give any clear response to an offer he made last year to open talks on the basis of new proposals . |
| 2 | England international Dixon has been ridiculed by the chant , ‘ if Lee Dixon plays for England , so can I ’ , but has so far refused to talk about it . |
| 3 | He has so far refused to indicate whether he intends to appeal . |
| 4 | Olivetti has so far refused to play ball , effectively pocketing Saint Gobain 's money which could have gone to its own computer company . |
| 5 | The new commitment has been made conditional on other countries taking similar action , which was interpreted by analysts as a reference to the United States , which has thus far refused to agree to reduction targets . |
| 6 | In a related development , the EC environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , strongly criticized the latest draft of the Convention on Climate Change as a " sellout " to accommodate the interests of the US government ( which has thus far refused to commit itself to specific emission reductions ) . |
| 7 | She had called him by his name — a thing she had so far refused to do . |
| 8 | Reports in Washington suggested that the Gulf states had so far refused to allocate any money to Jordan because of its apparent support for Iraq [ see also p. 38024 ] . |
| 9 | Managers at the Landing Gear factory have so far refused to confirm or deny the report that up to two hundred jobs are to go . |
| 10 | Bosnian Serb forces have so far refused to allow even UN military observers to go to Gorazde . |
| 11 | Courts in Banbury , Woodstock and Aylesbury have so far refused to allow the so-called friends to give advice . |
| 12 | The Kumars ' have so far refused to relinquish their posts , |
| 13 | Will the Leader of the House arrange for an early statement from the Lord Chancellor on the workings of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 following the collapse yesterday in Liverpool and Gravesham of several hundred poll tax cases because the Government have so far refused to introduce a commencement order to allow computer evidence to be used in the magistrates court under that Act ? |