Example sentences of "[noun sg] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gripping the ski-poles I tried to keep myself steady as the velocity increased and then , all of a sudden I sailed over the edge and felt myself going head over heels towards a white mass of snow far below . |
| 2 | This makes forgery far less risky . ] |
| 3 | Feelings of grief far outweighed thoughts of revenge . |
| 4 | What made Hiss significant was his impeccable background , his WASP family , his Harvard Law School education , his career on President Roosevelt 's wartime staff and then in the State Department Far Eastern section , his acquaintance with Dean Acheson , Adlai Stevenson and John Foster Dulles . |
| 5 | When you wander through this amazing landscape , you can smell sulphuretted hydrogen , the unmistakable stench of rotting eggs , produced by the reaction of ground water with the molten rock far beneath . |
| 6 | Edward IV and Henry VII made land revenue far more important than it had been in the past , until by 1509 it slightly exceeded the yield from customs . |
| 7 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |
| 8 | There is evidence that this tactic had some effect in marginal seats and , indeed , made the overall result far better for Labour than it would have been had people not voted tactically . |
| 9 | The ending of the cold war has made Mr Bush 's administration far readier than its predecessors to shake Israel 's Likud government out of its self-destructive policy of permanent occupation . |
| 10 | Nos 1 and 38 Squadrons , RAAF , formed 90 ( Composite ) Wing at Tengah , making joint co-ordination of operations and administration far more practical . |
| 11 | The significance of these bills for domestic policy in the future far outweighed those passed by any president since Franklin Roosevelt . |
| 12 | His voice had grown hushed and childish with wonder and his eyes filled , looking back to record this playful divination which might yet predict a future far removed from the cloister , which in any case was already losing its visionary charm for him . |
| 13 | Undoubtedly , this claustrophobia was intensified by a growing sense that critical events were taking place elsewhere in the world , events which would shape France 's future far more than the decisions of the Constituent Assembly . |
| 14 | The only reason for a backswing is to take the club far enough to gather sufficient speed to hit the ball an appreciable distance . |
| 15 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 16 | This could have an effect far beyond Europe and contribute to the start of a new era in mental health for the world . |
| 17 | The salted scent of the sea told her of fishing far off on La Blanquilla . |
| 18 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 19 | Many church magazines attract a readership far wider than the congregation , so it is strategic that these be prepared as attractively as possible both in content and format to create a favourable response . |
| 20 | When she too heard the clatter of the galloping horse far below she went to the window , but there was no longer anything to see and only the sound of the nursemaids chattering . |
| 21 | The success of the scheme was rapid and spectacular , borne along by the enthusiasm of organisers and experimental staff alike and by the conviction that here was a programme far more relevant and exciting than anything Kenya had had previously ( which it was ) . |
| 22 | The answer was that she was not taking the carriage far enough past the patterning panel on each row . |
| 23 | She did n't believe me when I said I was sure it was because she was n't taking the carriage far enough over to the right , clearing the pattern selector . |
| 24 | Was it a tiny light close to a gigantic light far away ? |
| 25 | When Jokanaan 's head was brought on I made my entrance far too early . |
| 26 | He was buried , according to his wishes , in a private ceremony far out in the Atlantic to the west of the Hebridean island of Barra . |
| 27 | Even though it was high morning , the light was dim and artificial outside as acres of arched roof far above kept out the Canadian weather . |
| 28 | In anything like calm weather either climb is a good bet , remaining in good condition far more often than many options of adjacent crags . |
| 29 | Edinburgh-based Dragon launched the all-paper bid for its rival Far Eastern trust last month . |
| 30 | These both had a large circulation far beyond CAB circles : 1,500 copies of the report , for example , went to the Army Education Department ; 21,000 copies of the leaflet were bought by a Scottish county council ; and many copies of both were taken by youth organisations and clubs and societies of many kinds as a basis for informal discussion . |