Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] as [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg . |
| 2 | It was taken instead in Gateshead thus depriving Darlington of the chance to have its name on a picture which would adorn walls as far apart as Headingley pavilion and West Indian embassies in Washington . |
| 3 | It is also known that the Indus Valley civilization was far more extensive than formerly realised , embracing areas as far away as the Oxus River , now called Amu Darya , in Central Asia and forming part of the Soviet Afghanistan border on its course . |
| 4 | ‘ Although the majority of our business is in London , we do have customers as far away as Australia , North America and the Middle and Far East . |
| 5 | Second , the title suggests an assessment of multimedia spanning the decade , examining developments as far ahead as the year 2000 . |
| 6 | The nuclear industry 's current predicament is usually placed in the context of the near melt-down at Three Mile Island in 1979 and the fatal disaster at Chernobyl , the radioactive fall-out from which was still affecting places as far away as the uplands of Wales and Scotland four years later . |
| 7 | In 1934 , P & O , Cunard , Blue Star , Orient and Royal Mail took passengers as far afield as Japan , Australia , and Hawaii . |
| 8 | I also knew I was very unlikely to get visitors as far away as Styal . |
| 9 | The luxurious nature of the palace complex , of which this is thought to be only a wing , together with its spectacular position , led archaeologists as far back as 1976 to speculate that this was one of Herod 's palaces . |
| 10 | It 'll hit travellers as far apart as Exeter , Peterborough and King 's Lynn . |