Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] as far " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's put you in your place , my girl ; Roman had n't even enquired how she was — their lovemaking had already vanished into limbo as far as he was concerned . |
| 2 | The most important things to bear in mind as far as voice is concerned are the frequency of use of active , passive , and similar structures in the source and target languages , their respective stylistic value in different text types , and — most important of all — the function(s) of the passive and similar structures in each language . |
| 3 | By the end of the 19th century , Guinness was being enjoyed in territories as far apart as America , Africa and Australia . |
| 4 | You see , the real issue for Pilate was n't what he was gon na do with Jesus , as far as the cross was concerned it was what he was gon na do with Jesus as far as his life was concerned . |
| 5 | The worst hit areas were in North Wales , the north west and the Midlands , although no-one 's been hurt in the mini quake which was felt in districts as far apart as Devon and Scotland . |
| 6 | Muslims are just as divided as Christians : by ethnic origin ( they hail from areas as far apart as Turkey and Nigeria ) ; by language ( as well as Arabic , their native tongues include Urdu , Bengali , Hausa , Swahili and Farsi ) ; by doctrine ( three-quarters are Shias and the rest are Sunnis ) ; by money ( Kuwaiti bankers do not usually invite Bradford textile-workers to their Knightsbridge dinner parties ) ; and by politics . |
| 7 | At 41,000 tons , the brand new Norwegian vessel is the largest of her type to sail up river as far as Greenwich . |
| 8 | The Government has invested £1.1m to make CD-Rom technology available in schools and apart from being available in many North-East schools our CD-Rom is widely used in schools as far afield as St Albans and London . |
| 9 | Jams , jellies and purées of all kinds , along with sauces , relishes and ketchups , were bottled or frozen ; nothing was going to waste as far as I was concerned . |
| 10 | For a time before the Roman invasions several powerful Illyrian or Graeco-Illyrian kingdoms existed in places as far apart as modern Albania and Macedonia in the south and the upper Sava basin in the north . |
| 11 | Not only were limestones deposited in Europe as far south as Cantabria and right across the Mid-West , they also went a lot farther . |
| 12 | For once she would probably have been better off staying at home as far as the weather was concerned . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've already been contacted by people as far away from the airport as Holywood and Cultra , as well as many businesses , worried about this possibility , ’ said the City Council Ulster Unionist deputy leader . |
| 14 | Thin veils of smoke , detected by satellite as far away as southeastern Pakistan , 2000 km east of Kuwait , were found to have risen to heights of between 6 and 7 km . |
| 15 | ‘ It could be defined more as a jazz-funk fusion , drawing from influences as far apart as Miles Davis and Parliament . |
| 16 | Two of the very common gold coins of the Roman Emperor Claudius I , struck from the same dies , have been found in hoards as far apart as Kent and southern India . |
| 17 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 18 | Mono 's were first introduced to the European fishkeeper in 1908 , but they were known to Linneus as far back as 1758 . |
| 19 | Pawson has shown that the Newcastle Journal in 1739 was distributed to agents as far south-west as Preston , south-east as Ripon , north as Eyemouth and west as Whitehaven.24 At the other end of the country , by the 1770s the Sherborne Mercury was read from Salisbury to Penzance . |
| 20 | The counterfeit packages have been found on sale as far afield as Ghana and South Africa . |
| 21 | The First Orchestra has recently appeared in venues as far apart as Worcester Cathedral , Dunkeld Cathedral , Huntly Parish Church and the Usher Hall , and also enjoys a number of foreign links which have taken them to Denmark , Bavaria and Italy within the last few years . |
| 22 | In fact Trieste , which under the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been the main port of Middle Europe , had diminished in importance as far as Italy was concerned : Genoa had effectively taken its place . |
| 23 | It is very heartening now to witness some of the excellent combat shots taken at the time — Eighth Air Force bombers being escorted to places as far afield as Berlin with a mass of Packard Merlin-engined Mustangs indulging in a leapfrog technique which meant fighter waves could follow the bombers , fight and be relieved by another escort wave . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , it is still advisable to train your dog to defecate on command as far as possible . |
| 25 | It must also be borne in mind that in 685 Ecgfrith was able to invade through Strathmore as far as Nechtanesmere ( Dunnichen ) , near Forfar , which will have been in the more northerly kingdom of Circinn ( between the Isla and the Dee ) . |
| 26 | This beautiful fish is Pseudanthias bimaculatus which has been recorded from location as far apart as Mozambique and Indonesia . |
| 27 | First , there was the fact that the crucifix is mentioned in documents as far back as the 1500s , and since what was visible clearly was later in date , restorers reasoned that there must be something underneath it ; then there were the traces of thirteenth-century paint at the foot of the cross . |
| 28 | Last time round they went to south east Asia , trekked in Nepal as far as the Everest base camp , saw Thailand and China then came back on the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
| 29 | ORT is one example of the health care programmes which CARE is helping to introduce in countries as far apart as India and Peru . |
| 30 | In the summary table the tasks are briefly described in words as far as possible . |