Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] far [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | I had heard stories , including horrendous tales of harassment by the police from other people in the black community but my family and I had so far escaped such treatment . |
2 | What I had so far seen of Binbrook held no charms for me — it was bare , isolated , and I did n't really want to seek out yet another Met Office with another set of people to get to know , now that the war was over , and there was no reason that I could see for us to continue plotting charts and reading instruments . |
3 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
4 | Everything that I had so far learned about him — except the conflicting stories of his drinking habits — seemed diametrically opposed to the slick business morality of Ingard and his associates and to the way-out politics of his daughter 's husband . |
5 | For I too have the same taint of ‘ foolishness ’ upon me as my great-uncle Fred , though I 've so far escaped the anguish of his illness . |
6 | THE best sermon I have so far heard was on the subject of ‘ ontological anxiety ’ . |
7 | Before proceeding further it may be useful to summarise the conclusions I have so far reached . |
8 | For I have so far lived almost wholly the outer life which is so distressing to think of and to endure . |
9 | The whites I have so far met have courage . |
10 | I have so far said little about variation , the third property required for evolution along with multiplication and heredity . |
11 | None of the authorities to which I have so far referred dealt with a situation in which a decision was made which directly affected one party , A , and at the same time indirectly affected a second party , B , so as to raise the question : is there any duty in the decision-making authority to be fair towards B ? |
12 | The cases to which I have so far referred do not , in my opinion , establish any principle that depends on concepts of agency . |
13 | The cases to which I have so far referred have all , bar one , been cases in which a wife has given security or become a surety for her husband 's obligations . |
14 | I have so far received only one explanation of what this advisory unit I am setting up is supposed to be doing . |
15 | ‘ Activity' seems to be one car — all I see as I meander my way through the hills above the lonely hamlet of Núpur. beyond it is the biggest fish-drying frame I have so far seen , with overflow fish hung on a wire fence alongside . |
16 | The answer I have so far given that it is from achieving effectively and efficiently , fundamentally important aims such as developing inventiveness , initiative , adaptability , intellectual curiosity , sensitivity , confidence , and so on — general transferable skills and attitudes which will equip our students for their future lives . |
17 | In that case the solutions that I have so far given to the first equation would no longer be acceptable , but one could take x=1 , y=2 , and z=1 . |
18 | ‘ Within these criteria I have so far ensured that buildings have not suffered closure , but in the future this may not be possible owing to the shrinking budget , ’ said Mr Eyton Jones . |
19 | But while on the subject of confessing ignorance , I must also state that I have so far made it through life without witnessing or participating in an Orange Walk . |
20 | The arts collaboration practices I have so far observed have been inadequate models of curriculum practice . |
21 | But , in addition to the somewhat haphazard list of alternatives that I have so far mentioned , there is a pre-eminent group which does comprise whole animals , namely human beings . |
22 | The ones I have so far mentioned might be called mimetic , that is , the distinctions king/servant , sane man/madman , are distinctions that exist in real life , outside the theatre , and are rendered within a Shakespeare play by the distinction between verse and prose . |
23 | Perhaps the most disturbing factor I have so far encountered is that any savings from outpatient surgery are to the purchaser 's benefit , not the provider 's , and therefore outpatient surgery will effectively incur a financial penalty . |
24 | By some miraculous quirk of fate , I have so far managed to get through life as a jobbing hack without ever once having to put my opinions on the preachers into print . |
25 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
26 | In spite of the profound dissimilarities between father and son , and the bitter personal conflicts between them , Frederick II remained always the executor of Frederick William I. ‘ Only his care , ’ he wrote of his father , ‘ his untiring work , his scrupulously just policies , his great and admirable thriftiness and the strict discipline he introduced into the army which he himself had created , made possible the achievements I have so far accomplished . ’ |
27 | There are continuities between the positions I have so far outlined , despite their differing ideological biases . |
28 | THERE are two questions upon which I ponder every day and to which I have so far found no reasonable answer . |
29 | I have so far had 4 people interested in travelling from the UK , and another 3 who would like to join us for part of the time in NZ . |
30 | The caddis lives inside its house , and the parasites that I have so far discussed have lived inside their hosts . |