Example sentences of "[prep] the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 2 | GERMANY 'S ruling and opposition parties , reeling from the largest electoral success for the far Right since the Second World War , called yesterday for urgent joint talks to prevent further haemorrhaging of their support . |
| 3 | His encounters with the eagles he met convinced him that he was not yet experienced or powerful enough to seek territory of his own , or to head for the far north-west where golden eagles are notoriously fierce and strong . |
| 4 | Such a dream , if it is realisable at all , is certainly one for the far future . |
| 5 | For safety he would have to strike out for the far bank from a point less than fifty yards below the bridge and the current was gaining strength . |
| 6 | Hands out like a battering ram , he kicked underwater for the far bank , feeling the grab of the current . |
| 7 | A handful of men , Karelius amongst them , set out for the far bank . |
| 8 | The investment seems small , for the far bank ( in the drawing ) seems quite near . |
| 9 | One is sad , for the Far East market . |
| 10 | Richard Taylor , who runs Haden Mac Lellan 's automated manufacturing systems division , left for the Far East in mid-April in good spirits , believing the recession had bottomed out . |
| 11 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 12 | Before leaving for the Far East , Lady Thatcher dined at Claridge 's with Charles Price , the former US Ambassador to London . |
| 13 | If you like night life and are heading for the Far East , do n't go to Japan . |
| 14 | Now , with the Japanese brandishing megabucks under his nose , Christie looks increasingly likely to head off for the Far East en route to the World Cup final in Havana a week later . |
| 15 | Bert Röling , the Dutch international lawyer who died in early 1985 , having been the last surviving judge from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo , addressed the nuclear weapons issue as much in terms of purported prudential policy-making as in terms of legal principle . |
| 16 | Various generals and admirals who had been prominent in the war effort were put on trial for their lives in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ( IMTFE ) , which met in Tokyo between 1946 and 1948 . |
| 17 | France was an ally of the US and it was as such that she was to receive the greater part of the half a billion dollars in military assistance for the Far East which had been appropriated by Congress . |
| 18 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 19 | Director of customer entertainments for the Far East . ’ |
| 20 | Export sales manager is heading for the Far East shortly to expand the business into other countries , working with Courtaulds interests in Singapore and Hong Kong . |
| 21 | From the end of the lane , a circular walk may be made as suggested on the map , starting along the path to Selside but turning off after a mile to aim due north for the far end of the Allotment wall . |
| 22 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 23 | Already it had whipped the shallow water inside the reef into short seas , white-capped and capable of stopping the big cat in its tracks if he had tried sailing for the far point and Belpan City . |
| 24 | And when the bridal party came out into the church porch and stood blinking and smiling in the winter daylight , Sir Felix Lark , his wild eyes excessively unstable , was instantly at Linnet 's elbow , topping the suave invitations of Mr Adolphus Moon to meet his artistic friends with offers to mount her for the Far Flatley hunt . |
| 25 | He became a close friend of Sheila Rowbotham , the feminist historian who , together with feminist economist Hilary Wainwright and Big Flamer Lynne Segal , wrote a book which was of enormous importance for the far left in the early 1980s — Beyond the Fragments . |
| 26 | The river 's edge , where Virgil 's ghosts held out their arms in longing for the farther shore , and Dante , as a living man , was refused passage by the ferryman , the few planks that mark the meeting point of land and water , there , surely , is a place to stop and reflect , even if , as Father Watson did , you stumble over a ten-gallon tin of creosote . |
| 27 | If necessary use a metal bar to increase the leverage , then repeat for the further tap . |
| 28 | They wish to create a general atmosphere of distrust of the measures we have taken and will take for the further democratisation of the country . " |
| 29 | On the day Brezhnev issued his proposals for this region in Delhi a Soviet statement condemned a speech by Brzezinski for setting forth ‘ a large-scale programme for the further buildup of the US military presence in the Persian Gulf ’ . |
| 30 | They 're liable to confiscate it for the further entertainment of customs officers . ’ |