Example sentences of "had been far [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operation had been far from easy , the cable being ‘ … manhandled out of the hold of a steamer , over a pulley and round a drum which measured the speed , and then several times round a brake drum before passing into the sea ’ .5 |
| 2 | Mr Modrow also criticised the party 's former leader , Mr Egon Krenz , who he said had been far from honest in saying he was a reformer . |
| 3 | Mr Modrow also criticised the party 's former leader , Mr Egon Krenz , who he said had been far from honest in saying he was a reformer . |
| 4 | The visit had been far from successful , for Adam had sulked when offered the four-ten , the so-called ‘ lady 's gun ’ . |
| 5 | He linked the freedom of the foreign-owned press in Africa to the general principle of press freedom , but remarked that its effects had been far from encouraging : the press had done things that he personally was very unhappy about . |
| 6 | Both Croatia and the Lebanon objected on the grounds that Sotheby 's had been far from complete in its discovery process , and was trying to slip out from the case before the evidence of Mr Camber was made available . |
| 7 | Absenteeism and lack of reverence in church had been far from unknown before the Reformation ; indeed such charges were the most frequent cause of appearances before the Suffolk ecclesiastical courts in the fifteenth century . |
| 8 | In later years , Roderick confided that he had been far from happy with the title , for the book certainly was not " elementary " . |
| 9 | Only a few days before an ITV programme had been far from complimentary about some of the Salvation Army hostels . |
| 10 | Earlier in the day , Jeffrey had been far from happy to learn that the Scotland seven to be chosen from a pool of ten — Hong Kong have increased from nine to remain consistent with the World Cup format — would have around five hours between their ties tomorrow . |