Example sentences of "far [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was inconvenient for a villager to walk that far to report a theft , especially since he often had to make the trip several times if he wanted to complete a prosecution .
2 Statutory services have , however , done little so far to encourage the development of such services , even though they can bring very significant emotional benefits to individuals , particularly those living alone or who are estranged from their families .
3 The coal that is referred to in this eulogy was mined in pits that did not have to be sunk far to reach the Silkstone seam .
4 No , better by far to restrict the creative work to two examples of ‘ Sequin Art ’ made by my two elder daughters , aged eleven and nine .
5 ‘ I 've been involved in a few preliminary meetings so far to pick a training squad , and I 've also got involved in the training sessions themselves .
6 In short , it is that it offers a way of by-passing ‘ the awkward corner ’ , Nearly twenty years ago Professor Joan Robinson observed that the predictable consequences of the attainment of near-full employment must , if institutions and attitudes did not accommodate themselves to the new circumstances , be so far to strengthen the power of the trade unions as to prompt a vicious spiral of wages and prices ; and that it would become chronic .
7 The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has been sufficiently impressed with the results so far to finance the printing of enough copies for the first year pupils of three comprehensive schools beginning in September 1985 .
8 In Jordan , where the authorities hope the experiment in democracy will become a model for other Arab states , King Hussein has opted so far to draw the fundamentalists into the government .
9 In the British Isles , structure goes far to mould the diversities of our climate .
10 A challenge for the central NHS Management Executive , from its new home in Leeds , will be to decide how far to retain the traditional ‘ Beveridgian ’ corporate spirit of the NHS , with its principles of universal access to high-quality services , and how much to allow a ‘ Darwinian ’ fragmentation .
11 But they have signally failed so far to build an intellectual constituency in wider circles of the kind that gave Thatcherism — which had little intellectual depth of its own — the basis on which to construct a new kind of politics .
12 The subsequent , frequently stormy debate centred on how far to reform the party , and many speakers from the radical wing accused Lilov of displaying only lukewarm commitment to reform .
13 Thirdly , the debates over how far to forge a strategy either for winning power or for promoting economic development in a post-revolutionary society have not been satisfactorily resolved , and indeed perhaps can not be , given that counter-revolutionary response to any successful formula will ensure that it will be that much more difficult to apply the same tactics in another situation .
14 EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay .
15 But then , when I come to think and ask myself what made me like this , I have n't far to seek the answer .
16 Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person .
17 Claire is one of three patients so far to undergo the procedure under the supervision of consultant orthopaedic surgeon Richard Montgomery .
18 She is one of three patients so far to undergo the procedure at the hospital , under the supervision of consultant orthopaedic surgeon , Mr Richard Montgomery .
19 The Egyptian foreign minister , Amr Moussa , made it clear he expected Israel to offer more than it has so far to return the deportees to their homes in the occupied territories .
20 This goes far to explain the wretched press I have had — unfair both to her and me .
21 From this point you must then decide how far to push the delegated task down the organizational hierarchy .
22 Here one may be using negotiating skills within a relationship , with a home help organiser for example , and using counselling skill in deciding how far to push the claims of one particular client .
23 The problem is to know how far to link the rise and fall of the two media not to each other but to some independent factor .
24 The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ .
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