Example sentences of "it a far [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In wh In what ways was was it a far cry ? |
2 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
3 | For the government , not only was it a further opportunity to display its resolve in the face of a union challenge but it also provided the chance of defeating , if not publicly humiliating , one of the country 's most powerful trade unions . |
4 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class . |
5 | She would have liked to do it a further time , after luncheon , but Alexandra was adamant . |
6 | A month later , on 15 July , the Cabinet had before it a further memorandum from the Home Secretary which ventilated some alternative strategies : |