Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 3 | Beyond the Ezbekia Gardens and as far as the Moqqatam Hills lies the medieval city , dense , ruinous and vital . |
| 4 | to Coronation Street do not know all the facts of course , we are ignorant of the finer points of the time gone by , but why is Deirdre so lasted to Ken I 've yet to catch up with Wednesday night 's proceedings on my video contraption , but the last thing that I heard Deirdre say to Ken as he was recovering on a put-u-up in her front room was , I 'm stuck with you till you back on your feet and as far as I 'm concerned it ca n't come soon enough for me , Ken lay there immobile , stunned , a cruel carry on , what 's the poor chap done , but then I 've missed too much |
| 5 | Divided among themselves over how far to adhere to the traditional policies and how far to adapt to a changing foreign and domestic environment , the Bakufu 's members became incapable of decisive action . |
| 6 | He was relying on the earlier case of Nichol v Martyn [ 1799 ] 2 Esp 732 , but in Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [ 1935 ] 2 KB 80 Maugham LJ cast doubt on both those judgments and so far as the modern law is concerned they should not be relied on to the extent that they indicate the employee can canvass or issue circulars to customers of his employer before he leaves . |
| 7 | All multi-divisional companies face dilemmas and choices on the extent to which they seek to centralise or decentralise their operations and how far they try to fit their industrial relations into their strategic plans and organisational structure . |
| 8 | Still , they were making an effort , putting on cheap food and jazz bands and so far the locals from the high rise flats across the road seemed to be accepting them . |
| 9 | Volunteers at the centre have been videoing this pair of kingfishers and so far it looks as though the experiment is a success . |
| 10 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 11 | Breeding Goby Cichlids is not easy — it is one of my ambitions and so far I have been unsuccessful . |
| 12 | And the , the price was thirty nine pounds and as far as I know at the time the , the pianos went down that terrace I do n't think anybody could play it properly . |
| 13 | He was tiny , bird-like , and full of tubes and needles and very far away from us . |
| 14 | Freud assumed that the nervous system 's main task is to abolish stimuli and as far as possible ‘ maintain itself in an altogether unstimulated condition ’ . |
| 15 | As landlords ' solicitors become ever wary that they should leave nothing to chance , the number of individual tenant 's covenants appear to be increasing with heavyweight commercial leases quite often having comfortably in excess of 30 covenants and not far short of 50 . |
| 16 | Apartheid arguments over , the Commonwealth 's now seeking a new role spreading democracy , but the assembly lacks stars and so far the Cypriots have stolen the show . |
| 17 | Her uncle Raymond , Count of Tripoli , was ruler of one of the crusader-states and too far away either to help her or to threaten to take her inheritance for himself . |
| 18 | Recently , however , there has been some criticism and some arguments about its structure , in addition to the more long-standing discussion of how far ministers can dominate their departments and how far civil service practices and attitudes have proved too much for the politicians . |
| 19 | It requires goodwill on both sides and as far as the Regional Council 's role is concerned I shall be monitoring the development of the arrangements . |
| 20 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 21 | They pointed out that nearly all the studies have focused upon young men and that far less was known about the sub-cultural activities and work careers of young women . |
| 22 | The other guideline which was issued was namely that of capital , where the a accepted the general guidelines which appeared in the county papers and as far as this Committee was concerned , would mean the general acceptance of all those items which appear in that the first year of that capital programme , subject to the proviso that the revenue contemplated and the benefits of the capital programme will be considered by Policy Panel in its forthcoming meeting . |
| 23 | There are 750 shares and so far 454 have been sold ( including 170 in the past 12 months ) . |