Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HWIM , Hearsay-II , and HARPY , examples of the Symbol Processing paradigm , can construct representations of the processing that has been done so far and operate on the individual hypotheses within that space . |
| 2 | The exclusion of the courts It has been argued so far that the methods of control and accountability introduced by the 1985 Act leave much to be desired . |
| 3 | So although no route can more truly be called a " beaten track " than the one which heads for the Gotthard Pass , now that the old Gotthard road has been supplanted so far as through traffic is concerned by the Basel-Chiasso motor expressway ( E9 , N2 ) , many towns and villages on the old road can be rated as " off the beaten track " . |
| 4 | We have actually four questions and three subordinate questions which we were addressing and only one of them has been resolved so far and that is whether the Chairman of the Police Authority should be appointed by the Home Secretary or by the Authority and we are I think all have to agree that it should be by the latter . |
| 5 | Some of that deal has been produced as far as the Tornado 's concerned , but again you 're quite right we 're waiting for the announcement of the er orders for the trains . |
| 6 | It has been suggested so far that many academic lawyers and policemen share the view that where a woman has sexual intercourse with a man , she should be regarded in law as having consented to it save in exceptional circumstances as where violence or the threat of it is used . |
| 7 | Before the brigade of receptionists change shift they must ensure that all work has been processed as far as possible and that any messages or matters to be dealt with are brought to the attention of the evening shift . |
| 8 | How rich it is to hear the Scottish Labour leader impugn the integrity of the SNP when the integrity of Labour Party policies in the last year has been stretched so far as to be invisible . |
| 9 | The recorded balance might have been improved so far as the Berg is concerned had the soloist been fractionally more forward , and an extra desk each of first and second violins would have added more weight . |
| 10 | The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned . |
| 11 | As for the dormeuse , it would seem to have been taken as far as Quatre Bras ; and there , according to his fellow officers von Oetlinger and von Humbracht , von Keller determined to open the necessaire that he had found in the carriage , believing it to be full of gold . |
| 12 | Strolling , they pondered public education versus private schooling ; Johnson wondered why boys from England had been sent as far as Aberdeen to be educated , with ‘ so many good schools in England ’ , and they went back to the New Inn , to be joined there by Sir Alexander Gordon , an old friend of Johnson 's , who had sent a card in advance , and through Boswell we join their conversation as it drifts back to the stocking-making . |
| 13 | This lesson had been reinforced as far as the railways were concerned each spring from 1918 to 1920 , when urgent orders went out from the highest level to rehabilitate them in order to cope with the influx of vital foodstuffs and fuel to the towns . |
| 14 | A broadside written towards the end of the 1680s defended the Church of England against the charge that their stress on obedience and subjection had been pressed so far as " to set up arbitrary Power , and the Will of the Prince , above Law " . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the relatively few persons for whom special knowledge and training are reserved are freed so far as possible from the obligations of simple labour ’ ( Braverman , 1974 , pp. 82–3 ) . |
| 16 | The company sees the service as a natural complement to NetWare 4.0 directory services — which have been based as far as possible on the X500 standard . |
| 17 | I agree with him that an unsatisfactory situation er was created in our legislation and in passing I would like to say how much we all welcome , I 'm sure the efforts of my Noble Friend to get legislation simplified , but erm on this particular matter which he has raised , I would like to try to comfort him if that is possible , because erm by getting rid of the er the sections two two A and three of the Police Act as they er nineteen sixty four as they have been amended and er substituting this clause to the Bill simplification will in fact have been achieved so far as the form is concerned . |
| 18 | These syllabuses have been developed as far as possible in common with the HND in Business Studies . |
| 19 | The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing . |
| 20 | Sixty-six courses have been held so far and the university has increased the number of students compared with previous years . |