Example sentences of "so far [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so far gone that Joey had to help her walk across the field to where he had parked . |
| 2 | All the models of passive rifting discussed so far assume that rifting is more or less a symmetric process ; that is , we would expect the opposing passive margins formed through continental break-up to have a similar structure and morphology because they have experienced a similar tectonic history . |
| 3 | August Weismann was utterly opposed to Lamarckism and Weismann 's opinions so far prevailed that A. D. Darbishire in his authoritative Breeding and the Mendelian Discovery ( London , 1911 ) put the matter thus . |
| 4 | The greenbelts have so far ensured that towns and cities do not sprawl into one another . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | No wins so far mean that Amthaal slips in the race on 7st 12lb and he showed plenty of promise at Chester last week — racing for the first time in five months . |
| 7 | Most of the examples discussed so far imply that transfers of money are gifts rather than loans , although the distinction between these two is not always clear . |
| 8 | So far fears that West Germany will be too distracted by the rebuilding of East Germany to continue the building of the European Community have been exaggerated . |
| 9 | Economic reform has so far meant that Poles can gaze in wonderment at now well-stocked meat stalls they have no money to buy from . |
| 10 | However , the experience in New South Wales so far suggests that sentences under the new dispensation are certainly no lower than they were under the old regime . |
| 11 | All the scientific evidence collected so far suggests that biotechnology is really very safe . |
| 12 | The fact that certain strategies which can be shown to be useful in translation have not been made use of so far suggests that translators are simply not aware of them , rather than that they are familiar with them but consciously or subconsciously choose not to use them . |
| 13 | However , the evidence so far suggests that bats are using the technique , not to distinguish an echo from the original sound that produced it , but for the more subtle task of distinguishing echoes from other echoes . |