Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] have so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | few ballets have so fully interpreted the deepest thoughts of a poet . |
| 2 | The English king was being offered what English kings had so long desired . |
| 3 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 4 | Nevertheless by 1980 Apple was a $300 million company and personal computers had so successfully invaded the office that in 1981 IBM — which had originally scorned the little machine — introduced its first model called simply the IBM PC . |
| 5 | Nineteen companies have so far agreed to sign contracts with the government agreeing to fixed objectives . |
| 6 | Observations from Earth-based telescopes have so far revealed a wealth of spectral lines , from over 50 varieties of molecules in space , some of which are operating as natural masers . |
| 7 | But none of the various attempted explanations has so far proved satisfactory . |
| 8 | On the issue of economic integration , delegates heard that only some dozen states had so far opted to adhere to the treaty instituting an African Economic Community ( AEC ) , which had been a focus for optimism at the OAU 1991 summit . |
| 9 | On the issue of economic integration , delegates heard that only some dozen states had so far opted to adhere to the treaty instituting an African Economic Community ( AEC ) , which had been a focus for optimism at the OAU 1991 summit . |
| 10 | FIERCE competition between building societies and National Savings has so far spared savers even sharper cuts in interest as the base rate falls . |
| 11 | And if some savage peoples had so clearly fallen behind in the race , others , as some authorities maintained , might well represent not simply retarded , or imperfectly evolved , but actually degenerate forms of earlier civilization . |
| 12 | The land , part of Westhay Moor , near Wedmore , a 100-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest , has not been managed , and all attempts to reach agreement or use legal powers have so far failed . |
| 13 | An important point to note is that the existing theories are sometimes in conflict and the empirical tests have so far proved inconclusive . |
| 14 | Both international links have so far come to nothing — the SFE link having been effectively abandoned for the time being , and the CBoT accord never having been implemented . |
| 15 | Many practices have so far opted not to take the inducements to fundhold , and some have invested a considerable amount of time and energy into alternative methods of organising general practitioners ' input into purchasing decisions . |
| 16 | Some twenty-five paintings have so far emerged either signed or as pendants to signed ones . |
| 17 | After the ups and downs of critical theory and fashion , the pedagogy of literary linguistics is an area into which only a few intrepid explorers have so far dared to venture , and the results here deserve to be widely and warmly welcomed . |
| 18 | But although they were terrified of the Magistrate , who in more peaceful times had so often savaged their verses , the ladies in the billiard room stoutly refused to volunteer for the banqueting hall , which they wrongly believed to be more dangerous than the Residency except for Lucy , who was generally acknowledged to have nothing to live for anyway . |
| 19 | But Mr Fowler confirmed that the Government 's attempt to find a way of preventing strikes in essential services has so far failed . |
| 20 | A further 210 families have made appointments and a special helpline set up to deal with inquiries from worried parents has so far received 137 calls . |
| 21 | How come that only two really explicit anti-war records have so far surfaced ? |
| 22 | Korea 's present crop of elected politicians have so far lacked the stomach for a war on inflation . |
| 23 | New prototypes have so far failed to satisfy him . |
| 24 | Arms were offered to Allende 's Chile , but were refused , and various rumours in 1982–3 to the effect that the Argentine generals had ordered Soviet weapons have so far proved unsubstantiated . |
| 25 | Two known meetings have so far taken place between both party leaders , with a whirlwind of protest from unionists when they issued a joint statement before the elections , while denying it reflected any form of electoral pact . |
| 26 | Heavy consumers of technology , most banks have so far used it more to automate existing ways of doing things than to invent entirely new ones . |