Example sentences of "on the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the continuum of penal philosophy which stretches from the punitive to the reformative , the Nicaraguan penal system has placed itself on the far edge of reform . |
| 2 | Overshooting its intended target , the flare cartridge smashed into the bole of a tree on the far edge of the clearing , burst into blazing life and dropped sputtering to the ground , giving off clouds of acrid green smoke . |
| 3 | Wallace had a good goal disallowed as Strach was on the far edge of the 6 yard box and deemed to be interfering with play when Wallace scored . |
| 4 | From the ceiling on the far wall , a shaft of bright , dusty light focused on a rusting office desk . |
| 5 | On the far wall as you entered from the street , to the left , was the piano ; the door from the kitchen on the right . |
| 6 | On the far wall , opposite the door , was a big black wooden crucifix . |
| 7 | He crossed the room , pulled back the arras on the far wall and went into his own secret chamber . |
| 8 | There were three APCs in the yard , with their light cannon trained on the far wall . |
| 9 | There was a fresco of knights on the far wall done in medieval style in plaster . |
| 10 | She nodded curtly as he padded towards a door on the far wall . |
| 11 | Cameron slept instantly , and woke and dreamed and woke and dreamed for hours — the river , the cold shock of the water between his legs , the glimmer of light on the far shore , the current filling his mouth , he swam against it , it helped him , he struck out as smoothly as a seal , skimming effortlessly , he could power onwards forever , the water buoying him , his hand stroking it easily backwards without a splash … |
| 12 | Wigeon grazed on the far shore . |
| 13 | A flirting tail on the far shore promised excitement : grey back , pale yellow on breast , deeper yellow under tail , black line of folded wings . |
| 14 | On the far shore lay Sinai . |
| 15 | One day a figure appeared on the far shore . |
| 16 | On the far shore , the sky at Port Sunlight |
| 17 | A gentle sun now emerged , the sea became blue , and low dune-shaped hills appeared on the far horizon . |
| 18 | The countryside became more deserted , farmsteads and villages more sparse as they approached the green mass of trees on the far horizon which Corbett knew must be the great Forest of Ettrick . |
| 19 | Show respect , ’ said Garvey to Lucie , who was leaning against the corner strut of the stage with his eyes fixed on the far horizon . |
| 20 | He could see the flashes on the far horizon beyond the city . |
| 21 | Over on the Far West Buttresses , Ian Lloyd-Jones and Clive Stephenson added Clog Dancing , E2 5a/b , 5c which takes a line left of Farfallino , and A Fistful Of Pockets , E3 5c , which follows the obvious weakness on the left-hand side of the buttress . |
| 22 | He looked around and within a radius of twenty yards , both on his side of the street and over there on the far corner , he could see ten or a dozen little girls , each in a pale dirty dress and with hair in a dark , tangled mane . |
| 23 | A little further up is a right turn and on the far corner of this a chip shop . |
| 24 | Many are on the far left , others on the rabble-rousing populist right . |
| 25 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 26 | The picture on the far left shows the divide between the two , says Dr Trower . |
| 27 | All this activity and talk of new Rainbow Alliances chimed perfectly with Lowe 's newspaper plan , which he had always seen as partly being based on , and partly bringing about , greater co-operation on the far left . |
| 28 | The green section could be on the far left ( upper panel of Fig. 2 ) or the far right ( lower panel of Fig. 2 ) . |
| 29 | A third view of the revolution has been developed by writers on the far Left of the political spectrum . |
| 30 | During the parliamentary debates it had become clear that the government would be able to count on external support from the Socialist Party of Labour on the far left , the Greater Romania Party on the far right and several other nationalist groups . |