Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] so far " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He wondered in passing what Mr Ryan might be doing so far north ; perhaps seeking to expand his chain of hat shops ? |
| 4 | Political prosecutions and political imprisonment may be deemed so far in the past as to be without modern day relevance . |
| 5 | A striking one came in 1760 when , at the marriage of the Princess of Brazil , the daughter of King Joseph I , the masterful Portuguese chief minister , the marques de Pombal , announced that though the papal nuncio and the imperial ambassador would take precedence over all other foreign envoys this would be governed so far as the rest of them were concerned simply by the dates on which they had presented their credentials . |
| 6 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |