Example sentences of "[noun pl] from [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a tough crowd who drew fighters from quite far afield . |
| 2 | The Reiksguard includes men from all the provinces from as far afield as Ostland and Nordland , Wissenland and Ostermark . |
| 3 | They have brought France into conflict with South Pacific countries from as far afield as Chile and Peru . |
| 4 | It 's a white place , like Wigan which only seems to have a Black population on Tuesday nights when the music from the Wigan Pier nightclub 's jazz-funk DJ draws in young Blacks from as far as the Midlands to body-pop . |
| 5 | A UNIQUE patch of north London houses the very wealthy , from the Sultan of Brunei to millionaires from as far afield as Greece , Hong Kong and Nigeria . |
| 6 | Our news and picture desks in central London took scores of calls and inquiries from papers , magazines , TV and radio stations from as far afield as America and Australia . |
| 7 | He 's had dogs from as far afield as London and Liverpool . |
| 8 | Among the party were retailers from as far afield as Atlanta , Boston , and Lancaster , Pennsylvania , as well as Group staff from New York and New Jersey . |
| 9 | HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board . |
| 10 | The event was well attended attracting delegates from as far afield as Thurso and Skye . |
| 11 | Steve , a maintenance engineer at Courtaulds Chemicals in Leek , was a member of the 560 kilo class England squad that won the title in Wales , beating teams from as far afield as Japan . |
| 12 | The group has received donations from well-wishers from as far as Bangor and Holyhead . |
| 13 | Groups of morris dancers from as far afield as the Cotswolds and the Borders took to the streets in their colourful costumes for the festival procession through the town centre . |
| 14 | silver , bronze and brass items from as far apart as first-century AD Rome and nineteenth-century AD Moscow , ninth-century AD Persia and thirteenth-century AD England ( fig. 5.16 ) . |
| 15 | Swimmers from as far afield as Glasgow , Cheltenham and Saffron Walden are among the members of 38 clubs who have sent in 1,000 entries for the Richmond Masters and open spring meet on Saturday ( 1 and 5.30pm ) . |
| 16 | WINE-growers from as far afield as South Africa and Chile are in Belfast today for the annual wine-tasting organised by drinks company Guinness . |
| 17 | ‘ We have had patients from as far away as Wales because we specialise in cardiac rhythm problems . |
| 18 | Guests were from major oil companies and other associated gas turbine users from as far afield as the United States and Indonesia . |
| 19 | Last season Sudbury 's share of Courage support when they became Division Four South champions was £2,500 , but next season they face journeys from as far apart as Plymouth to Cumbria , and expenses of £10–12,000 . |
| 20 | There were accusations that their presence had been orchestrated using methods reminiscent of the Ceausescu regime , with factory NSF committees giving workers time off to participate in demonstrations , and transport being laid on to bring demonstrators from as far away as Constanţa , the Black Sea port around 200 km from Bucharest . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Weavers from as far away as Taunton and Exeter were found in Norwich in 1674 , and many others came in search of employment in this labour-intensive craft . |
| 23 | ‘ But now we can take children and adults from as far away as Stanhope and Richmond . ’ |
| 24 | Among the 100 competitors from as far afield as Aberdeen and the Isle of Wight were many of the country 's leading players . |