Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] far [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIERCE competition between building societies and National Savings has so far spared savers even sharper cuts in interest as the base rate falls . |
| 2 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 3 | A further 210 families have made appointments and a special helpline set up to deal with inquiries from worried parents has so far received 137 calls . |
| 4 | The FAO meeting also heard that 63 tropical forest countries had thus far accepted the broad outline of the 1985 Tropical Forest Action Plan ( TFAP — see p. 36249 ) and that 20 of these had prepared co-ordinated forestry development plans . |
| 5 | On Aug. 16 Pérez de Cuéllar said that 40 countries had thus far notified him of sanctions measures , as they were required to do by Aug. 24 , and on Aug. 28 the committee on compliance heard that well over half of all UN member countries were committed to the embargo . |
| 6 | Although the Yugoslavs had so far had no indication that they were being taken to anywhere but another camp , probably in Italy , and therefore McCreery would have observed an operation apparently going smoothly , we think it unlikely that Verney , Rose-Price and others who disliked the fact that Yugoslavs were being repatriated under a misapprehension as to their destination would have failed to ensure that the Army Commander was given a true picture . |
| 7 | Mr Hill said attempts by Liverpool to start discussions between the two airport companies had so far come to nothing . |
| 8 | Nineteen companies have so far agreed to sign contracts with the government agreeing to fixed objectives . |
| 9 | New prototypes have so far failed to satisfy him . |
| 10 | Fortunately many of our hill railways and tramways have so far managed to escape the nightmare of the gricer archaeologists — landscaping and land reclamation — because their earthworks , light though they may be , are hard work even for modern ploughs . |
| 11 | But none of the various attempted explanations has so far proved satisfactory . |
| 12 | But although the rebels had thus far outmanoeuvred the king , they found themselves unable to translate their military success into long-term political supremacy . |
| 13 | But although the rebels had thus far outmanoeuvred the king , they found themselves unable to translate their military success into long-term political supremacy . |
| 14 | But excavations have so far failed to support this image and indeed have indicated a town in decline . |
| 15 | But most of the 49 designated assembly points exist only on maps ; UN officials have so far surveyed only 20 of them and have not yet set up camps suitable for an organised demobilisation . |
| 16 | Foreign investment banks have so far made a big chunk of their profits from earning high interest on the 10 billion won ( $12.6m ) they must deposit to do business . |
| 17 | Heavy consumers of technology , most banks have so far used it more to automate existing ways of doing things than to invent entirely new ones . |
| 18 | Arms were offered to Allende 's Chile , but were refused , and various rumours in 1982–3 to the effect that the Argentine generals had ordered Soviet weapons have so far proved unsubstantiated . |
| 19 | Chinese pressure on the conference organisers has so far prevented the Tibetan spiritual leader from attending . |
| 20 | Later , on July 25 , Blix said that three inspection teams had so far visited more than 30 sites in Iraq and had taken over 300 samples of nuclear material , but that " there are many more things to answer " . |
| 21 | According to the Financial Times of July 17 , foreign aid agencies had so far donated US$400,000,000 while an additional US$400,000,000 had been generated from internal sources . |
| 22 | According to Reuter , investors have so far spent £1,000m running cable past 2m UK homes , signing 440,000 cable TV subscribers . |
| 23 | The land , part of Westhay Moor , near Wedmore , a 100-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest , has not been managed , and all attempts to reach agreement or use legal powers have so far failed . |
| 24 | Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million . |
| 25 | The Government and senior police officers have so far resisted calls for a ‘ ring of steel ’ , Belfast-style protection , with closed circuit television , control zones , and very restricted access . |
| 26 | The European Baroque Soloists have so far produced two Telemann discs on the Denon label . |
| 27 | Some twenty-five paintings have so far emerged either signed or as pendants to signed ones . |
| 28 | His associate Auguste Laurent- and both of them were kept on the fringe of the French scientific establishment — was more hopeful : he believed that it was possible to determine formulae and structures , but not inductively as chemists had so far tried to do . |
| 29 | Tiny Leah Horby , who is almost two , suffers from an extremely rare condition for which surgeons have so far found no cure . |
| 30 | Scientists had so far failed to include this in their models . |