Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must also be borne in mind that in 685 Ecgfrith was able to invade through Strathmore as far as Nechtanesmere ( Dunnichen ) , near Forfar , which will have been in the more northerly kingdom of Circinn ( between the Isla and the Dee ) . |
| 2 | Julian took her companion by the hand , and wormed her way round elbows and between shoulders as far down the street as she could , drawing Brother John after her ; but before she was close enough to the gatehouse to see what was happening there she was brought to a halt , and could move no farther . |
| 3 | The demand for firewood now far outstrips supply . |
| 4 | Sharing with relatives after divorce So far I have concentrated upon two situations in which people may live with relatives , both of which probably would be regarded as a predictable part of the normal life cycle . |
| 5 | He was not going far , by no means as far as Longner , but far enough to be absent when the immediate danger threatened . |
| 6 | ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before . |
| 7 | This alone would have been sufficient grounds for divorce as far as my Pop was concerned . |
| 8 | The effect of having detergent ‘ on tap ’ on cleaning economics can be drastic with costs through over-use usually far exceeding the advantages of bulk buying . |
| 9 | With the kind of support so far received from SOED and SRC , the indications are that the learning and teaching of modern languages will become increasingly effective — especially for those children in need of support . |
| 10 | It has been used for a wide variety of projects so far . |
| 11 | End of story as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 12 | No less an eminence than Lord Whitelaw echoed the loyalists ' warnings when he invoked an old Willie-ism in appealing for ‘ a stirring up of apathy as far as gossip , rumour and internal intrigue are concerned . ’ |
| 13 | There has been no credible claim of responsibility so far for the blasts , many of which were caused by car bombs not previously used in India . |
| 14 | What is the significance of the tort of negligence as far as computers and software are concerned ? |
| 15 | But of course as far as Britain was concerned , this could only be intervention against France . |
| 16 | But , many of these , er many of these jobs of course as far as the young people were concerned were dead end jobs . |
| 17 | I think that the idea of offsetting imbalances on on one project er with transfer the work in other is certainly very interesting but of course as far as the erm tornado programme is concerned I think it it is now really far too late because production is over apart from the the second Saudi Arabian order and we are really only working on the manufacture of spares and given that the existing suppliers are all tooled up for those and indeed her are way down the learning curve having produced vast quantities of them , it really would n't be economic to transfer any of that work now I do n't think . |
| 18 | And of course that become overlayed by the Gulf situation , but there are clear signs now that the recession has bottomed out but that we 're on the way up again and of course as far as erm terrorism and war is concerned , memories are pretty short . |
| 19 | Subsequent analyses by Porter ( 1985 ) , and critics of Porter , described in chapter 4 , suggest that figure 4.3 attempts to push the financial differences between different types of SBU too far . |
| 20 | Does he appreciate the despair and anger felt by the community at the Government 's lack of response so far ? |
| 21 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 22 | ‘ We have , I would guess , about two pages of narrative so far , and it 's already Tuesday . |
| 23 | These words might have had Philip Grey of Warwick University Bookshop strung up for high treason a decade or so ago , but such are the realities of recession that far from stringing him up , CUBs gave him a whole session in which to address the question of Who Needs Books ? |
| 24 | As far as I know , the commission has not found any other source of funding so far . |
| 25 | The video material that has been collected ( about 350 hours of tape so far ) is presently being analysed with a view to understanding |
| 26 | Do they extend the definition of murder too far , or are they too narrow . |
| 27 | Does the ‘ grievous bodily harm ’ rule extend the definition of murder too far ? |
| 28 | Consequently , it has been closed off and is out of bounds as far as the Exhilarator goes . ’ |
| 29 | Some directors were of course friends of administration , and used their powers of patronage as far as possible to supplement the efforts of government , but others , and notably the Elphinstone family , used their Indian patronage to sustain an opposition to Henry Dundas in Scotland . |
| 30 | Love 'n' Couples do not intend extending the arm of friendship too far in the $1.1 million Philip-Morris sponsored tournament at La Moraleja today . |