Example sentences of "[adv] far [verb] [be] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of our discussion so far has been to demonstrate that there are important patterns of change that are not readily captured in a paradigm that measures a unilinear scale of phonetic variation against a unilinear scale of socio-economic class . |
| 2 | His most effective action so far has been to deflect the corruption allegations by recruiting Spain 's ‘ Mr Clean ’ to stand alongside him as a Socialist candidate . |
| 3 | On the other hand , Major 's strategy so far has been to initiate a secret review of intelligence gathering in Northern Ireland . |
| 4 | To my mind , the major contribution of econometrics to our understanding of advertising so far has been to establish the relatively marginal effect of advertising expenditure level changes in comparison with price changes : typically , price movements relative to competition seem to account for as much as 70–80 per cent of the changes in brand shares in a market . |
| 5 | The favoured strategy so far has been to introduce a cooling-off period before industrial action could be taken . |
| 6 | The value of the political talks so far has been to expose three basic truths . |
| 7 | Our aim so far has been to show that the " stylistic variant " view of style , which supports the dualist 's conviction that style can be distinguished from message , can lead to a more precise understanding of what it means for a writer to choose this rather than that way of putting things . |
| 8 | The aim of the discussion so far has been to show that tragedy arises from the spirit of music and is bound to perish without it . |
| 9 | The only problem so far has been to anchor the device when the current gets too strong . |