Example sentences of "so far [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
| 2 | I hope that , given the work done so far to design and cost the scheme , you can have tenders to hand by then on the basis that construction would begin on site very soon after a decision at that meeting . |
| 3 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 4 | Title-holder John Parrott fired the fastest century break so far to lead Ireland 's Joe Swail , 6–2 . |
| 5 | Of course now he did n't have to walk quite so far to do his searching ; but a similar kind of dedication was still required of him , for The Bar contained in a way the streets of the whole city , there were men there from all the different parts of it . |
| 6 | But the volunteers have had to borrow one hundred thousand pounds so far to set it up . |
| 7 | Wickham said : ‘ Miss MacQuillan , there 's no evidence so far to support that . |
| 8 | These findings suggest that platelet activating factor may be involved in the progression of acute pancreatitis caused by infusion of caerulein but there is no experimental evidence so far to support this notion . |
| 9 | The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has been sufficiently impressed with the results so far to finance the printing of enough copies for the first year pupils of three comprehensive schools beginning in September 1985 . |
| 10 | There is in fact little evidence that coping responses play a role in the aetiology of major psychiatric disorder since it has not been possible so far to conduct experiments . |
| 11 | The Egyptian foreign minister , Amr Moussa , made it clear he expected Israel to offer more than it has so far to return the deportees to their homes in the occupied territories . |
| 12 | In Jordan , where the authorities hope the experiment in democracy will become a model for other Arab states , King Hussein has opted so far to draw the fundamentalists into the government . |
| 13 | Plenty of people in Donegal , Cavan and Monaghan would be delighted , as they would not have so far to go to buy drinks , groceries and cigarettes . |
| 14 | Well , it 'll perhaps improve when he does n't have so far to go wo n't it |
| 15 | Though you journey so far to see their ancient endeavours . |
| 16 | It was an uneasy night , pondering the risks of leaving illegally , with a barely seaworthy vessel , from an island of which we had read so fondly in Wallace and had come so far to see . |
| 17 | Claire is one of three patients so far to undergo the procedure under the supervision of consultant orthopaedic surgeon Richard Montgomery . |
| 18 | She is one of three patients so far to undergo the procedure at the hospital , under the supervision of consultant orthopaedic surgeon , Mr Richard Montgomery . |
| 19 | It was easy on Parky , not requiring a step-ladder , and not nearly so far to fall once aboard . |
| 20 | Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter . |
| 21 | But he was only young then , about thirty , and he did not have so far to fall . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been involved in a few preliminary meetings so far to pick a training squad , and I 've also got involved in the training sessions themselves . |
| 23 | The applicants wish to know the nature and extent of their receivership powers as a matter of practical importance and pressing nature , because they have been unable so far to obtain any assistance from the directors of I.B.C. as to the location of books and records of I.B.C. , or as to the provision of information about its assets . |
| 24 | Meanwhile health campaigns have largely failed so far to change behaviour . |
| 25 | In short , it is that it offers a way of by-passing ‘ the awkward corner ’ , Nearly twenty years ago Professor Joan Robinson observed that the predictable consequences of the attainment of near-full employment must , if institutions and attitudes did not accommodate themselves to the new circumstances , be so far to strengthen the power of the trade unions as to prompt a vicious spiral of wages and prices ; and that it would become chronic . |
| 26 | It does not go so far to ensure proportionality as other variants , but would involve the least departure from the existing system , would retain single-member constituencies which many regard as being a valuable feature of the present system , and would be much the simplest to understand in operation . |
| 27 | Again , that does n't get us anywhere at the moment , but it does slightly bear out the possibility that the man was a foreigner which would explain our total failure so far to get him identified . " |
| 28 | There are many fisheries throughout the Indian sub-continent and the Sri Lankan operation is the only one in this area so far to have been carefully studied . |
| 29 | Operation Desert Storm , by contrast , seems so far to have been supplied without a hitch — thanks to computers . |
| 30 | Gas has also been tested from numerous wells in the southern North Sea but the only commercial discovery so far to have been made is the Scram field . |