Example sentences of "had so far [been] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 29 the government had complained that only 170 firms had so far been transferred to the private sector . |
| 2 | Commenting on more ghastly figures ( see opposite ) Philips Electronics NV chairman Jan Timmer said the Dutch multinational 's performance in 1992 's fourth quarter , which is normally the strongest of the year as people buy electronic toys for Christmas , was very disappointing , and that no let-up in price erosion had so far been seen for 1993 . |
| 3 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 4 | The Algerian League of Human Rights on July 8 criticized the use of military tribunals , prompting the military authorities the following day to release figures : 2,046 people remained in detention , of whom 262 had so far been consigned to six internment camps . |
| 5 | In November , UN sources confirmed that contributions totalling $140,830,531 had so far been promised for the UNHCR 's 1991 programmes . |
| 6 | At the end of the fourth century the very aristocratic Fabii , who had so far been known as experts in the Etruscan language and in Etruscan affairs , decided to turn to Greek language and art and to diplomacy in the Hellenic world . |