Example sentences of "[conj] so far [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 With the lucrative business contracts that used to keep the generals happy being diverted to Mr Suharto 's children , his military power-base is developing cracks , although so far they are barely perceptible .
2 They seem delighted and although so far we have only had telephone contact , I feel sure they will be able to drive their ‘ new ’ acquisition for many years to come .
3 She 'd always had boyfriends , although so far she had n't been tempted to engage in any serious commitment .
4 Mr Yegor Gaidar , First Deputy Prime Minister , said : ‘ I am convinced that so far we have agreed on effective co-operation in order to resolve the problem by joint effort .
5 The way that so far we have approached the matter has been highly theoretical .
6 I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill .
7 Detectives admit that so far they do n't have a motive for the killing .
8 She gave a cool glance in return , cautiously pleased that so far she had betrayed nothing of her reaction at standing so close to him .
9 The writer of this book has to confess that so far he has been so hidebound by tradition that he has not yet brought himself to write key-signatures for the horns , but he admits that the only argument in favour of this is that the lack of signature acts as a guide to the conductor 's eye in spotting the horn parts in the score .
10 Lee , speaking at a news conference at an hotel near his Wilmslow home , said that so far he had not made contact with Swales .
11 ‘ My dear girl , you could never in your life look like an old hag , and you seem to forget that so far I 've never seen you at your best .
12 You have to admit that so far I have played Honest Joe .
13 The terrorist organisation has said that so far it has simply been ‘ unlucky ’ .
14 He says that so far it 's cost about £25,000 .
15 Mary lived in Ormskirk , and so far they had been lucky there .
16 He was nursing in silence the options left to him , and so far they did not appear to him totally unpromising .
17 And so far they have NEVER played live .
18 " Gabon is specially significant because it probably now has more elephants than any other African country , and so far they have been relatively undisturbed by poachers .
19 seems to be producing more than just cereals and soups at the moment … the baby business is booming and so far they are all boys .
20 And so far they have NEVER played live .
21 Universities there have started teaching the subject in English in an attempt to attract students from all over the world and so far they appear to be succeeding .
22 And so far we 've got a happy ending .
23 It is a finely balanced argument and so far we have not been persuaded by my hon. Friend 's case .
24 " The government has taken many of these initiatives already and so far we have not seen any result .
25 ‘ Three of the northern Wildlife Trusts are involved with the sponsorship of Northern Rock and so far we have had more than 1,000 responses .
26 ‘ I am working hard to try and build on this and so far we have about 16 corporate members .
27 The appeal started on the January 4 , 1988 , and so far we 've raised over £18,000 .
28 This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment .
29 Breeding Goby Cichlids is not easy — it is one of my ambitions and so far I have been unsuccessful .
30 Consequently , the answer to question 1 is ‘ Yes ’ , and so far I agree with the decision of Morland J.
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