Example sentences of "[noun] so [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our thanks to these , and to all the friends of THE FACE who have given their time and money so generously to help us through this difficult time . |
| 2 | Lebanon is to award an $80-million order for new telephone lines to three companies , the biggest contract so far to revive war-ravaged services , Reuter reports from Beirut : the orders for 1m digital lines in Beirut and the rest of the country will be shared by Alcatel NV , Siemens AG and L M Ericsson Telefon AB ; it is hoped the lines will be open within nine months . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been involved in a few preliminary meetings so far to pick a training squad , and I 've also got involved in the training sessions themselves . |
| 4 | Its diminished stature is mainly due to its continuing economic difficulties and its inability so far to break out of an increasingly stultifying dependence on Soviet aid and trade subsidies . |
| 5 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |
| 6 | Would any man who was obviously a pathological criminal be allowed his freedom so soon to enable him to continue a career of sexual violence ? |
| 7 | That the electricity board was doing some work so not to get the class started . |
| 8 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 9 | Gas has also been tested from numerous wells in the southern North Sea but the only commercial discovery so far to have been made is the Scram field . |
| 10 | America seems critical of just about everything Japanese : its persistent trade surplus , its reluctance to liberalise rice imports , its failure so far to provide even a token force in the Gulf . |
| 11 | Again , that does n't get us anywhere at the moment , but it does slightly bear out the possibility that the man was a foreigner which would explain our total failure so far to get him identified . " |
| 12 | But the volunteers have had to borrow one hundred thousand pounds so far to set it up . |
| 13 | Wickham said : ‘ Miss MacQuillan , there 's no evidence so far to support that . |
| 14 | These findings suggest that platelet activating factor may be involved in the progression of acute pancreatitis caused by infusion of caerulein but there is no experimental evidence so far to support this notion . |
| 15 | And what on earth was she herself playing at , crossing the urban wastes so regularly to teach a bunch of delinquent girls , a bunch of criminals , for £15.60 a night ? |
| 16 | There are many fisheries throughout the Indian sub-continent and the Sri Lankan operation is the only one in this area so far to have been carefully studied . |
| 17 | Last week , the Estonian Parliament compromised on both fronts — but only at the price of jeopardising the alliance between nationalists and the republic 's Communist Party which has hitherto allowed Estonia so nimbly to sidestep a decisive confrontation with Moscow . |
| 18 | Claire is one of three patients so far to undergo the procedure under the supervision of consultant orthopaedic surgeon Richard Montgomery . |
| 19 | She is one of three patients so far to undergo the procedure at the hospital , under the supervision of consultant orthopaedic surgeon , Mr Richard Montgomery . |
| 20 | He said Florida , which was mauled by about 50 separate tornadoes , was the only state so far to request federal disaster assistance . |
| 21 | Kenny was probably the most polished and was certainly the best full-back so far to play for Crystal Palace , and his distinguished career with us , Arsenal , QPR and England proves his quality . |
| 22 | The first consequence of the battle of Maserfelth was that Penda was left as sole king of the Mercians , without question the most powerful Mercian ruler so far to have emerged in the midlands . |
| 23 | The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has been sufficiently impressed with the results so far to finance the printing of enough copies for the first year pupils of three comprehensive schools beginning in September 1985 . |
| 24 | He had also come to respect Irina for her ability so rapidly to transform herself into a reasonably well-dressed , reasonably good-looking girl . |
| 25 | So we 're looking on Global terms here erm basically and also within the E E C so basically to get market penetration . |
| 26 | ( One of the few politicians so far to have mentioned raising taxes in an election campaign and still have won is Bill Clinton . ) |