Example sentences of "[noun sg] so far had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerry Grimstone , a director of Schroders , the Government 's merchant bank for the water flotations , claimed that the response so far had been extremely encouraging , with interest spread broadly across the country and ‘ no signs of an investor strike ’ in any of the regions . |
| 2 | Cotterell 's experience so far had been that RCO had virtually pre-written most of Carson 's material for him . |
| 3 | Every invasion attempt so far had foundered on France 's naval weakness , but after the end of the Seven Years War in 1763 de Choiseul had put in hand a whole series of reforms . |
| 4 | Mr O'Connor said the campaign so far had taken a lot of time and effort , with mixed results . |
| 5 | Mr Bartell said privatisation of the service so far had been ‘ farcical ’ with escapes from the new Group 4 escort service and reports from the privately run Wolds Prison of drug and alcohol abuse . |
| 6 | Her only brush with the topic so far had been a visit to Mortimer 's Hole at Nottingham Castle . |
| 7 | His life so far had been crowded with people , familiar but not friends , guardians like Fiery or the nurserymaids , boys at school or companions chosen for him . |
| 8 | He returned to London from Lancaster in 1862 without job or income , sensing that his life so far had been a failure . |
| 9 | Nothing in her life so far had prepared Laura for the shock she experienced at the sheer animal magnetism projected by the stranger . |
| 10 | The only substantial aid received by the government so far had been $300,000,000 from the United States agreed by the US Congress in May 1990 [ see p. 37450 ] , which had been gradually disbursed , except for $50,000,000 which had been set aside for clearing debt arrears . |
| 11 | The journey so far had been an eye-opener . |
| 12 | Someone moved , close by , someone whose approach so far had been in silence , and she quickly took her hand away . |
| 13 | The role of Highlander in this project so far had not just been as a catalyst , nor a co-ordinating agency for the network — though this in itself is a vital role — but also as a meeting place for the widely scattered groups which came to the Center to hold regular training workshops . |
| 14 | The treatment so far had been innocuous : quinine pills and injections of alum water . |