Example sentences of "been [vb pp] so far " in BNC.

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1 These facilities make VSAM more similar to database software than most of the file organization techniques that have been examined so far — in fact , many of the database systems available for mini- and micro-computers provide only this multiple index facility .
2 In the simplified models that have been examined so far , this probability turns out to be high ; that is , the proposed no boundary condition leads to the prediction that it is extremely probable that the present rate of expansion of the universe is almost the same in each direction .
3 If what has been hypothesised so far is true , much of the variation in linguistic interactions which is not explicable in terms of grammatical or phonological conditioning can be accounted for by changes of footing , involving a switch from one ( linguistic ) persona to another ; some can be accounted for by the speaker 's failure to identify perfectly the speech patterns of the prototypes of the personas which s/he seeks to animate at a particular time ; and some can be accounted for by the speaker 's imperfect ability to reproduce those speech patterns which s/he has identified .
4 This powerful technique has been limited so far to molecules that can be excited by CO 2 lasers , which have limited tunability .
5 It would not be practical to attempt to list all the fund raising activities that have been undertaken so far this year but I would like to pick out some highlights for you .
6 Five British research studies have been undertaken so far , and their aims and methodologies were distinct and , to some extent , limited , largely due to the fact that three were Master 's dissertations .
7 The emphasis which has been placed so far on the curriculum is intentional .
8 He noted that only a small part of the ancient Sicàn capital , covering an area 1.5 x 1 km , had been excavated so far .
9 A broadside written towards the end of the 1680s defended the Church of England against the charge that their stress on obedience and subjection had been pressed so far as " to set up arbitrary Power , and the Will of the Prince , above Law " .
10 Two dates have been arranged so far for climbers who wish to obtain a pass to Range West .
11 The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned .
12 What we want to do this morning is erm tt talk a little bit to you about er the quality system and the I S O Nine Thousand procedures and er documented er systems , which have been developed so far within the whole group .
13 It is rather strange that so little attention has been given so far to the mechanical properties of biological materials , though perhaps in human terms it is understandable .
14 A hundred thousand homes have been repossessed so far this year .
15 We think this exercise is very important and have been among a small handful of organisations in Wales who have been consulted so far .
16 Of the £43,600 unallocated , £30,100 has been received so far .
17 ( In fact 4 requests have been received so far ) .
18 The five focal points which have been listed so far centre on specific themes , on which study and action should concentrate .
19 We have actually four questions and three subordinate questions which we were addressing and only one of them has been resolved so far and that is whether the Chairman of the Police Authority should be appointed by the Home Secretary or by the Authority and we are I think all have to agree that it should be by the latter .
20 ‘ Only about 40 have been located so far , we have been told .
21 That is what has been recommended so far .
22 By analogy with other Zechstein carbonate units , it is possible that an oolitic-barrier or reef complex also may have been deposited at the edge of the platform but no evidence of this has been reported so far .
23 *No cases of AIDS among British haemophiliacs have been reported so far — even though 50 per cent of the factor VIII used in Britain comes from the US .
24 The issue has been considered so far in the narrow context of a union between an operated transsexual and another .
25 The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge .
26 According to the GFCCG , only $400 million of this amount had been disbursed so far [ see also p. 38010 ] .
27 Three application areas have been addressed so far :
28 The analysis of patterns of class based inequality that has been presented so far clearly indicates the existence of people who experience considerably disadvantaged life chances , those for example who are found among the lowest 20 per cent of income earners .
29 Less has been done so far in urban Italy .
30 Various calculations can be made as to the continued profitability of the project , the likelihood of further funds and the possibility of selling what has been done so far , but in the end it is still an open-ended situation depending on the calculation of risk .
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