Example sentences of "[adv] far [subord] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few could go so far as Musurus Pasha , who during his thirty-five years as Turkish ambassador in London staffed the embassy entirely with his sons , nephews and sons-in-law ; but even in the most developed states of western Europe and on the eve of the 1914 conflict family influences could still be important . |
| 2 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 3 | Like clings to like , and in so far as Hilary Frome had friends of his own age — mostly he had followers — those friends were Willis and Quigly . |
| 4 | All these things , if I may say so , are entirely irrelevant so far as Dr Hill is concerned . ’ |
| 5 | Though few proceed so far as Grant Gilmore in awarding a death certificate to the classical law of contract , as exceptions to the rules multiply , most writers at least acknowledge that novel principles destroy the crispness and generality of such doctrines as consideration and privity . |
| 6 | So far as Mr. Beazley 's other points are concerned : ( a ) I do not accept that the English choice of law rule is relevant , since we are not here dealing with a choice of law problem . |
| 7 | It is submitted that in so far as Wynn-Parry J decided the contrary in Re Houghton Main Colliery Co Ltd [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 1219 at pp1224-1225 he was wrong . |
| 8 | The meeting , however , failed to produce a satisfactory outcome ( at least so far as Harold Wilson was concerned ) , and I wrote a letter to the BBC demanding an apology in some ensuing programme . |
| 9 | It is also worthy of note that East Prussian amber was being traded among hunter-fisher communities over extensive tracts of Finland , the East Baltic countries and north-east Russia as far as Lake Onega and the Upper Volga , as well as up and down the coast of western Norway , at a time when Neolithic farming communities were being established in south Scandinavia . |
| 10 | But Tilda had taught herself to produce , by widening her mouth into the shape of an oblong , a most unpleasant imitation of a bosun 's whistle , which could be heard almost as far as Lord Jim . |
| 11 | Tree-living kangaroos got only as far as New Guinea . |
| 12 | To feed this demand the squid boats go out all year , sometimes as far as New Zealand . |
| 13 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 14 | A few reach 40°N before melting away ; a very few are large enough to continue southward , occasionally as far as New York and Bermuda . |
| 15 | They occupied sites along the course of the Water of Leith past Canonmills and up as far as Dean Village . |
| 16 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 17 | The work started in northern Scotland and has progressed southwards as far as North Wales . |
| 18 | As far as Fri Fri is concerned , running costs are equal to half a penny for every pound of fried product , ’ he says . |
| 19 | The implications of the new technological revolution go far beyond the silicon chip and its offspring , a message that may have penetrated as far as Kenneth Baker , Britain 's Minister for Information Technology . |
| 20 | She nagged him northwards to the Peace River district , to establish garages there , and even as far as Fort McMurray , with instructions to buy land for future service stations . |
| 21 | The A.82 continues to Inverness along the Great Glen , accompanied as far as Fort Augustus by a disused railway track from Spean Bridge . |
| 22 | So I bus-hopped into the City and took the Central Line as far as Bond Street . |
| 23 | That put the tin lid on it as far as Patrick Kelly was concerned . |
| 24 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 25 | But it was still kosher as far as Albert Roger Quigley was concerned . |
| 26 | As far as Professor Greaves is aware , Graham 's case is quite unique . |
| 27 | As far as Mrs Frizzell knew , apart from a book on local fish written by an ardent fly fisherman on the university staff , this was the first book to come out of Tollemarche . |
| 28 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 29 | As far as Lloyd Webber is concerned , there is only one contender — his ex-wife Sarah Brightman — to play the part of Rose . |
| 30 | ‘ As far as Marshal Tolonen is concerned , these things do not exist . |