Example sentences of "far [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fishing for larger specimens is , however , set to improve as the shoals of mackerel , which have so far been absent , arrive inshore . |
| 2 | Despite the budget 's eye-catching austerity , and a recession in France that continues to deepen , complaints from unions and opposition parties alike have so far been muted . |
| 3 | The twelve select committees established by the Commons in December 1979 seem to have attracted enough criticism from the executive to suggest that they have been asking some pertinent questions , but their overall impact on policy has so far been slight . |
| 4 | Alas , our European partners have so far been unwilling to take any such initiative . |
| 5 | It appears that X/Open 's ISV council has thus far been unwilling to admit OSF to its ranks — political reasons notwithstanding — because , X/Open president Geoff Morris says , that its members do n't feel happy about granting OSF an X/Open ticket for a mere fraction of the price that it was originally paying . |
| 6 | While interferon production was certainly induced by this compound its efficacy in treating viral infections bas so far been disappointing . |
| 7 | Efforts to resolve the conflict , which has caused more than 100 deaths since February last year , have so far been fruitless . |
| 8 | Some of Fleet Street 's finest wind-up merchants have been put on the case , but the search for the Kinnock temper has so far been fruitless . |
| 9 | The search for cheap but reliable mass screening tests and accurate diagnostic algorithms has so far been fruitless , so case-finding based on clinical suspicion will continue to be the most important strategy . |
| 10 | Recent Censuses have included questions about the birthplace of members of the household , but attempts to introduce an ‘ ethnic question ’ , to find out the size of the ethnic minorities resident in this country , have so far been unsuccessful . |
| 11 | The casualty was lying beam-on to the swell , and dead in the water with no engine power , so the helicopter 's attempt to lift the survivors had so far been unsuccessful . |
| 12 | Our efforts to meet the company have so far been unsuccessful , but as far as we understand from the AEU ( which has a single union agreement with Montupet ) , there are no special mechanisms to target recruitment and training on the unemployed and it is worth bearing in mind that the code of practice of the new Fair Employment Act puts the idea of the merit principle above that of equality of outcome or the achievement of social justice . |
| 13 | Attempts to establish a comprehensive scheme to include more hymns and to cover all publishers have so far been unsuccessful . |
| 14 | Mr Pritchard , said results had so far been good , and it was well placed to achieve excellent full year figures . |
| 15 | The pool performance has so far been good and consistent with a triple-A rating , Standard & Poor 's said . |
| 16 | Despite some speculation on the extent of their influence in shaping and informing defence policy this has not so far been subject to any systematic analysis . |
| 17 | He was saying that the gods had so far been unkind , that they might turn kind , but that what the gods did for him was secondary to what they might do for Niki , a remark that turned out to be prophetic . |
| 18 | It is a revolution more obviously compared with the French than with any other revolution because of its stages of progression , even though it has so far been peaceful despite the anger . |
| 19 | The new law also provides a simple and straightforward legal framework for the foundation of postgraduate courses , which have so far been weak and virtually non-existent . |
| 20 | Exit-poll findings and election returns showed that Tyminski had been most successful in the countryside and small towns , where the benefits of the economic reforms had so far been negligible , and among young people waiting for housing and workers concerned about their jobs . |
| 21 | The antagonists , all equally concerned about the incomparable danger , included Michael Foot , who is at least consistent , David Steel , whose reasonable approach to all matters has so far been unimpeded by office . |
| 22 | But the improvements that have so far been effective — the so-called Green Revolution programmes — have been highly energy-intensive because of their dependence on irrigation , fertilisers and mechanisation . |
| 23 | It is my impression that the Department of Transport has not so far been sympathetic to the potential plight of some of the preserved railways in Scotland . |
| 24 | France had thus far been alone in urging firm timetables . |
| 25 | The unbeaten Irish lead Group 3 and have yet to concede a goal — an error-free level of consistency that main rivals Denmark and Spain have so far been unable to match . |
| 26 | The conservators have so far been unable to recreate this process using chemicals in the lab , but this is an inconclusive argument for assuming this to be an ageing process . |
| 27 | The last-mentioned included provisions against the acquisition of Hatchards , which landed the group with unwanted properties it has so far been unable to sell . |
| 28 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that the government had signed an agreement the previous week to pay compensation to Jews living in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who had been persecuted by the Nazi regime and had thus far been unable to claim compensation under a West German agreement dating from 1952 . |
| 29 | Although some bizarre interchanges therefore seem to be real occurrences in these families , the research has so far been unable to convincingly demonstrate a causal link between such communication abnormalities and the development of schizophrenia in the child . |
| 30 | Detectives investigating the explosions have questioned more than 10,000 people but have so far been unable to identify the two men and eliminate them from their inquiries . |