Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | This point was expressed by Lord Herschell in Vagliano as follows : I am of course far from asserting that resort may never be had to the previous state of the law for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the provisions of the code . |
| 2 | ‘ I have been in exile far too long , ’ Jean-Claude told me . |
| 3 | His friends had stopped coming and the workshops he took these days were in colleges far afield . |
| 4 | Leaseholders long since obtained remedies for the specific recovery of their land : and those remedies were in fact far superior to the old real actions . |
| 5 | This apparently clearcut technical job is in reality far more complicated because wastes vary so widely , may change their nature ( and risks ) during their existence , are handled by many different people and firms ; and often ‘ wastes ’ contain valuable goods that may be recovered . |
| 6 | NUT union boss Doug McAvoy warned : ‘ The picture is in fact far worse than this . ’ |
| 7 | Although our knowledge of the physical properties of the Earth 's interior is at present far from complete , most geophysicists now support the idea that convection does in fact occur in the mantle ; whether this convection is solely , or even primarily , responsible for plate movement is another matter . |
| 8 | The organism was in fact far from being healthy . |
| 9 | Mohamed Sahnoun , the UN Secretary-General 's special representative , was quoted on Sept. 4 as saying that the famine , in which relief agencies had estimated that 1,500,000 people faced death , was in fact far worse than had been realised . |
| 10 | However , that figure was in fact far better than it looked as the banks had the worst ranking of any sector , with an average negative rating of -1,357 . |
| 11 | After that I found that if I iver was in trouble far from home there 'd always be a Sligo man somewhere to help me . ’ |