Example sentences of "[verb] so far [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 2 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 3 | But er we got out eventually , and they managed to get a road through to us , and but er And er I remember another time where a bank came in and they were one man trapped in the far end and there were another man trapped on this end and my brother and me we we dug round to him , we got to him , we got him bared so far and what To his waist , and it was still bitting and we got hold of his belt , right , ready ? |
| 4 | Thank you for the prompt and efficient service given so far and I hope this is an indication of the quality of supervision that we can expect . |
| 5 | Share prices could fall so far that his cash offer for DRG , the Basildon Bond company , starts to look attractive . |
| 6 | You must never allow yourself to be crowded out , neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary . |
| 7 | He 's also been careful to work er with the United Nations who have done er much better so far than they have in er some crises in the past . |
| 8 | I mean , we have n't done so far but we , that 's what but , this is stuff we got about hundred |
| 9 | We 're already eleven weeks into the year and er so my talk 's gon na centre on what we 've done so far and what we expect to happen . |
| 10 | Hunt meant that no matter how well he now did , Niki had to do considerably less well than he had done so far if he , James , was going to have any chance to catch him . |
| 11 | The Bishop : ‘ I think it is a very balanced and very clear statement of how we should be living so far as our sexuality is concerned . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view . |
| 13 | So there was a stage where we did say , this scheme is going so far and anybody that buys a house out with that area , they 're free to apply for grants . |
| 14 | It was enough for a while just to have this clever , charming man as a friend , flattering to have him travel so far when he could just for the pleasure of her company . |
| 15 | er you know so far as we can get that erm and I 'll then give you a description of how the theory er predicts your er preferences for behaving in particular ways , would work out . |
| 16 | His arms were raised above his head but not raised so far that he showed any fear either . |
| 17 | It was the duty of the ruling sultan , at least in principle , to extend so far as he could the area controlled by true believers at the expense of that ruled by Christian infidels . |
| 18 | ‘ One intervenes to protect competition , to ensure so far as one can that competition continues to exist in the marketplace . |
| 19 | In general terms , however , the present state of the law is that an individual who has reached the age of 18 is free to do with his life what he wishes , but it is the duty of the court to ensure so far as it can that children survive to attain that age . |
| 20 | Blake and King begin to complain to each other that they are now wasting their time , since matters are settled so far as they are concerned . |
| 21 | The terrified farmboy , Thomas , miserably seasick but comforted by being set to tend sheep , calves and poultry in the depths of the ship , is protected so far as it is possible by the sturdy Jesse , but both are subject to the appalling cruelty of the captain , Daniel Swift . |
| 22 | True , at death our essence is finally overcome so far as its actualisation in space and time goes , but as long as we live we can go on realizing it in as full a form as circumstances allow . |
| 23 | Our sense of adventure only went so far and we relied on them to make the decisions . |
| 24 | He hit a huge drive which rolled so far that it ended in deep rough . |
| 25 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need . |
| 30 | In January 1949 the British cabinet ruled that co-operation with Europe should not be taken so far that it compromised Britain 's ability to survive as an independent state . |