Example sentences of "[adv] far away [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I lower myself into the chair , keeping as far away as possible . |
| 32 | The charred remains of many books fell near his home and even as far away as Windsor . |
| 33 | So strong is the activity in these discharges that it can still be measured in the sea right down the western coast of Britain , northwards round the top of Scotland , and even as far away as Scandinavia . |
| 34 | At the end of the day , however , recognition as an actor was also inexorably linked to becoming rich and famous — Warren Beatty 's words — and even a modest hope of that seemed as far away as ever . |
| 35 | Judging by the visitors ' book , it has already been seen by several thousand members of the public and potential clients — including visitors from most European Countries and from as far away as Brazil , Alaska and South Korea . |
| 36 | In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium . |
| 37 | The Sutherland and Ross-shire county boundary runs down the middle of the loch , touching the coast at the outlet of Kirkaig River , and Fionn collects in waters from hundreds of square miles , gathering them from as far away as Loch Borralan , at Atnacealgach , Urigill , Cama , the ‘ crooked loch ’ , and long , windswept Veyatie , below Cul Mor . |
| 38 | A particularly big tremor on 1 September 1880 damaged an important lighthouse on the Java coast , and was perceptible as far away as northern Australia . |
| 39 | In the spring of 1940 John Avison and I rounded up a group of like-minded radio people with the object of renting a large house as far away as possible from downtown Vancouver . |
| 40 | We choose to use the outer thirds because we want the line to be drawn between two points as far away as possible without being so far out that they risk being unreliable . |
| 41 | The initial elation the rest of us were experiencing was as far away as her childhood . |
| 42 | They passed the beast cautiously , keeping as far away as possible , Allen and Marian with their bows ready , and Hugh with his sword in his good hand . |
| 43 | Carried by strong winds the rain is capable of travelling hundreds , even thousands of miles , from as far away as the USA to Britain . |
| 44 | However , active traces carried by currents have been identified as far away as Greenland . |
| 45 | So always after that I would make sure I had a job to do as far away as possible from the scene , because it upset me a lot . |
| 46 | Umpire David Archer , in his 28th Test , was following the flight of the ball and could not give the decision , obvious by instant TV replay to viewers as far away as Johannesburg and London and , more pertinently , to reserve umpire Lloyd Barker and match referee Raman Subba Row in the pavilion . |
| 47 | As a result , for her the only way to struggle with men was to run , as far away as possible . |
| 48 | Mr Smith , the feast secretary , echoed these sentiments , as he told me how people who had left the village returned annually for the feast ; there were people here today from as far away as Bournemouth . |
| 49 | Two days of celebrations were planned for the visitors — some from as far away as Canada and Australia — including a funfair , helicopter rides , fireworks and dancing and numerous side stalls . |
| 50 | Last year 's activities included explanatory talks , simple construction projects , radio fox hunting , Morse instruction , radio operating with contacts as far away as Australia , USA and Japan , including opportunities for attendees to chat to the overseas operators , and experiments with a kite antenna . |
| 51 | MacLachlan , victor of eight combats over the island , was fortunate to come down on Malta itself , rather than in the sea : ‘ For what seemed like hours I hung there , apparently motionless , with Malta still as far away as ever . |
| 52 | Equally remarkably , he made them open their pockets , so that they gave with extraordianry generosity when other communities as far away as Italy suffered disasters like their own . |
| 53 | The oohs and aahs could probably be heard as far away as Ecclesfield . |
| 54 | ‘ You have been sacrificed , martyred and cut off in mid-satisfaction , but see it as a noble act for the good of a world-renowned radio station that is admired as far away as Irkutsk , Tristan da Cunha and ( after the recent never-ending Arctic festival ) Greenland . |
| 55 | As far away as Java , at the great Borobudhur stupa , Naga images are well presented and show that the Nagas were prominent in Buddhist culture . |
| 56 | Its students , from as far away as Java , Sumatra , Korea , China and Japan included Hsuang Tsang , the Chinese traveller who studied there in the seventh century . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | Thousands of tourists from as far away as Essex have flooded to the area to strip the wreck of the 10,000-ton ship Demetrius . |
| 59 | In a radio interview on Sunday , Flashman warned Fry to ‘ stay as far away as possible . ’ |
| 60 | The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex . |