Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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1 | Ravens Corvus corax and snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca ( Watson , 1957 ) are among the hardiest residents ; snowy owls have been reported as far north as 82N on Ellesmere Island in winter ( Gessaman , 1978 ) . |
2 | Significant levels of trading went on outside this inner area , and scattered finds of Minoan products have been made as far west as the Lipari Islands off the coast of Italy , as far north as Troy ( stone lamps ) , and as far east as Egypt and Syria , where Minoan vases made of precious metal have been found . |
3 | Brown soils of this level of maturity are found as far north as Devon Island ( 75°30'N ) in the Canadian Arctic , forming mosaics with polar desert soils ( Walker and Peters , 1977 ) . |
4 | Further off in that direction , on the site of the modern village of Makroteichos , there were Minoan houses and traces of Minoan houses have been found as far north as Palaiomilo , some 600 metres north of the temple precinct : beyond this area was the northern cemetery of Zafer Papoura . |
5 | With the increased comfort and greater operational range more ambitious patrols could now be carried out and Venturous began to be seen as far north as Islay on the west coast and the Tyne on the east coast . |
6 | It is found as far north as Mexico and as far south as southern Brazil . |
7 | In July 1893 , one was caught as far north as the Firth of Forth . |