Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [adv] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Sure , the Soviet Union wanted to shove pins into its rival from as close up as possible .
2 ‘ You heard of this place from as far afield as the capital city ?
3 The flow of people so far visiting the museum is very encouraging , not only local people , but visitors to the town from as far afield as the south coast and Scotland have come .
4 Mr Philips further insisted : ‘ We were overwhelmed by the number of messages of support we received from across the North of Ireland , and we even got a phonecall from as far away as Greece . ’
5 I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me .
6 For some , this depth is seen as having imposed an institutional bias and rigidity on the economy from as long ago as the late nineteenth century .
7 The two-banded plover is a resident species , but the white-rumped sandpiper is a non-breeding visitor from as far away as Arctic Canada .
8 A compact microwave with turntable , featuring the Twinwave system ( microwaves enter the food from below as well as from above ) .
9 Canon Reggie Twaddell of St Mark 's Parish Church said he had received letters of condemnation from as far away as Crete , Cork and Kilkenny after damage to the stained glass windows .
10 There 's already been interest from as far away as Japan .
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