Example sentences of "[adv] far [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 He 's also been careful to work er with the United Nations who have done er much better so far than they have in er some crises in the past .
2 In so far as we have evidence about regional comparisons , it points to continuities rather than differences .
3 So far as we have been able to see people need to be able to identify those social situations which are distinct in their culture .
4 And that does n't help us much because , so far as we have been able to ascertain , the Zikr does n't appear to have bought a bottle of perfume in his life . ’
5 We , we are er Chairman involved in Redhill proposals in so far as we have submitted erm a series of er points to the local authorities concerned and tomorrow er as it happens is the date for the pre-enquiry meeting , the enquiry is due to be held er in I think late spring May er time , I 'm not sure of the exact date
6 In so far as they have a derivation , it is from the post of Senior Teacher established at the time of the Houghton Review - but seniority , per se , is not a management function .
7 In so far as they have grown up in an ad hoc fashion , designed by the art colleges on an individual basis , it is difficult to generalize about them .
8 Well , in so far as they have planning permission or allocated local plans .
9 so far as they have made some er adjustment , we will be able to judge whether the scale of adjustment they 've made was a was a reasonable thing .
10 Plenty was built by the Frasque , who did not call it that , or anything else , so far as I have been able to discover .
11 He was sympathetic , " I do not intend " , he declared , " so far as I have any power , to allow the increase of Chinese seamen in the United Kingdom ports to be continued " .
12 I have my eye on the subject ; the hon. Lady 's point is well taken and , in so far as I have control over these matters , I shall make certain that local authorities concentrate as much of their resources on local sport and recreation provision as they should .
13 Assuming , then , that your memory of the principal facts of your subject , so far as you have studied it , is proving adequate , how can you improve the results of study by further techniques ?
14 I have said nothing to anyone so far because I have never been quite sure how much it might affect Mr. Andrew .
15 It has certainly been an up and down season so far and we have n't started the winter league yet — I 'll keep you informed as the dramas unfold .
16 Mr Williams , a former Wirral councillor said : ‘ The college has been highly successful so far and we have a strong and supportive new governing body to cope with the much increased responsibilities that come with independence . ’
17 ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him .
18 I think the thing you have to say that as far as I 'm concerned , from what I 've see of her so far and I have n't worked with her in the field yet but far brighter spark in your department than that one we interviewed the other day
19 If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia .
20 But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have .
21 The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B .
22 As far as they have been able to check , they believe that they are the only two Scottish CAs in partnership together in Australia , but we would be interested in hearing from anyone who thinks that they might have a claim to that title .
23 Of course , he will have to cope with demonstrations , many of the less sober sort , but , as far as I have heard , he is doing this with massive inscrutability .
24 As far as I have been able to discover , the first papers in French West Africa to be owned and controlled by Africans were Le Cri Nègre and Le Phare du Dahomey .
25 The view of these two organizations , as far as I have been able to discover , runs something like this .
26 As far as I have seen , the BBC has not even seen fit to broadcast a single programme in his memory .
27 He suggests that ‘ as far as I have been able to grasp the concept , to be ‘ staff ’ means to have authority without having responsibility .
28 As far as I have been able to find out , it has no specific connection with Bristol but is named after Nonsuch Palace , which was built in Surrey near Hampton Court .
29 but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have
30 LADY DAVERS : You 'll break her spirit quite , brother , you 'll carry your passion as much too far as I have done .
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