Example sentences of "far [vb pp] from [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the pitiless unknowing complacency and contempt of the young , Nicandra resented their trivial employments of time , so far distanced from the terrible hazards of loving . |
| 2 | It should be noted that the largest threat to totalizing control of schools in Ireland has so far come from the integrated schooling movement . |
| 3 | While he recognised that the essence of this quietness is an inner condition , saying of those who know it : many of their number , although they live physically among people , are mentally remote from them ; they never falter in their heavenly longing , because in spirit they are far removed from a sinful way of life , |
| 4 | This poem and The Last of the Flock exhibit a pathetic clinging to a single idea or possession which must not be destroyed : I mean something far removed from a simple love of property . |
| 5 | Virtually all the accounts we have suggest that the public schools , in spite of Arnold 's efforts , continued to exist in something not far removed from a Hobbesian state of nature — or rather , just far enough removed to allow for the development of tribal ritual . |
| 6 | On a cold and very windy afternoon at Athletic Park it was far removed from a smiling task for Danaher to sit on the benches and watch his men concede an avalanche of tries , 11 in all , the greatest concession to any Irish opposition in 118 years of international participation . |
| 7 | Her packet full of 1965 hits , ‘ I 'll Stop At Nothing ’ , ‘ Long Live Love ’ , ‘ Message Understood ’ and ‘ How Can You Tell ’ , displayed a singer of some passion , a voice with the depth of soul far removed from the shrill chirpiness of Cilla Black or the bubbly fun-packed discotheque shouting of Lulu . |
| 8 | Action was being undertaken , but it was far removed from the radical surgery that seemed to be needed . |
| 9 | It was how I 'd always imagined showbiz would be — far removed from the stark reality of Working Men 's Clubs . |
| 10 | In no sense was this upper class anti-capitalist ; but their values related to forms of profit far removed from the dirty details of production . |
| 11 | As laughter rang out in the room , she nodded towards the band-leader and swung into her next song , a loud gutsy number far removed from the bittersweet love song she 'd opened the set with . |
| 12 | This style is far removed from the Japanese systems he once practised . |
| 13 | Germany between the wars felt a sharpening of the internal contradictions by which it lived , but it is doubtful that the people concerned ever had a clear understanding of what was happening because the tensions were buried deep within the very fabric of the Reich and because the form and pattern of struggles that resulted from these tensions were always far removed from the real heart of the matter . |
| 14 | The dilemma of sex determination may at first seem to be far removed from the real business of the legal world . |
| 15 | Concepts , too , are artificial , far removed from the real world . |
| 16 | She could sleep now in peace and with her windows open to sweet air and silence , nothing to disturb her in the mornings but birdsong and the lowing of Colonel Covington-Pym 's cattle , the barking of a dog that would most certainly be a pedigree animal bred for the retrieving of partridge and pheasant , as far removed from the yapping mongrel-packs of Frizingley as could be . |
| 17 | Don Giovanni , though technically an opera buffa , is far removed from the light-hearted comedy of Figaro , in which characters change clothes , hide in cupboards and jump out of windows . |
| 18 | For it was in the western part of Charlemagne 's Empire that a particular combination of conditions — persisting Roman administrative and legal practices , well-organised provincial churches with longstanding traditions of conciliar meetings and the issuing of legislation , elites long-christianised and committed to their local churches , the written word in a language not too far removed from the spoken vernacular — favoured a particularly strong corporate awareness and activity on the part of churchmen within a group of provinces . |
| 19 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 20 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 21 | She had driven over to him after the metamorphosis had been completed to her satisfaction — not just the punk hair-do , short spiky , crimson-dyed and outrageous — and the make-up , orange domino mask and a curve of ochre on the cheeks — but clothes , too , tight , tarty , as far removed from the Victorian image as possible . |
| 22 | Cherry Tree Park , with its white-harled villas and tidy gardens , seems far removed from the inner-city horror and violence under discussion . |
| 23 | The clinical teachers tended to be so far removed from the key issues in healthcare that unless students performed allocated nursing ‘ tasks ’ in the standard way , they were viewed as ‘ poor ’ material . |
| 24 | Clearly , the Dart Valley Railway is now operating as a very large business far removed from the general notions of the line 's founding fathers and the spirit of steam railway preservation . |
| 25 | 1989:Ch. 7 ) They also encouraged more positive attitudes towards racial equality in many local authorities far removed from the general philosophy of the New Urban Left . |
| 26 | Edmund displays throughout a relaxed , almost dapper manner , far removed from the obsessive Iago , eaten up by the suspicions in his own innards . |
| 27 | Although pre-occupied with planning the invasion of the continent of Europe ( Operation Overlord ) which came on 6 June 1944 , Winston Churchill devoted his attention to a matter which must have seemed far removed from the great events by which he was surrounded . |
| 28 | Although it is doubtless significant that the two texts on the Soviet Union written by Nizan , " Le Tombeau de Timour " and " Sindobod Tocikiston " , are centred on man 's struggle for socialist construction against the forces of nature in Central Asia , far removed from the political intrigue of Moscow , their significance is to be located in a heightened awareness of metaphysical despair rather than in any fundamental disenchantment with the social and political advances of the Soviet experiment itself . |
| 29 | By the time Robert III came to the throne in 1390 , Dundonald Castle was probably about 250 years old and below the standard required for a royal residence ; in any case , it was too far removed from the principal seats of government and power , such as Edinburgh and Stirling , to be a permanent royal household . |
| 30 | A pity then that the backcloth — empty seats and bare bleachers — was far removed from the traditional passion and excitement associated with Kensington as could be imagined . |