Example sentences of "[verb] from as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children repair what they themselves say from as early as one or one-and-a-half years of age . |
| 2 | Sightings have been reported from as far as France and the Netherlands . |
| 3 | The expanding vapour drives a turbo generator while the ammonia is reliquefied in a condenser by cold water pumped from as deep as 3,000 feet in a self-contained operation . |
| 4 | A popular resort , its beaches stretch for miles and the city 's particular charm lies in its past — we visited underground Minoan tombs and explored an old Venetian town , dominated by a well-preserved fortezza and mosques dating from as early as 1670 . |
| 5 | Consignments arrive at Burnt Oak every Thursday afternoon to crowds of eager bargain hunters who travel from as far as the Lake District and Newcastle . |
| 6 | On the saturday there are seven-a-side football competitions for youngsters involving 30 or more teams who travel from as far as Newcastle in the North and Wetherby in the South to take part . |
| 7 | True Londoners were sobered up by what was happening to their town , but young fellows , sometimes coming from as far as California , felt very lost and lonely , and sometimes escaped via the bottle . |
| 8 | The first designation of the substantial Agenais family of Durfort as knights , for instance , dates from as late as 1243 . |
| 9 | Other material of wide interest dates from as early as the Saxon period . |
| 10 | This is the main hinterland which the port serves , although some orders come from as far as London , South Wales or Scotland . |