Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] far [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to be clear then about our reasons for feeling that we had to explain why women have come so far rather than explaining why there had been so few gains . |
| 2 | The burning oil wells of Kuwait continue to cause widespread air pollution , notably in the form of " black rain " , which has been reported as far away as Bulgaria , Afghanistan and Pakistan . |
| 3 | I lower myself into the chair , keeping as far away as possible . |
| 4 | They passed the beast cautiously , keeping as far away as possible , Allen and Marian with their bows ready , and Hugh with his sword in his good hand . |
| 5 | From Iran turquoise was carried as far afield as west Caucasia , where it occurred in the Maikop barrow in the Kuban , and north Mesopotamia , where it was present in the same tomb at Tepe Gawra as lapis lazuli . |
| 6 | PORTADOWN families holidaying as far away as Crete have written home condemning the IRA for destroying their town , it was revealed today . |
| 7 | Yet it is ironical that the most startling changes in industrial chemistry came in dyestuffs , because the fundamental discoveries in this field had been made as far back as 1857 by an Englishman , and England and France dominated aniline dye production until 1870 . |
| 8 | Although he may not care to remember as far back as a fortnight ago , does he recollect that every candidate in the Kincardine and Deeside by-election , including his own , expressed opposition to the opt-out proposals ? |
| 9 | It took nearly a year of searching as far afield as Slough to find suitable premises for the nursery . |
| 10 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
| 11 | The library was large and , rather than hunt through the endless rows of volumes dating as far back as 1530 , she had sought the help of the librarian . |
| 12 | The epicentre was near Bishops Castle in Shropshire , but the shaking was felt as far afield as the intensity 2 area . |
| 13 | Its influence is felt as far away as the London Underground , which is having its new , networked , interactive time-tabling system , Cart , programmed by a Delhi firm , CMC . |
| 14 | The shock of the sinking was felt as far away as the World 's Edge Mountains and is recorded in the chronicles of the Dwarf kings . |
| 15 | In the English language literature , Malcolm ( 1938 , although apparently much of this work was written as far back as 1910 ) , Glover ( 1946 ) , Rounce ( 1949 ) and Hyams ( 1952 ) alongside those mentioned in the quotation above , are all striking , original works , marked by their intimate knowledge of local agricultural practices and the general processes of soil erosion . |
| 16 | The first phase of his theorizing was represented by a group of essays , including the celebrated Opera and Drama , that were written as far back as 1849–51 , before much of his most distinctive music was yet composed . |
| 17 | At the end of the day , however , recognition as an actor was also inexorably linked to becoming rich and famous — Warren Beatty 's words — and even a modest hope of that seemed as far away as ever . |
| 18 | The link between urban form and transport was never clearer , but realizable solutions seemed as far away as ever . |
| 19 | The suspension of the armed struggle just over a month ago was seen as a break-through , but within days , peace seemed as far away as ever . |
| 20 | A man of independent means , Barton travelled widely , visiting France and Italy and possibly venturing as far afield as Poland and Russia , and pursued interests in economics and botany . |
| 21 | The nursery rhyme then , comes from Tommy Thumb 's Pretty Song Book from around seventeen forty-four , and the division of bags , one for the master , one for the dame , one for the little boy who where wherever he is , lives down the lane , is said to refer to the export tax on wool , which was imposed as far back as twelve seventy-five , making even the outsider sheep of value . |
| 22 | In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium . |
| 23 | The parish had been enclosed as far back as 1761 — two generations earlier — but Alken 's view still gives a general impression of wide spaces and open views . |
| 24 | Whatever the ultimate aim might be , for the moment the CNAA was going as far only as delegating or sharing aspects of the validation process — which meant accepting the limitations of the CNAA 's existing Charter . |
| 25 | This public assertion of my childhood 's usefulness stands side by side with the painful personal knowledge , I think the knowledge of all of us , going as far back as the story lets us , that it would have been better if it had n't happened that way , had n't happened at all . |
| 26 | They were in fact social outcasts , to whom documentary references can be found going as far back as the thirteenth century . |
| 27 | ‘ You have been sacrificed , martyred and cut off in mid-satisfaction , but see it as a noble act for the good of a world-renowned radio station that is admired as far away as Irkutsk , Tristan da Cunha and ( after the recent never-ending Arctic festival ) Greenland . |
| 28 | The roots of German economic unification lie as far back as 1818 , when Prussia unified her own tariff system . |
| 29 | Since March the dogs have competed in a mixture of open and championship shows as far afield as Leeds , Doncaster and Stafford and the occasional show close to home . |
| 30 | One of those few is Bruce Dickey , as gramophiles may remember as far back as 1981 from the album of ‘ Virtuoso Ornamentation around 1600 ’ by Schola Cantorum Basiliensis ( Harmonia Mundi , 9/81 — nla ) . |