Example sentences of "[adv] far [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But few miners believe these figures ( given by the metallurgy minister ) ; if they were true , more than the 19 steel mills closed so far would have been affected . |
| 2 | Well , it seems that none of the arguments that have been used so far would come close to defending the type of system that we 've got . |
| 3 | The reader who has survived so far may recall that during my wartime service in the Navy I had nursed a great curiosity about the enemy we rarely saw , and that I had promised myself that at some time in the future I would find out more about them , the ships they had fought in and the sort of people they were . |
| 4 | I will also focus on the strategies feminists have used to resist sexism in language over the last two decades , which are more varied in their aims and effects than the discussion so far might suggest . |
| 5 | The discussion so far might suggest the following definition : a public function is a function peculiar to government , or a function not peculiar to government the performance of which has an important impact on society at large . |
| 6 | Both the varieties of networks considered so far can learn , but they can not invent new concepts . |
| 7 | The evidence we 've got so far could have been manufactured . ’ |
| 8 | For among the effects is one that is new , and that nothing that I 've said so far could have suggested this very exuberance , as well as the things it plays on , can make us smile or laugh . |
| 9 | The Reichmanns , for their part , seemed astounded that bankers who had brought them so far should desert them in their hour of need . |
| 10 | The devolution proposals that we have seen thus far would damage that union and separately damage Scotland , England and the whole of the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | How far would Rock Hudson have got if his true proclivities , hidden so long by a succession of girlfriends provided by the studios , had been known ? |
| 12 | How far can reform be pushed without provoking counter-reform ? |
| 13 | We shall see in the next chapter how carrying comparisons with living animals too far can result in curious and inaccurate pictures of the past . |
| 14 | Even getting it all set up to get you this far may have taxed your fortune to the limit already and there 's still a long way to go . |
| 15 | To follow Cole that far would come perilously near to accepting that Co-operation was , as nearly as makes no difference , the Consumers ' Movement ; and that its future lay in further growth beyond that already achieved by 1939 until , so long as progress continued , it could within its chosen field have virtually displaced all competing provision and all competing manufacture for the purpose of provision . |
| 16 | Sometimes insurers might feel that they can get a better deal at the doors of the court in a heavy case , and the identity of the judge allotted to that case can influence corridor negotiations pretty heavily , but an experienced plaintiff 's solicitor with nothing much to worry about in court who has gone that far will strike a fairly hard bargain . |