Example sentences of "far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sort of froze for a moment , tried to smile and not smile at the same time , looked uncomprehendingly at me , turned ever so slightly towards the farther side of the road from me and walked away with quick nervous steps . |
| 2 | And yards out from the farther side of the-marsh , too far from the side to be even touched by hand , was a chestnut pony , trapped nearly up to his flanks in the quicksilver morass helpless and desperate . |
| 3 | Dolly , sitting on the floor against the wall on the farther side of the bed , reached and tugged a blanket free . |
| 4 | Something moved on the farther side of the lochan , something hulky and dirty white , caught in the bog myrtle , where it shifted and billowed in the breeze . |
| 5 | Hazel came out on the farther side of the ilexes and followed the path round a bend . |
| 6 | On the instant , a fearful commotion began on the farther side . |
| 7 | The drive was tree-lined , so they went down the farther side , only visible now and then . |
| 8 | This morning she was on the farther side of the gates raking the gravel into a pattern exact as a piece of embroidery , when Nicandra came tittupping along , her hat hanging by its elastic on the back of her head . |
| 9 | The dry-stone wall on the farther side looked solid and uncompromising . |
| 10 | He slipped from the edge nearest Nora as soon as the hounds entered at the farther side . |
| 11 | Fiver was already beyond them and thrusting towards the farther entrance tunnel . |
| 12 | Coleridge in such cajoling and overwrought spirits was not to be thwarted , and Poole sensibly gave up all further resistance . |
| 13 | Dover was to be captured first , then Rochester , the invaders seizing its naval stores and ships ; its occupation would , James believed , discourage the English seamen whose homes and families were there from further resistance . |
| 14 | The Bran is deep , the bogs are deeper and the moors offer further resistance . |
| 15 | Handling by kidney squeeze overcame any further resistance so that it was then possible to secure the model in the Pavlov stock . |
| 16 | James Stewart was judicially assassinated by the Scottish Whig establishment : in part , to deter further resistance by clans to the forfeiture of chiefs and gentry and , in part , to demonstrate that the suspicion of the Scots which had gripped the court and Westminster since the battle of Culloden was no longer justified . |
| 17 | ‘ The fall of London would render further resistance impossible ’ , because the seat of government , the heart of empire , the centre of commerce , the focus of communications , and the only government manufacturing arsenal , would all be in enemy hands . |
| 18 | Concern for the physical welfare of the police and the person resisting ( since the police are likely to be able to muster the greater force ultimately ) both dictate that a point must arise at which further resistance is not only unwise but improper . |
| 19 | It may be that a further Hurricane was also lost , some sources recording R.A.F. fighter losses for this day as five Hurricanes and three pilots . |
| 20 | She was so relieved to hear this that she could not make any further self-sacrifice . |
| 21 | She did not remember anyone inviting Tim , he had just tagged on to them , but she felt it was safer to take him than leave him near Durance in case he made any further blackmail attempts . |
| 22 | He stuck to these attitudes through the 1820s and after , and could see no reason to take up the new liberal and radical ideas , which aimed at further break-up of the existing order of things . |
| 23 | ‘ Cadet : be advised to beware which obscenities you scream during punishment , lest you rate further chastisement . ’ |
| 24 | Alas that today of all days , when there will be opportunity for further converse with him , I am laid low with this horrid malady ! ’ |
| 25 | IF EAST GERMANY finally sets out on the path to reform without further bloodshed and repression , it will be largely thanks to the efforts of the Protestant church . |
| 26 | THE siege of the Sheraton hotel in San Salvador ended without further bloodshed yesterday after 24 traumatic hours which underscored the difficulties and dangers bedevilling US policy in El Salvador . |
| 27 | If another lot of talks can make Iraq obey the demands of the UN Security Council , then the chance to avoid further bloodshed should be gratefully seized . |
| 28 | If the costs were lower than before , so too were the risks : the police force was well informed because it had members who were also members of the local lineages ; and it was ready to intervene to prevent escalation of disputes into further bloodshed . |
| 29 | THE new trading account got off to a lousy start with further bloodshed on the back of last week 's Autumn statement . |
| 30 | ‘ The goal is to resolve this situation ultimately in federal court with no further bloodshed , ’ he said . |