Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giving judgment in a case that has so far been heard in camera , Mr Justice Hoffmann ruled that Mr William Goodwin , a journalist working for The Engineer , must hand over his notes of a telephone conversation with his source . |
| 2 | They can only conclude that ‘ Either badgers waste energy with the continued digging or very large burrows confer an advantage that has so far eluded us . ’ |
| 3 | This corresponds with the concept of profit maximisation that has so far been employed above , save that the latter concept contains an ambiguity about time-scale : it does not specify the period over which profits are to be maximised . |
| 4 | For the last two or three years , Chorus has been involved with Unisys Corp in a technology exchange that has so far failed to produce any significant deliveries . |
| 5 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |
| 6 | In Eastern Europe the opposition movements which began to grow rapidly in the 1980s were finally successful in bringing about the collapse of the communist regimes , but they have not yet been able to create an acceptable and stable new order ; nationalist movements have proliferated , and a new labour movement has emerged which contests the policy of restoring free-market capitalism that has so far produced only economic disaster . |
| 7 | As for the great Largo e mesto itself , here it 's the intensity of his phrasing that gives so sharp an edge to the sorrow . |
| 8 | Another thousand pounds , if it could be obtained , would perhaps be sufficient for the building of a small Laboratory , and for the cleaning and repairs so urgently required both in the Schoolrooms and in the School house . " |
| 9 | Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) . |
| 10 | But mastering any chemical theory first without practical experience can leave the student in a state where he or she knows so much about the sodium atom that he can no longer appreciate the silvery metal that behaves so spectacularly on the bench . |
| 11 | In an age that sees all human behaviour and motive as finally hectic , and finds an art that says so rather glorious , the humanist is driven to the vegetable . ’ |
| 12 | There is a deep feeling among those who practise fundamental science a feeling that has so far always proved reliable — that the way to true understanding is the one that satisfies the canons of economy and elegance ; the way which , in a word , is mathematically beautiful . |
| 13 | But even so , you would n't have thought it went as fast as that in a creature that moves so slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 14 | There are no instant fixes , either in terms of an absolutist retreat to the class-based socialism of the past , or in a headlong rush to the classless social democracy that has so often been portrayed as the only future . |
| 15 | Few can deliver high notes of such ringing clarity or trills so impeccably controlled , and she has a chest register many contraltos would envy . |
| 16 | The only state that has so far escaped severe drought is Western Australia . |
| 17 | There can hardly ever have been a piece of legislation that has so utterly failed to achieve its stated objectives . |
| 18 | As inevitable as it is obvious , this is the first limitation of the voter 's freedom of choice that figures so prominently in STV propaganda . |
| 19 | It is the first kind of approach that has so far yielded the most insight , but it is worth considering the possibility of the analysis of interaction by synthesis . |
| 20 | It is ironic that a government that talks so loudly about law and order should subvert the rule of law by blandly disregarding its obligations under international treaties . |
| 21 | In part it is nervousness , but mostly is youthful exuberance , an exuberance that has so far made his career and yet paradoxically also threatens it . |
| 22 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 23 | NOBODY is sure of the distance to Betelgeuse , the red giant star that shines so brilliantly in the constellation of Orion . |
| 24 | Nylon makes a 100% recovery to its original length but does so rather slowly . |
| 25 | She writes : ‘ To meet him is to confront the unexpected , and a brain that operates so quickly you need to engage your own grey matter at the gallop . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ That the spy here must have special means of conveying such information to his master and has so far failed to use it . |
| 27 | Instead , therefore , of excluding history as has so often been claimed , such thinkers begin , in a rather more conventional way , from the anti-historicist perspectives of Althusser , even , arguably , of Sartre . |
| 28 | And then there is that tub of lovely unsalted butter that spreads so well and tastes sooo yummy . |
| 29 | Not all of this man 's behaviour has yet been revealed , of course , but I can assure you that there is one incident to come which in itself justifies almost any degree of the pain that has so far been applied to his brain and his skin and his bones . |
| 30 | Thijs Lijbregts , who took over from Rinus Michels after Holland won the European Championship , has the additional pressure of managing one of the fancied teams while his best player , Ruud Gullit , is struggling to recover from a knee injury that has so far necessitated four operations and is threatening his career . |