Example sentences of "the [noun] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the sound of mud and moisture , the kind of sound which conjures up bare seashores with the tide far out and clear skies overhead . |
| 2 | Musk oxen were formerly widespread across the low tundra , but hunting by man has now restricted them mainly to north Greenland and the Canadian far north . |
| 3 | To put the case far too bluntly , one might argue that a fifteenth-century scholar 's chief concern and the measure whereby he was judged was to achieve excellence in that is , knowledge or learning , through teaching and writing ; whereas a seventeenth-century scholar 's chief interest and the measuring rod of his success was the attainment of the high learned offices and the power , salary and perquisites that went with them . |
| 4 | ‘ We knew that there would be an increase in prices but our Sterling crisis has made the rise far more dramatic than we feared , ’ said Jill Johnstone of the National Consumer Council . |
| 5 | My main reason for not introducing elliptic integrals here ( you can though attempt Examples 3.9–3.11 if you wish to have some experience in handling them ) is that I do not want to burden your memory with new formulae , and besides , for cases of most practical interest ( the field far away from the ring and in the vicinity of the axis ) eqn ( 3.56 ) may be integrated out , as will be presently seen . |
| 6 | It encouraged other energetic young scientists to engage in similar expeditions , and it showed armchair naturalists that the opportunities available to the man in the field far outweighed the advantages of staying at home . |
| 7 | But advocates of renewable energy point out that the new budget still leaves the field far behind where it stood more than a decade ago , when President Jimmy Carter spent as much as $800 million a year on renewable research . |
| 8 | The Blox had run the whisker pole to maximum height on its track , suspended it from the main halyard , and were swinging on it from the pulpit far out over the harbour and letting go . |
| 9 | With the rising far from achieving complete success , the outcome in Madrid and Barcelona was crucial . |
| 10 | I 'd sat on my palliasse writing notes , watching Selma plait her hair , trying to decide when to get up and walk down the inlet far enough to be out of sight in order to go to the loo . |
| 11 | There was only one question in his mind when he read the papers : had they taken the story far enough ? |
| 12 | A similar horror sends back the chorus far from their supposedly civilized city into a desert past where April would be again the cruellest month , as they pray ‘ let the spring not come . |
| 13 | And at times Blackburn have been allowed to develop the play far too readily . |
| 14 | But the joys far , far outweigh the labour . |
| 15 | The decision by the party to target carefully chosen areas of strength allowed them to gain a share of the vote far in excess of their opinion poll rating . |
| 16 | There may be a booklet on the subject , a special expert in the technical department who has sat on the relevant government fact-finding commission or a market research survey giving the latest market trends , any of which would help the journalists far more than the standard handouts . |
| 17 | The answer was that she was not taking the carriage far enough past the patterning panel on each row . |
| 18 | She did n't believe me when I said I was sure it was because she was n't taking the carriage far enough over to the right , clearing the pattern selector . |
| 19 | As Twoflower watched , one of the shapes far above detached itself from the roof and began to grow larger … |
| 20 | The significance of these bills for domestic policy in the future far outweighed those passed by any president since Franklin Roosevelt . |
| 21 | Perhaps she was confusing Massis — as he referred to Great Ararat — with the volcano far to the south which the Turks called Sippan Dagh . |
| 22 | But I found their approach to the Beethoven far too earnest and heavy-handed for music of such freshness and charm . |
| 23 | There 's a definite swagger to many of the songs here , as Russell emerges out of the mix far less reticently on the likes of the jaunty single , ‘ Little Bird ’ , and ‘ Soon Is Never Soon Enough ’ , a belted-out duet with Delores O'Riordan ( on day release from The Cranberries ) driven recklessly along by some well haywire slide guitar from Easter . |
| 24 | When , in 1908 he challenged a white man , Tommy Burns , for the heavyweight championship of the world , he carried into the ring far more than his gloves and gear : he carried the hopes of a considerable portion of black America . |
| 25 | The only reason for a backswing is to take the club far enough to gather sufficient speed to hit the ball an appreciable distance . |
| 26 | Even a kiss can be like the sharp end of a wedge which has the power to pierce our body chemistry , split open our emotional equilibrium and lead desires towards the bedroom far too prematurely . |
| 27 | It is straightforward — you paddle like hell straight at the beach and with luck and strength can get the boat far enough up to ensure dry feet when you get out . |
| 28 | He could sense the strain of the engine far to the front . |
| 29 | Arabella drove through the archway , revving the engine far too high , as she always did in the lower gears . |
| 30 | The gas station attendant was an Israeli Arab , a young man with light brown hair who assumed I was a tourist and wanted to know what I was doing in the cold far north of Israel in winter . |