Example sentences of "far [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , politically they are as far right as it 's possible to go without failing off the edge . |
| 2 | Finally , after a long time , the bar is pushed so far inland that the marsh is completely eroded and the remains of the bar with associated sand dunes appear on the original coastline ( Fig. 8.18E ) . |
| 3 | Francis Bacon was surely not far wrong when he wrote : ‘ To control nature , you must obey it . ’ |
| 4 | Yet a certain Scottish poet was not far wrong when he described finishing one of that author 's novels as being like emerging from a thin shower of dandruff , unenlivened by even the slightest flash of mediocrity . |
| 5 | The question remains as to how far non-sexist or anti-sexist curricula would act to alter amounts and styles of pupil disaffection . |
| 6 | Many , though not all scholars , have praised Eden 's diplomacy at the conference which met in Geneva in April 1954 to discuss Far Eastern and especially South-East Asian questions . |
| 7 | As Potter ( 1980 ) points out , it is difficult to differentiate from analysis how far morphemic or graphic cueing has influenced the response to the end of a word . |
| 8 | However , the two species described earlier are far superior and preferred for the home aquarium . |
| 9 | Although essential oils can help the skin and the emotions , for example , without the aid of a therapist , for deep-rooted emotional and physical problems , hands-on healing is far superior if not essential for true healing to take place . |
| 10 | It becomes easy to picture himself and Boswell here , their servant outside holding the horse 's head , while Johnson 's taxi , his post-chaise , waited : ‘ The arch of one of the gates is entire , and another only so far dilapidated as to diversify the appearance , ; Sam himself with his famous stick prodding in the weeds , gauging the cut of the stone as he might examine the shoulders of a friend 's new frock-coat , measuring distances , tracing nave , crossing , choir , transept — inhaling meaning and implication , and converting it into judgment and knowledge . |
| 11 | High above and far other than our world |
| 12 | If , moreover , at this early date , sizeable Nazarean enclaves existed as far distant as Syria , one can not ignore the possibility that they had come into being prior to Jesus 's death and were already established at the time of the Crucifixion . |
| 13 | For his abilities and interests had been felt throughout the land , and had touched Palestine itself ; the day would not be far distant when a woodland would be dedicated to him , the Lyon Cohen Memorial Grove , at Kadesh Naftali , south of Jerusalem . |
| 14 | Antennae keenly tuned by the hopes of lucrative business , the new director , Bernard Herdan , was quoted in the Independent on Sunday as looking forward to even greater wonders : ‘ The day is not too far distant when we will be able to tell the ordinary public whether it is going to rain in their street within the next hour . ’ |
| 15 | Realistically , the day can not be that far distant when the good Doctor might have to stand down . |
| 16 | Here too lies our hope ; since the time can not be far distant when the poet … will invade this vast new territory and so once more bring sanctification and joy into the sphere of common life . |
| 17 | the time can not be far distant when the poet … will invade this vast new territory , and so once more bring sanctification into the sphere of common life . |
| 18 | I remember a statement ( Mr. Baldwin ) had made two or three years before , that probably the time was not too far distant when he and Mr MacDonald would be sitting in the same Cabinet . " |