Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] far [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 2 | Only the chemicals and pharmaceutical industry have so far shown any signs of responding to the competitive advantage created by the devaluation of sterling last September . |
| 3 | And pleas from his predecessor for 50 more officers to fight crime have so far gone unanswered by the Home Office . |
| 4 | Nineteen companies have so far agreed to sign contracts with the government agreeing to fixed objectives . |
| 5 | Only Germany and Denmark have so far agreed to adopt the 20 per cent cut as a target . |
| 6 | Scotland have so far lost in Switzerland and drawn at home to Portugal , failing on both occasions to reproduce the fluency that lit up Norrkoping in June . |
| 7 | Most experiments of this type have so far concentrated on investigating timber buildings with posts set in postholes , because these are usually the most difficult structures to interpret during excavation . |
| 8 | New prototypes have so far failed to satisfy him . |
| 9 | Fortunately many of our hill railways and tramways have so far managed to escape the nightmare of the gricer archaeologists — landscaping and land reclamation — because their earthworks , light though they may be , are hard work even for modern ploughs . |
| 10 | But excavations have so far failed to support this image and indeed have indicated a town in decline . |
| 11 | Planners in Stroud have so far rejected six schemes for a third superstore — but with the right scheme on the right site , they 'll have to say yes . |
| 12 | But most of the 49 designated assembly points exist only on maps ; UN officials have so far surveyed only 20 of them and have not yet set up camps suitable for an organised demobilisation . |
| 13 | Foreign investment banks have so far made a big chunk of their profits from earning high interest on the 10 billion won ( $12.6m ) they must deposit to do business . |
| 14 | Heavy consumers of technology , most banks have so far used it more to automate existing ways of doing things than to invent entirely new ones . |
| 15 | Arms were offered to Allende 's Chile , but were refused , and various rumours in 1982–3 to the effect that the Argentine generals had ordered Soviet weapons have so far proved unsubstantiated . |
| 16 | According to Reuter , investors have so far spent £1,000m running cable past 2m UK homes , signing 440,000 cable TV subscribers . |
| 17 | The land , part of Westhay Moor , near Wedmore , a 100-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest , has not been managed , and all attempts to reach agreement or use legal powers have so far failed . |
| 18 | Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million . |
| 19 | The Government and senior police officers have so far resisted calls for a ‘ ring of steel ’ , Belfast-style protection , with closed circuit television , control zones , and very restricted access . |
| 20 | Over have so far signed a petition in an attempt to save the hill from further housing . |
| 21 | The European Baroque Soloists have so far produced two Telemann discs on the Denon label . |
| 22 | Some twenty-five paintings have so far emerged either signed or as pendants to signed ones . |
| 23 | Six local churches including Q.P. have so far committed themselves to the vision and are represented on the Mark 2 board . ) |
| 24 | This year she reported further progress : 100 people have so far registered to take an NVQ ; 18 people have achieved a full qualification or certificates in units ; and there were 92 trained NVQ assessors . |
| 25 | Tiny Leah Horby , who is almost two , suffers from an extremely rare condition for which surgeons have so far found no cure . |
| 26 | Forty-one heads of state have so far accepted ; President Reagan is representing the US . |
| 27 | Will the Leader of the House arrange for an early statement from the Lord Chancellor on the workings of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 following the collapse yesterday in Liverpool and Gravesham of several hundred poll tax cases because the Government have so far refused to introduce a commencement order to allow computer evidence to be used in the magistrates court under that Act ? |
| 28 | Bosnian Serb forces have so far refused to allow even UN military observers to go to Gorazde . |
| 29 | Observations from Earth-based telescopes have so far revealed a wealth of spectral lines , from over 50 varieties of molecules in space , some of which are operating as natural masers . |
| 30 | Despite a relatively shortterm median follow up ( 5.7 years ) only three of 10 patients ( 30% ) with definite Crohn 's colitis have so far had their pouch excised , admittedly all were for fistulas , while the remaining seven have satisfactory function despite episodes of recurrent pouchitis in three . |