Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 31 | Emphasis has rested so far on the public role of jade in furthering the harmonious working of Chinese society by cementing relations between the ruler , heaven and the several levels of the bureaucratic hierarchy by which the empire was administered . |
| 32 | The sight of those slightly parted lips was almost my undoing but , with the hollow feeling of a gambler who has laid out far too much on a horse , I plunged the titbit firmly into her mouth before my resolve could falter . |
| 33 | But there is also a more general competition and conflict among nation states , some aspects of which I discussed in Chapter 5 , that has proved so far impossible to overcome , or even to moderate substantially . |
| 34 | In Jordan , where the authorities hope the experiment in democracy will become a model for other Arab states , King Hussein has opted so far to draw the fundamentalists into the government . |
| 35 | This section has concentrated so far on metals , reflecting the interest in metal patinas , but other materials also develop distinctive surfaces over time and some work has been done both by fakers to replicate them and investigators to differentiate the fake from the genuine . |
| 36 | He is not at all tired , even though he has driven so far . |
| 37 | On a recent visit to Brooks Brothers , we tried to buy two identical shirts in a style that the store has stocked as far back as we can remember . |
| 38 | What has emerged so far is this . |
| 39 | And she has entrusted the musical Midases who have turned all she has touched so far to gold with the job of making her a new Garland . |
| 40 | How the Mini Master will be regarded by Britain 's Civil Aviation Authority remains to be seen , but the CAA has indicated so far that it will expect pilots flying the aircraft to be holders of a multi engine rating , which currently costs around £1,200 to obtain on a conventional twin aircraft . |
| 41 | It is the only thing that he has followed so far in the debate . |
| 42 | I was ruled out of order , I erm I there were point out then that twenty five new councillors and I understand it was n't legitimate if I wanted to restrict the vote only to those twenty five so that the rest of you would actually realise that this has gone on far too long , I only put that as a I think it is very , very important erm that we break new ground . |
| 43 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 44 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 45 | G. Kopcke ( Tzedakis and Hallager 1987 ) has gone so far as to suggest that the curious high ‘ rock ’ formation in the centre of the picture may actually represent the tsunami or tidal wave generated by the great Thera eruption of 1470 BC . |
| 46 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |
| 47 | Indeed , Professor Roskell has gone so far as to suggest that the nobility could not be relied upon to attend parliament in the 1350s and 1360s even when they were present in England , and that these parliaments amounted to little more than tax bargaining sessions between the king and the commons . |
| 48 | Charles Rycroft , an eminent contemporary British psychoanalyst , has gone so far as to reject entirely the Freudian theory of the origin and function of dreaming . |
| 49 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
| 50 | One theorist has gone so far as to claim that ‘ the viability of the large corporation with diffuse security ownership is … explained in terms of a model where primary disciplining of managers comes through managerial labor markets , both within and outside of the firm ’ . |
| 51 | Indeed one commentator has gone so far as to describe the DTI 's performance in these cases coupled with its sloppiness in the Barlow Clowes affair and failure to press prosecution over the House of Fraser takeover as ‘ part of a lengthy and dishonourable supine tradition ’ ( Alex Brummer , Guardian , 28.8.90 ) . |
| 52 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 53 | The compression of the state pension down to income support levels has gone so far that it has superseded the income support level , so that every pensioner , as of right , should be on income support . |
| 54 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 55 | While that movement has nowhere been wholly completed and has gone less far in some countries than in others , there is no western nation where its effects can not be seen . |
| 56 | When he speaks on social issues MPs from all sides listen , but in Birkenhead , Labour left-wingers , including some former supporters , believe his free thinking has gone too far . |
| 57 | But Copernican thinking has gone too far . |
| 58 | Israel has gone too far this time . |
| 59 | Some countries such as Spain feel the deal has gone too far , but the EC is expected to buy them off . |
| 60 | Barry has gone too far this time . |