Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] so far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Soviet and American leaders , by the late 1980s , had a common interest in a negotiated end to the Iran-Iraq war and in an international agreement guaranteeing freedom of movement in the Persian Gulf , but neither could necessarily manipulate events in the region to its advantage and neither , perhaps , quite understood the nature of a popular movement so far removed from its own cultural assumptions . |
| 2 | I slip into the pitfall of subjectivity with trepidation , but observing my fellow patients , I seemed to discern a distinct pattern so far as stress was concerned . |
| 3 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
| 4 | SUMMARY : Recently published seismic and other investigations into the Late Carboniferous — Early Permian thrust and fold belts of the Appalachians , the Franco-German border , and to a limited degree so far of southern England , suggest that Variscan deformation is characterised by thin-skinned tectonics . |
| 5 | As things have turned out it has n't proved to be a serious drawback so far ; and your mother , who has temporarily left home , is very happy for me . |
| 6 | A Sri Lankan total of 408 for eight , and a first-innings deficit so far of 28 , would not normally be a cause for satisfaction , but this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3-0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |
| 7 | looking like a lost child so far from her nurses ; |
| 8 | It had been a long walk so far , and it was n't over . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't seem to have made a brilliant start so far — getting lost and being late on my first day must be something of a record ! ’ |
| 10 | The pound , which has enjoyed a decent run so far this week , was again under pressure and sank back against the mark and the dollar . |
| 11 | A key player so far as the passage of the bill is concerned will be the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee , Congressman Rostenkowski , and then in the upper house , Senator Benson . |
| 12 | Claimants for social welfare provisions have not always been in a good position so far as procedural protection is concerned . |
| 13 | But the total number registered is more than four million if existing BT shareholders are included and the sale organisers believe this is a good performance so far . |
| 14 | Although there has been a good response so far to the environmental technology innovation scheme , there are no plans to increase the current allocation of £12 million . |
| 15 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 16 | William says that he wants to win and then hopefully look towards the world championship and then the next Europeans … it 's been a good year so far so he hopes it ends like that anyway |
| 17 | it is a good theory so far as it goes . |
| 18 | Oh well that 's not bad , so the jogging has served a double purpose so far , or I should n't call it jogging really , it 's training is n't it ? |
| 19 | ‘ It would be pleasant to lift the McKillop Cup especially as we have had a tough campaign so far . |
| 20 | Is that a hot area so far as the arts are concerned ? |
| 21 | The auditors owe a duty of care to the shore share holders collectively , not to individual share holders or what are called stake holders , employees for example , er nor do auditors have a general duty so far as the public interest is concerned . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I hate to disappoint you , Dr Grant , but I have n't lost a single patient so far . |
| 23 | The strategy devised from this included setting out his shopping list for a post-election pact so far in advance that the Liberal Democrats would not get the blame if a deal fails to materialise , and a second election is forced . |
| 24 | When sexual activity results from obsession in a parent with offspring simply because they are offspring ( a rare situation so far as I know ) psychotherapy may rectify deviant desire . |
| 25 | However , neither UA1 nor UA2 has spotted a potential Zo so far , although this particle should be easier to identify than the W. It is predicted to decay into an electron-position pair , which would leave two clear tracks in the apparatus . |
| 26 | It had been a quiet afternoon so far , and it showed no signs of picking up . |
| 27 | Most are concentrated on Medway wing , but not all , and there is no sense of a special regime so far as they are concerned . |
| 28 | The verdict of the clerk to the select committee of 1824 which reviewed it was that it had been a dead letter so far as " those artisans on whom it was intended to have an effect " , namely printers , tailors , shoe makers and shipbuilders in London who continued " their regular societies and houses of call as though no such act were in existence " . |
| 29 | He had made a formidable minder so far . |
| 30 | about the Olympic champion , he 'll be in Rome , he 'll be ready for the World Championships , I think he 's had an easy summer so far , but we 've got the likes of Sergio Lopez who 's just taken my European record away , there 's two Americans ; Kirl Stattel and Mike Barryman who 've just gone under the old World Record , so there 's perhaps a dozen of us that are really shouting and trying to get up to number one position . |