Example sentences of "be the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 2 | Then Braque has capitalized on the element of ambiguity in the Demoiselles ( it is not immediately clear for instance whether the leg of the ‘ demoiselle ’ on the left is the far leg or the near leg , and the lower part of the twisted forearm of the squatting figure is left undefined ) as a means of emphasizing the flatness of the canvas he was working on : the far buttock of the Nu is connected to the foremost leg and heightened in tone so that it appears to stand in front of the nearer part of the figure ; if the outline of the neck were extended it would not join the shoulder naturalistically but pass by its outer edge , and the fact that the outline is deliberately broken allows the neck , shoulder and arm to flow into each other and fuse . |
| 3 | The other is the far gamier world of Defoe and Fielding , and it is that memory that Amis and Murdoch revived . |
| 4 | The classic viewpoint is the far end of Loch Coulin , reached from the pass near Loch Clair on a private road to Coulin Lodge . |
| 5 | Its far end is the far end of I |
| 6 | Now it 's actually at the midla down in Yule , which is the far side of erm Tulworth . |
| 7 | One business area going strongly for growth is the Far East . |
| 8 | i it 's the far world it 's referring to . |
| 9 | He implies that it was close to the sea in the far north : but what , to Romans venturing into uncharted territory , was the far north ? |
| 10 | This was the Far East 's contribution to gigantism , reflecting the national expansiveness of Japan 's imperial phase . |