Example sentences of "and far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newspapers were put down , the chairs dragged into place but there was so much space on the floor that the three kneeling figures , Moran erect at the table , Rose and Michael bent at the chairs , looked scattered and far apart . |
| 2 | Fresh , unprepared potato suppliers are also few and far between . |
| 3 | ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley . |
| 4 | Precedents are few and far between . |
| 5 | The instances of this happening are few and far between . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , those garrulous starlets who utter a quotable phrase almost every time they open their mouths are few and far between . |
| 7 | Gujerati families which live as joint families in Britain and do not have , or have never had , this strict but uneasy hierarchy must be few and far between . |
| 8 | Those who earned their living from the game in tournament play were few and far between . |
| 9 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 10 | Such cases are few and far between and few have been proven . |
| 11 | The times were few and far between when she could look at him and not be reminded of his many faults and shortcomings . |
| 12 | Hotels that do offer good professional facilities with personal service and attention to detail are sadly still few and far between . |
| 13 | Features were few and far between , although Reuters came under pressure from the outset . |
| 14 | So much was at stake that jokes were few and far between . |
| 15 | Such experiences are too few and far between , and in too early a stage of development to demonstrate their effectiveness . |
| 16 | Deepwater creatures are few and far between and so have difficulty finding mates . |
| 17 | Although this potential does exist , actual examples of abuse of parent power through PTAs in the quarter of a century or so since the publication of the report are few and far between . |
| 18 | Letters from the States had been few and far between of late , although money from Sean still came from time to time . |
| 19 | He hits his irons particularly sweetly , a talent that serves him well at Hayling , Hampshire 's only links , where still days are few and far between . |
| 20 | Tramway accidents are fortunately few and far between , and a tram is a very safe vehicle indeed . |
| 21 | There is , in most cases , very little to be gained from Saxon local documents for , as has already been pointed out , bynames were few and far between in pre-Conquest England . |
| 22 | Natural behaviours in the first sense are few and far between ( see Instincts on page 93 ) since the majority of human behaviour has been acquired through an ad hoc learning process . |
| 23 | In the tertiary colleges on the other hand they are few and far between , and where they exist they are integrated into the user education programmes as teaching handouts . |
| 24 | These cargoes were few and far between , however . |
| 25 | Therefore ‘ spin-offs ’ into the economy as a whole from advances in military R&D , in telecommunications or electronics from are few and far between . |
| 26 | If nothing else it will give the landladies of Aldeburgh a chance to turn in an honest penny at a time when holidaymakers are few and far between in Suffolk . |
| 27 | The emphasis is on French repertoire and the general standard of both performance and recording is extraordinarily high : disappointments are few and far between , and come mainly in non-French music . |
| 28 | Most people would readily concede ( at least on paper ) that he was unquestionably one of the most important composers of the last century , yet the number of influential figures who take up his cause are really very few and far between , and even then the results are not often particularly gratifying . |
| 29 | Facilities for treatment may be few and far between and inaccessible , especially for overlanders and for those taking more adventurous trips . |
| 30 | Hostile interviewers are few and far between . |