Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can calculate all too clearly that the average value of sterling has fallen 17.5 per cent , ( and over 25 per cent against the dollar ) since September , and the price of fuel and raw materials for industry has so far risen by just over 10 per cent , while retail prices have actually fallen . |
| 2 | This would not necessarily conflict with the picture of word-meaning developed so far if a single superordinate sense could be found which covered all the variants . |
| 3 | In the type of decision considered so far it has been assumed that the decision is presented in a clear form . |
| 4 | We want now to introduce a different way of categorizing elite theory approaches , one which does not derive from the historical streams of thinking described so far . |
| 5 | It may be necessary to restructure the business before it is acquired ; the tax liabilities involved need to be assessed , and the position of management protected as far as possible . |
| 6 | We understand , however , that the council 's offer of assistance has so far been rather less generous . |
| 7 | One reason the central bank has been able to keep money tight is that the victims of bankruptcy have so far been mainly property- or finance-related companies with few employees . |
| 8 | The aspects of candidiasis discussed so far — the infection of specific parts of the body — is not in doubt . |
| 9 | Will the Minister confirm that Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution has so far achieved just six prosecutions under integrated pollution control and the 1990 Act ? |
| 10 | From third place to missing a gate , Martin Bell has experienced the highs and lows of ski racing so far this season , but is optimistic , nonetheless |
| 11 | But he floated into the midst of a sea of water stretching as far as he could discern on every side around him . |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't you see ? ’ , he would ask ; ‘ do n't you feel … ca n't you hear ? ’ , as he rushed from one place or book or topic to another , expecting others to have the same reactions , so that Frank Tait , a cultured and intelligent man , described how he ‘ hurried out of breath to seem less far behind ’ . |
| 13 | As each transfer price embodies just the sum of variable costs so far , this method is good for decision making . |
| 14 | Some critics have argued that the Coase theorem stretches the idea of transaction costs too far — to the point at which the theorem becomes true ( but uselessly so ) by definition . |
| 15 | Forty-one heads of state have so far accepted ; President Reagan is representing the US . |
| 16 | You can have been had by the whole of Fighter Command as far as I 'm concerned ; just as long as you add me to the list . ’ |
| 17 | The cycle of infection outlined so far is the pathway of acute viral infection , as in rabies or influenza , in which rapid replication is followed by the release of new viruses to attack other cells . |
| 18 | Decisions can be made periodically on the basis of information gathered so far . |
| 19 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 20 | In fact , the search for universal criteria of rationality has so far proved fruitless . |
| 21 | Part of the three-year letter of intent went so far as to say — this is quite astonishing that for an initial period , which as far as I can recollect was never defined , British Rail should subsidise bus services because buses were being substituted for trains . |
| 22 | The supreme court declined to hear a case involving a ton of gold recovered so far from the SS Central America , resting in 8,000 feet of water off the coast of South Carolina after being sunk by a hurricane in 1857 . |
| 23 | The European Council was " satisfied with progress achieved so far towards establishing the single market " and declared its commitment to the intergovernmental conference on EMU to be held in December 1990 " with the objective of ratification [ of the necessary treaty changes ] before the end of 1992 " . |
| 24 | This , I think , with respect goes too far . ’ |
| 25 | Machines which have been destroyed or damaged in battle have so far been recovered and rebuilt , although since Leonardo 's disappearance many of the secrets of their construction have been lost and the engines become increasingly unreliable and inefficient . |
| 26 | However , this must have been countered by an urgent request from Butcher as two days later Miller sent his servant with a note , agreeing to meet at Bedford House by four o'clock in order to get as far as St Albans that evening . |
| 27 | Even in order to get this far , I had to believe that what I was being told by people about their experiences and feelings was the truth , or essentially the truth . |
| 28 | Having regard to the objectives and the general scheme of the Convention , that it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 29 | Having regard to the objective and the general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 30 | As the court held with respect to the expression ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ used in article 5(1) ( see the judgments of 22 March 1983 in Peters [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 , and of 8 March 1988 in Arcado [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) , having regard to the objectives and general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention of the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |