Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | that this conference congratulates our Bolshevik comrades of Russia on their splendid efforts to bring about a general peace , and their unflinching opposition to the brigands of international capital , though we deplore the fact that their efforts to stir the workers of all the belligerents to revolutionary action has not so far met with success , yet we promise to do all in our power to awaken the proletariat of this country to class consciousness so that a speedy end may overtake the tyranny of capital . |
| 2 | However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence . |
| 3 | After pointing out that the distinction between cases of habeas corpus in a criminal matter , and cases where the matter is not criminal goes back very far , Viscount Simon L.C. said , at pp. 156–157 : |
| 4 | The figure recedes , the circle dims , the piano plays softly so far away … |
| 5 | Incompatible therefore though a Co-operative sector would be with the Webbs ' version of the fully Socialist economy , the incompatibility has not so far become obtrusive in the United Kingdom because Labour Governments , which incidentally have had the support of the Co-operative Party as the political arm of the Co-operative Consumer Movement , have carried western Socialist Empiricism to the point of settling for the mixed economy ; and any central planning has been indicative — and , some would say , ineffectual — rather than mandatory . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | However , this relationship has not so far been sufficiently investigated to ensure that a given design will be stable in fast forward flight . |
| 8 | According to Divisional Court , however , the literal approach overlooks the discretion which the justices have to do ‘ what they consider to be just in the circumstances : a discretion which the court traces back as far as Kinnis v. |
| 9 | Now , seeing as my own computer literacy extends only as far as Super Mario Bros , I 'm left feeling a little bewildered by it all . |
| 10 | ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’ |
| 11 | Even in the new Latin America , it seems , the commitment to free trade goes only so far . |
| 12 | ‘ Praise goes twice as far in producing positive results as picking on the negative . |
| 13 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
| 14 | The Commission has not so far brought the matter to the European Court of Justice . |
| 15 | An important debate centres around how far the definition of what constitutes abuse criminalises the so-called abuser . |
| 16 | Also , the program has knowledge of qualitative physical principles relevant to its actual tasks , such as that if an object sticks out too far it will fall , and that it will pivot around the support point nearest to the centre of gravity . |
| 17 | The government has not so far given ground on Mozambique , and has insisted that it is committed to keeping its troops in Cambodia . |
| 18 | The continued advertising and promotion of tobacco should be strenuously resisted , yet the government has not so far seemed inclined to upset the tobacco lobby . |
| 19 | Roman Haubenstock-Ramati ( b. 1919 ) used to be a prominent name in a certain music publisher 's catalogue , but his music has not so far achieved wide circulation , or extensive recording . |
| 20 | Perhaps the notice could be altered to indicate that the path leads only as far as the river . |
| 21 | Use of more than one line to steer a kite dates back as far as the 1820s when George Peacock pioneered use of kites for traction of carriages and a boat.He utilised variable tension on two lines to elevate or depress peg-top kites successfully enough to transport as many as 16 lads to a cricket match , including his grandson , W.G.Grace the famous cricketer . |
| 22 | Windows was the environment of choice — the DOS version works identically as far as the mechanics are concerned , except that pretty Windows graphics are replaced by character based displays . |
| 23 | Once a Roman colony , Rimini 's history stretches back as far as 268 BC . |
| 24 | British Railways , like the Great Western before them , continued to run the supply trains up as far as Cleobury North Crossing . |