Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | which we can be sure , or think we can be sure , of biological connection is always very narrow ; but sociological kinship , which depends only on our willingness to slot individuals into particular verbal categories , can be extended as far as we like , or rather as far as local convention requires , and that may be thousands of miles and include many thousands of individuals . |
| 2 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 3 | You 're bound to go a little bit too far or not quite far enough . |
| 4 | Near the cities of New Zealand 's Mainland ( as the proud inhabitants of South Island like to refer to their part of the country ) you can enjoy your flying at Christchurch Airport with the Canterbury Aero Club , or not too far away at Ashburton , perhaps , piloting the Pipers of the Mid-Canterbury Aero Club . |
| 5 | Not a trace of the search or the find remained — or not as far as he could see . |
| 6 | And that 's a beamer , and DaSilva is , stifled in the extreme , it 's a no ball , now whether that was because it was a beamer I think , but we do n't know whether it 's overstretched or not as far as footwork was concerned , it brought a run down to square leg anyway , and er DaSilva is now eighteen , total a hundred and twelve for three . . |
| 7 | Almost the most enjoyable thing of all is Lewis 's ability to find traces of the ‘ old world ’ — beliefs which go back to Isadore of Seville or Macrobius or even as far as Plato — surviving in the pages of Fielding , Johnson or Wordsworth . |
| 8 | Roirbak was afraid he 'd pushed him too far , or maybe not far enough . |
| 9 | She shows how the individual ( artist ) can oppose corporate image-making by using what lies around at home , plus the traditional methods of parody , satire and humour : of taking an image " too far " or nowhere near far enough . |
| 10 | It was also agreed that the same card could be used to operate the locks which have already been installed on doors within the foyer , although not so far activated . |
| 11 | He had reached Blakemere , which was only two miles further on , when he pondered if he should take another direction and make his way to the river , but the thought that even this far out there 'd be a number of people on the banks today , mostly youngsters , he guessed , swimming or playing the usual dangerous game of swinging out over the river on a rope attached to a tree branch , deterred him . |
| 12 | Keeping your knees flat on the floor , bring your head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible with elbows pointing outwards . |
| 13 | Sitting with legs outstretched , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 14 | With legs together and knees flat on the floor , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 15 | Sitting as shown , bring the head and shoulders forwards and down as far as possible . |
| 16 | Sitting with legs together and knees flat on the floor , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 17 | Sitting with legs outstretched , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the Laffer curve constructed for the UK by the London Business School , and work by Minford in the UK and Lindsey in the US , do indicate that reductions in the composite rate of tax below 60% and down as far as around 45% , have strong incentive effects on output — the converse of rises in tax rate between 45 and 60% having strong disincentive effects . |
| 19 | If so how far off was the great ride ? |
| 20 | Although with the building of the railways its share reached a third ( 35 per cent in 1841 – 60 ) , the 1760 – 1820 contribution was equal to that in manufacturing and trade in 1761 – 90 , and not so far behind it , or agriculture , in 1791 – 1820 . |
| 21 | One of the most impressive of recent contributions is the meticulously detailed and subtly perceptive work of Professor Victor Turner amongst the Ndembu people , who also live in Central Africa and not very far from the Congo Lele . |
| 22 | He and Henry met at Yarramalong ( ask Robert the population , and he just laughs ) — a sparse town north-west of Sydney , 40 minutes from the coast and not too far from the Hunter Valley ( prime wine-making country ) . |
| 23 | It 's an anomaly that a ) we want the parabear to descend safely and not too far distant , while b ) we have to rely on a fair breeze to elevate the lifting kite and carry the droppable load . |
| 24 | Joan also hesitated to go to the Home Office as her father was a senior civil servant in line for further promotion and not too far from retirement . |
| 25 | Something was moving in the night , and not too far from where they lay . |
| 26 | In The Origin , and already as far back as The German Ideology , Marx and Engels followed their contemporaries in believing that the history of mankind usually went through the same sequence of technological improvement . |
| 27 | For the individualist , the central task is to understand individuals as agents , and thus as far as possible to understand the social world as the outcome of options and choices taken and made by particular actors . |
| 28 | Start with arms outstretched then curve sideways , bringing the arm up and over as far as possible . |
| 29 | Start as before and curve sideways , stretching u p and over as far as possible . |
| 30 | Start with arms outstretched and curve sideways , bringing the arm up and over as far as possible . |