Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] as far " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could see twigs scattered along the lane for as far as the car 's headlights reached . |
| 2 | It was not uncommon for stolen animals to be transported along paths and roads for as far as fifty kilometres . |
| 3 | Bushwick is a neighbourhood about as far removed from flashy mid-town Manhattan as it is possible to get . |
| 4 | In the course of history jade has been held in highest esteem among four quite distinct groups of people , the Chinese from the later stone age to modern times , the neolithic inhabitants of substantial parts of temperate Europe , the Maori of New Zealand and in the New World the inhabitants of early Mexico from as far back as Maya times . |
| 5 | It 's in a way like a bereavement in as far its the middle of the afternoon and everything is going well , then suddenly everything 's changed and they 're pretty devastated and do n't know how they ought to react . |
| 6 | The Reiksguard includes men from all the provinces from as far afield as Ostland and Nordland , Wissenland and Ostermark . |
| 7 | The great train was standing there , faintly hissing , silver , immensely heavy , stretching away in both directions for as far as one could see in the gloom . |
| 8 | They have brought France into conflict with South Pacific countries from as far afield as Chile and Peru . |
| 9 | It 's a white place , like Wigan which only seems to have a Black population on Tuesday nights when the music from the Wigan Pier nightclub 's jazz-funk DJ draws in young Blacks from as far as the Midlands to body-pop . |
| 10 | A UNIQUE patch of north London houses the very wealthy , from the Sultan of Brunei to millionaires from as far afield as Greece , Hong Kong and Nigeria . |
| 11 | ‘ You heard of this place from as far afield as the capital city ? |
| 12 | The flow of people so far visiting the museum is very encouraging , not only local people , but visitors to the town from as far afield as the south coast and Scotland have come . |
| 13 | Our news and picture desks in central London took scores of calls and inquiries from papers , magazines , TV and radio stations from as far afield as America and Australia . |
| 14 | He 's had dogs from as far afield as London and Liverpool . |
| 15 | Among the party were retailers from as far afield as Atlanta , Boston , and Lancaster , Pennsylvania , as well as Group staff from New York and New Jersey . |
| 16 | HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board . |
| 17 | The well developed thermoregulatory adaptations in this unique animal enable it to survive in the north-eastern Atlantic to as far north as the latitude of the Faeroes , and possibly beyond . |
| 18 | It might seem unlikely but down in serene Somerset about as far from Teesside as you can get there are a few locals who would agree with him this week . |
| 19 | The event was well attended attracting delegates from as far afield as Thurso and Skye . |
| 20 | Steve , a maintenance engineer at Courtaulds Chemicals in Leek , was a member of the 560 kilo class England squad that won the title in Wales , beating teams from as far afield as Japan . |
| 21 | The group has received donations from well-wishers from as far as Bangor and Holyhead . |
| 22 | All such social activities combined to determine the form in which early Anglo-Saxon society developed and a major consideration has to be the definition of all the levels of social organisation in as far as that is yet possible . |
| 23 | Groups of morris dancers from as far afield as the Cotswolds and the Borders took to the streets in their colourful costumes for the festival procession through the town centre . |
| 24 | Mr Philips further insisted : ‘ We were overwhelmed by the number of messages of support we received from across the North of Ireland , and we even got a phonecall from as far away as Greece . ’ |
| 25 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 26 | On hearing this , the king gave orders for the fields around his castle to be planted with almond trees for as far as the eye could see . |
| 27 | silver , bronze and brass items from as far apart as first-century AD Rome and nineteenth-century AD Moscow , ninth-century AD Persia and thirteenth-century AD England ( fig. 5.16 ) . |
| 28 | Swimmers from as far afield as Glasgow , Cheltenham and Saffron Walden are among the members of 38 clubs who have sent in 1,000 entries for the Richmond Masters and open spring meet on Saturday ( 1 and 5.30pm ) . |
| 29 | WINE-growers from as far afield as South Africa and Chile are in Belfast today for the annual wine-tasting organised by drinks company Guinness . |
| 30 | A petition signed by hundreds of people from as far afield as Darlington , Ashington and Durham called on the council to repair the lodge and install a cemetery keeper . |