Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] far [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Large volume users , like British Steel and ICI , have complained that so far the market mechanism has not proved effective |
| 8 | Lamprey was reading the second , and so far no word had come downstairs that it had been rejected . |
| 9 | And so far the revenue have been going yeah , yeah , go away go away . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Even small changes in how fast and how far the contraction spreads can have profound effects on form . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | " 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 . |
| 16 | Doctors are working hard , but so far a cure for HIV and AIDS has not been found . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Further extensive tests are still being carried out on other samples but so far no trace of Miss Larkin , 24 , has been found . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But so far the majority have reported no problems after six months . |
| 22 | But so far the IFA have had no communication from the English FA , ITV or Manchester United ( away to Honved ) over potential compensation . |
| 23 | But so far the work force of 330 white collar staff have shown no sign of militant action . |
| 24 | But so far the Government has resisted , deciding that this species is already under too much pressure . |
| 25 | to take account of this previously unforeseen workplace hazard , but so far the Commission have brought forward no proposals . |
| 26 | Ms Mackenzie first approached the Environmental Committee last May , but so far the result has n't been encouraging . |
| 27 | But so far the reverse is the case . |
| 28 | Rhodes could well become a double international as he is in the South African national hockey squad , but so far the hockey union has n't followed cricket down the integration path and cricket at the moment takes first place on his agenda . |
| 29 | That may be a wee indictment of the Government , but so far the argument is reasonably incontestable . |
| 30 | The show will open at Darlington Civic Theatre on April 29 for a two week run , but so far the search for a Young Walsingham has been fruitless . |