Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many industrialised market economies collective bargaining has become so firmly established that it is sometimes regarded as being virtually synonymous with the prevailing system of industrial relations . |
| 2 | ‘ The most a contestant has won so far is a small jar of face cream ’ , said Edna caringly . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND 'S industrial base has shrunk so dramatically that there are almost as many people unemployed as working in manufacturing , previously unpublished figures showed yesterday , writes Joy Copley . |
| 4 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 5 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 6 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 7 | That 's as far as my thinking has got so far . ’ |
| 8 | That the programme has gone so well is a measure of the enormous effort put into it by a partnership of centres and SCOTVEC . |
| 9 | McGeechan regrets that the home unions committee has adhered so rigidly to the terms of its acceptance of the invitation 12 months ago . |
| 10 | Because home ownership has grown so fast , and old people now live longer , the main impact of inheritance still lies ahead . |
| 11 | It is , however , harder to explain purely in the context of the theory of contestable markets why some firms ' eurobond operations have continued to be successful while others have been unable to establish themselves , why there has been no significant decline in market concentration over time despite continual new entry , and why profitability has declined so steeply . |
| 12 | He says that the little boy has done so well , he can have a berret ! |
| 13 | That is why the support of the government to the voluntary sector has grown so dramatically in recent years . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's such a shame because the team has done so well on the pitch and manager Barry Fry is trying to do his best . |
| 15 | It 's just a try-on that 's worked before , delivered like a statement , not with the desperation and dependency of the displaced , urban campesino child whose need has become so much greater . |
| 16 | One was that Mr Yeltsin was Russia 's best hope — no plausible alternative leader has argued so unequivocally for a market economy , or seemed willing to trust the young reformers who will be needed to create it . |
| 17 | The trouble today is that the student body has moved so far away from asserting its academic rights that it has become largely passive , simply accepting the fare put before it . |
| 18 | Nothing in the age of contentment has contributed so strongly to income inequality as the reduction of taxes on the rich ; nothing , as has been said , would so contribute to social tranquillity as some screams of anguish from the very affluent . |
| 19 | Indeed the climate has changed so radically and rapidly that some teachers feel over-exposed to parental demand , exploitation and expectation . |
| 20 | The political climate has changed so rapidly since 1979 that many of the central principles of the Partnerships have been severely eroded . |
| 21 | Rock'n'roll has become so totally predictable and everybody has been doing exactly the same thing now for , like , 25 years . |
| 22 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 23 | Boxtree is now claiming that Mr Bean 's Diary has sold so well ( over 314,000 copies when I last spoke to them ) because it is being bought by , and given to , children and teenagers . |
| 24 | It is not hard to see how Realism has become so firmly established in research programmes supported by official funds and to construct a sociology of knowledge explanation of its dominance . |
| 25 | And it 's Tommy who 's scored , the young Irishman has done so well at the heart of the defence for Shrewsbury , has got into the opposition penalty area and what about this for a score line ? |
| 26 | Emphasis has rested so far on the public role of jade in furthering the harmonious working of Chinese society by cementing relations between the ruler , heaven and the several levels of the bureaucratic hierarchy by which the empire was administered . |
| 27 | All the corporation has suggested so far is a vague road and landscaping scheme that would affect only part of the pub garden and car park . |
| 28 | This month has gone so quickly it 's difficult to believe it 's over a month since we left the U.K. |
| 29 | It is no surprise , therefore , that the history of the relations between Government and the trade union — movement has consisted so largely of intervention to harden or soften the market for the commodity at the movement 's disposal . |
| 30 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |