Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 2 | Sporting endeavours have been a major feature of the activities undertaken so far ( see Update ) . |
| 3 | Before Shildon got very far with his answer the doorbell rang again . |
| 4 | The play got as far as Wimbledon and then seemed to die . |
| 5 | Proposals made thus far in this respect include protection at work for pregnant women or those who have already given birth ; pro rata equation of the rights of ‘ a-typical ’ ( part-time seasonal and temporary ) workers with those of full-time workers ; working hours ; establishment of European works councils [ see pp. 45 — 6 ] ; proof of employment contract ; and minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile work sites , such as construction sites and safety signs in the workplace . |
| 6 | Projects undertaken so far include : Pilton Path ; Pilton Path clean-up ; Donkey Lane ; Blackridge landscaping ; Union Canal towpath ; Barnton Golf Course . |
| 7 | The usual definition of ‘ chutzpah ’ is a small boy peeing through someone 's letter box , then ringing the doorbell to see how far it went . |
| 8 | What bothered Hazel , Dandelion and Hawkbit was the openness and strangeness of the down and their inability to see very far ahead . |
| 9 | Does the Secretary of State agree that the progress made thus far is more likely to be maintained through calm deliberation than high wire circus acts ? |
| 10 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the progress made so far in reforming the European Community 's common agricultural policy . |
| 11 | 24 Johnson Matthey responds to The Call the progress made so far in fund raising for Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund |
| 12 | But others say that this definition of rape will undermine the progress made so far in getting the courts to take rape seriously . |
| 13 | Most of these bars have live music , and all have staggered happy hours ( or is it happy stagger hour ? ! ) , so with a bit of forward planning we make sure your budget goes as far as possible . |
| 14 | For senior posts it can be instructive to do the opposite to see how far the candidate can cope with the stress . |
| 15 | SustainAbility was born , to spawn the Green Consumer Guide ( 300,000 copies sold so far in the UK ) ; the consultancy , offering environmental audits of business resources ; and of course ; success . |
| 16 | Indeed , Eisenman goes so far as to suggest that the families of Jesus and John the Baptist may even have been related to that of Judas of Galilee , leader of the Zealots at the time of Jesus 's birth . |
| 17 | ‘ Eight cases withdrawn so far , is n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | Hitachi was one of six Japanese companies invited to invest in Kaleida ( CI No 1,931 ) , and of the other five , only Toshiba Corp has so far stuck its head above the parapet with an agreement with Apple to license Kaleida technology and use it in jointly developed products ; others invited to join were Matsushita Electric Industrial Co , Sharp Corp , Sony Corp and NEC Corp . |
| 19 | British Rail has so far totally failed to do so . |
| 20 | The company has applied for permission to drill two more holes in the nearby Lake District National Park , but this drilling permission has thus far not been granted . |
| 21 | As there are no control groups described so far , the causes of the disease remain speculative . |
| 22 | In addition to the contracts mentioned so far , the Regulations also apply to contracts made during an excursion organised by the trader away from his trade premises . |
| 23 | The wind shifts mentioned so far are small and fairly frequent so hopefully you can tack on the headers all the time . |
| 24 | The activities described so far have been concerned with periodically recurring factors relating to corporate planning and monitoring of results as part of functional management . |
| 25 | In the cases considered so far , this is so . |
| 26 | At such a time , when attitudes were changing but no effective consensus had emerged , it was not surprising that Truman should see in Churchill 's forthcoming speech at Fulton ( Missouri ) an opportunity to discover how far a sea-change was taking place in American opinion . |
| 27 | An in vivo uptake of polypeptides by human enterocytes has so far not been demonstrated , however . |
| 28 | The two cases analysed so far have been chosen so as to clearly reveal , in a very simple context , the method of determining transient response through Laplace transformation . |
| 29 | Ludwig is also the Emperor 's bodyguard and his mere presence has so far proven enough to discourage any attempts on the Emperor 's life . |
| 30 | The technologies considered so far have been those relating to large-scale carpentry and items worn or carried , especially brooches and weaponry . |