The phrase "abroad so far" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing experiences or travels outside one's home country, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "I have traveled abroad so far this year to three different countries."
Alternatives: "overseas up to now" or "internationally to date".
In this context the growing interest among art schools and universities (mostly abroad so far) in offering a Ph.D. in art makes the blood run cold.
The country's exports rocketed (see chart 3).In the same way, with the cost of telecommunications bandwidth falling, some firms in rich countries, mostly in America and Britain, began moving some of their business services abroad, so far mostly to India.
Interested parties (almost) the world over can make up their own minds when "Phèdre" later this month inaugurates NT Live, a four-play sequence of transmissions from the South Bank venue to movie theaters here and abroad; so far, there are 270 participating venues, some of which will transmit the play live on June 25, others with delays in various cases of a week or more.
The company doesn't charge a fee up front, but makes its money in three areas: transaction charges of 1.5% with each purchase; foreign exchange when people buy abroad (so far the card has been used in 171 countries); and interest on unpaid balances.
There are demands that multinational investment be taxed or intimidated into remaining at home rather than going abroad (though, so far, the extreme, Sarkozy-style urging of French firms abroad to return to France has not disgraced the American scene); and in demands that foreign workers and immigrants be fired first and hired last, especially if the stimulus package expenditures are involved.
Direct purchases by individuals have also been increasing sharply.Compared with the size of institutions' portfolios, the shift abroad has so far been small.
There lies the paradox: the country that has done more than any other to foment Islamic fundamentalism abroad has so far witnessed relatively little of it at home.
Rights watchdogs claim Karimov's regime is notorious for pursuing Uzbek critics abroad, going so far as to kidnap and assassinate some of them.
Job gains were particularly weak in goods-producing industries, down 10,000 in construction and 17,000 in manufacturing, which has been hurt by the strengthening US dollar That makes our manufactured goods less competitive abroad and so far this year, factories have added 28,000 workers, well below last year's pace of 119,000 by this point.
Yeltsin also lacked faith in his own foreign minister, Andrey Kozyrev, for not prosecuting Russia's interests vigorously enough abroad and went so far as to talk about sacking him in October.
Corruption is a growing problem, which he's masked through assertiveness abroad, but assertiveness abroad only takes you so far in terms of structural problems".
