Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] far [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judaic authorities could assert themselves only as far north as Syria with the approval of the Roman administration . |
| 2 | Where the ice-age glaciers affected the Atlantic coast — only as far south as northern New Jersey — there are cliffs , headlands and sandy coves , as in Europe . |
| 3 | ‘ Well … well , ’ he said , narrowing his far-sighted eyes upon the beloved map in his mind , ‘ they shall be somewhat too far north by then to find any trace of me . |
| 4 | Average January temperatures are below freezing point , even as far south as Bitola , which lies in the same latitude as Naples . |
| 5 | Other communities of vici acting as corporate bodies are attested by inscriptions from Housesteads , Chesterholm and even as far north as Carriden on the Antonine Wall . |
| 6 | In fact , the Greek region of Macedonia is almost one hundred per cent ethnically Greek now , the Slavs having been progressively squeezed out earlier so far century . |
| 7 | In the fairly recent zoological past , around 2500 BC , the range of the Asian elephant reached from the Tigris-Euphrates basin to China , at least as far north as the River Yangtze . |
| 8 | To the east the Merovingians controlled the French- and German-speaking areas of Switzerland , as well as Belgium , Luxembourg and the Rhineland , at least as far north as Utrecht . |
| 9 | Certainly , Oswald was a significant force at least as far south as the upper Thames valley where c . |
| 10 | This is the deep Mani , almost as far south as one can go on mainland Greece . |
| 11 | From 1316 when Lancaster 's power was at its height , until 1323 , when Edward once again had full control of the government and the thirteen-year truce was concluded , Scottish forces ravaged northern England almost as far south as the Humber , plundering and impoverishing the clergy no less than the laity of that region . |
| 12 | Yet so far Mr Major has been the most European-minded prime minister since Edward Heath . |
| 13 | The runs became longer in successive weeks , with the destinations moving from Selby to Doncaster to Nottingham and ultimately as far south as Southampton . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , Rupert , back to your solitary meal in your neo-Edwardian house rather too far west of St John 's Wood , ’ said a voice near Penelope . |