Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | His qualifications for the commission far outstripped those of the other prize-winners in the competition . |
| 2 | Now bereft of roofs and windows , its sightless eyes command a superb view of the Swale far below . |
| 3 | As Strandhill is a peninsula , I could see the hills of the mainland far across the sea . |
| 4 | Mr Chubb said : ‘ The effect of the explosion far exceeded what they intended and the facade was destroyed . |
| 5 | More frequent glimpses now , through swirling cloud , of the river far below . |
| 6 | The old prejudices still remain though , and at the end of the day far too few people really applauded this season 's winner . |
| 7 | The implicit justification for the monarchy suggests that the financial gains of the monarchy far outweigh its obvious expense on the public purse . |
| 8 | Then it was gone , on its journey of several weeks through normal planetary space to that zone on the rim of the system far from the worlds and moons where it could dive into the warp . |
| 9 | ‘ Snodgrass , ’ Oliver remarked , picking up Angela 's quotation , when at last they reached the safety of the gardens far below , ‘ do not let me be baulked in this matter — do not obtain the assistance of several stalwart Lionisers to carry me prostrate back to Broadstairs , do not listen to me when I say never , never again shall I visit a sight connected to the late great Mr Charles Dickens . |
| 10 | He could sense the strain of the engine far to the front . |
| 11 | Sea swell thudded at the base of the cliffs far below , and above the wind symphony the weird crying of a seal echoed up from some hidden sea cavern . |
| 12 | It had stood idle and decaying since 1914 and had lost most of its floors and part of the roof-a far cry from today 's substantial and elegant building that now houses the Cotswold Country Museum . |
| 13 | She was lying on the edge of the bed far from Tom and had not known it was Tom 's bed and Tom 's room or that she was not alone , but had been cast at once , as usual , into that incredulous panic where she was asking herself , how could I have left Mike ? |
| 14 | While this may seem a consolidation of his European realm and role , Charles could not have foreseen that he was to strengthen the future power of the papacy far more than that of his own lineage . |
| 15 | What the proposed Bill actually did , in fact , was to give the representatives of the law far greater scope for intervention in the conduct of homosexuals than in the case of other sexual activities . |
| 16 | The book [ on Law Reform and the Law Commission ] by J. H. Farrar is inefficiently critical , particularly of Parliament which is making a mess of the law far quicker than any Law Commission can improve or restate it — Scots Law Times . |
| 17 | He was in a dream , aware of the sharp , early air and the smell of damp earth , seeing the vast pearly spread of the estuary far away below him beyond the fading gold necklaces of the street-lights , and yet altogether apart from his everyday world . |
| 18 | Moreover , some of the small bodies that reach the Earth could come from regions of the PFM far colder than the region where the Earth formed . |
| 19 | The extent of the trade far exceeds the US 's needs for either use . |
| 20 | If the radius of curvature of the bent beam is R then Euler-Bernoulli theory gives EI/R = M , where I is the moment of area of the cross-section and M the bending moment in the central section of the beam far from the points of application of the loads . |
| 21 | He could see it skimming over the surface of the black waters of the Liffey far below . |
| 22 | If papal provisions worked in some instances under John XXII to the disadvantage of the king , the pope endeavoured where he could to satisfy the king 's wishes , so that at the end of the reign far more bishoprics were occupied by civil servants than in 1307 . |
| 23 | They 'll appreciate the inside of the house far better now . ’ |
| 24 | As Twoflower watched , one of the shapes far above detached itself from the roof and began to grow larger … |
| 25 | The demand for Greek work in the early centuries of the Empire far exceeded the supply , and a busy industry arose in the production of marble copies ( few could afford bronze ) after popular bronze ( and rarer marble ) types . |
| 26 | As you knit , the needles that are selected to tuck move forward of the needlebed far enough to collect the yarn , but not far enough for the stitch on the needle to go behind the latch and knit off . |
| 27 | There 's a definite swagger to many of the songs here , as Russell emerges out of the mix far less reticently on the likes of the jaunty single , ‘ Little Bird ’ , and ‘ Soon Is Never Soon Enough ’ , a belted-out duet with Delores O'Riordan ( on day release from The Cranberries ) driven recklessly along by some well haywire slide guitar from Easter . |
| 28 | The storms that threatened to pluck him from the summit where he stood barely rippled the grey waters of the lakes that were strung like pearls along the centre of the grassland far below . |
| 29 | The decision by the party to target carefully chosen areas of strength allowed them to gain a share of the vote far in excess of their opinion poll rating . |
| 30 | It was glorious to stand on this lonely cliff and hear the strange cries of the wheeling gulls , and watch the green waves curling in and out of the caves far below . |