Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] far [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volcanic effects have been even more sudden and disastrous , ranging from the explosion of the island of Krakatoa , between Java and Sumatra , in 1883 to the even more catastrophic eruption of Santorini ( or Thira ) in the Aegean about 1470 B.C. This eruption , or series of eruptions , which resulted in the huge collapsed caldera in the sea beside the present island , must have been the greatest catastrophe ever witnessed by man and may well have been heard as far away as Britain . |
| 2 | The burning oil wells of Kuwait continue to cause widespread air pollution , notably in the form of " black rain " , which has been reported as far away as Bulgaria , Afghanistan and Pakistan . |
| 3 | Nesting has been proved as far inland as Harting . |
| 4 | In Mycenaean times , Thorikos on the east Attic coast was importing the black volcanic glass called obsidian from the island of Melos , a reminder that there was and is a good little harbour nearby at Laurion ; Attic submycenaean and geometric pottery has been found as far away as western Asia Minor ; and the archaic Athenian colonies at Sigeum and the Chersonese , and the sixth-century cleruchies on Salamis and Euboia , foreshadow the fifth-century empire . |
| 5 | Isolated examples have been found as far afield as ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley , another illustration of the extent to which the most precious substances might be distributed to different polities by way of prestige networks . |
| 6 | The oohs and aahs could probably be heard as far away as Ecclesfield . |
| 7 | In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium . |
| 8 | ( In particular it was emphasised that the protection of green belts ‘ must be maintained as far ahead as can be seen . ’ |
| 9 | However , active traces carried by currents have been identified as far away as Greenland . |
| 10 | Temperature reductions of 1–2°C were observed as far away as 2000 km from Kuwait . |
| 11 | By the beginning of the '70s twelve teachers had qualified and classes were started as far afield as Walsall and Worcester . |
| 12 | Its influence is felt as far away as the London Underground , which is having its new , networked , interactive time-tabling system , Cart , programmed by a Delhi firm , CMC . |
| 13 | ‘ You have been sacrificed , martyred and cut off in mid-satisfaction , but see it as a noble act for the good of a world-renowned radio station that is admired as far away as Irkutsk , Tristan da Cunha and ( after the recent never-ending Arctic festival ) Greenland . |
| 14 | From Iran turquoise was carried as far afield as west Caucasia , where it occurred in the Maikop barrow in the Kuban , and north Mesopotamia , where it was present in the same tomb at Tepe Gawra as lapis lazuli . |
| 15 | The epicentre was near Bishops Castle in Shropshire , but the shaking was felt as far afield as the intensity 2 area . |
| 16 | The shock of the sinking was felt as far away as the World 's Edge Mountains and is recorded in the chronicles of the Dwarf kings . |
| 17 | Alyssia gazed at him for a fraction of a second , then she took his advice and walked back to the house , when what she wanted to do was run as far away as she could from it . |
| 18 | According to Declan Troy , of TERA , an environmental consulting firm on contract to BPX-A , one bird was documented as far away as Smith Bay , near Pt . |