Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] far [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue is not so much whether or how far the sense of grievance or of legitimate right can be justified objectively but rather its potency as a force in the equation , just as an unwavering Jewish belief in the right to all Eretz Israel has proved indispensable to the achievements of Zionism . |
| 2 | There may also be subjective assessments of activities , such as how far they were ‘ routine ’ , or ‘ pleasurable ’ , or how far the respondent would like to do them more or less often … |
| 3 | A basic theme focuses on the extent to which uniquely domestic factors have affected a party 's approach to these matters or how far the parties have responded to common stimuli . |
| 4 | They both were astonished that so far no indication of trouble had come from the town common ; but reckoned that it would not be long now before it did , for a few escapers from the castle had been glimpsed running in that direction . |
| 5 | Before moving on to make use of the database , it was necessary to assess whether or not the data itself was valid for the organisation being studied , bearing in mind that so far the exercise had been a systems-thinking one , rather than a study of what was happening in practice . |
| 6 | Douglas Scott , the region 's senior corporate advisor , said that so far the council has concentrated on upping the region 's profile in Brussels and honing its statistical case . |
| 7 | We can conclude that so far the law 's quest to subject the power conferred on corporate managers to controls to prevent it from being exercised arbitrarily has not been successful . |
| 8 | Large volume users , like British Steel and ICI , have complained that so far the market mechanism has not proved effective |
| 9 | Lamprey was reading the second , and so far no word had come downstairs that it had been rejected . |
| 10 | And so far the buses and the trains seem to be running rather well . |
| 11 | Still , they were making an effort , putting on cheap food and jazz bands and so far the locals from the high rise flats across the road seemed to be accepting them . |
| 12 | Apartheid arguments over , the Commonwealth 's now seeking a new role spreading democracy , but the assembly lacks stars and so far the Cypriots have stolen the show . |
| 13 | And so far the revenue have been going yeah , yeah , go away go away . |
| 14 | The days for R&D are over : we need demonstration , and so far the Prototype Fast Reactor has demonstrated only that the non-nuclear bits of the technology do n't work particularly well . |
| 15 | So we were caught like a lot of other people in not predicting just how fast and how far the land sales er prices would actually go down . |
| 16 | The policy question is how far families should bear the burden themselves and how far the state , through social security , or otherwise , should pay for the costs of disability ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 17 | This will lead to an exploration of the household division of labour and how far the effects of the year long strike generated enduring changes in the lives of men and women and their views about society and the community . |
| 18 | Even small changes in how fast and how far the contraction spreads can have profound effects on form . |
| 19 | It is not enough to say that the visual system must contain edge detectors , one also has to say how edge information could be reconstructed from the retinal image and how far the units in the CNS that appear to respond to edges do , in fact , operate according to these computational principles . |
| 20 | It is necessary , in my judgment , to look at the facts somewhat closely to see what amounts to a discharge and how far the reasoning can be applied to the case , not of joint and several debtors , but of several debtors alone , albeit all liable for the same debt . |
| 21 | The advantage of the former is that standardized information can be gathered from a large population , although there is always the problem of those who do not respond and how far the characteristics and opinions of such people match the general population . |
| 22 | " They came round again to see if they could find any more clues , " Sara said , " but so far a blank ; and also , I don think anything was stolen , thanks to you . |
| 23 | Doctors are working hard , but so far a cure for HIV and AIDS has not been found . |
| 24 | A police investigation followed and a number of people including Mr. Tully were arrested and questioned but so far no charges have been laid . |
| 25 | Certainly there is abundant evidence for the extraction of salt from sea water around the Wash , but so far no settlement has been found to match the name ; on the distance from London alone , it ought to lie in the Sleaford or Heckington area . |
| 26 | Plants like these are very likely to have been among the earliest forms to colonise the moist margins of the land , but so far no fossil relics of undoubted mosses have been discovered from this early period . |
| 27 | Further extensive tests are still being carried out on other samples but so far no trace of Miss Larkin , 24 , has been found . |
| 28 | In November Coun Thorne-Wallis , who represents Haughton West ward , telephoned British Rail about the missing fencing below Wylam Hill near Thompson Street East but so far no action has been taken . |
| 29 | Several racecourses would like to stage more Sunday meetings but so far no fixtures ( apart from a point-to-point ) have been drawn up for next year . |
| 30 | Donegall Pass CID are investigating the incident but so far no witnesses have come forward . |