Example sentences of "in [noun pl] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it set a standard , model housing of any description could only touch the fringes of the problem ; the vast majority of the poor continued to live in houses far from model . |
| 2 | Today , the response based on total ignorance is still alive and well in circumstances in which even the limited attention given to gender discrimination in schools far exceeds its identification as an issue in the provision of educational opportunities for adult women . |
| 3 | Crystals and gems grow in cavities far beneath the earth 's surface , when magma — molten rock from the earth 's hot core — forces its way into cracks in solid rock , such as granite . |
| 4 | In particular , Simon Slater as the sarky office cad and Annette Badland as Beryl put in performances far above the level of the sitcom script . |
| 5 | It is measurable , albeit in units far larger than gigadealions . |
| 6 | Hopefully you will also be raising money through sponsorship to help selected projects in countries far worse off than our own . |
| 7 | He told us unsettling stories of Chinese merchants who had insisted on travelling aboard the prahus to keep an eye on their cargo , and had somehow been lost overboard while their merchandise appeared for sale in harbours far from their intended destination . |
| 8 | Often , even when an object can be positively identified as having religious significance , it may have no bearing on the situation in which it was found — many looted religious objects have been found in places far from where they were made and used . |
| 9 | And there are a great many people , quite sane , quite balanced , quite worthy of respect , who , in the privacy of their psyches , believe in things far stranger than the divinity of Hernan Cortés . |
| 10 | On the Continent Sarna can already point to 25 year old installations which are still perfectly watertight — in conditions far more severe than those encountered in the UK . |
| 11 | Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were in office in conditions far removed from those that prevailed at the beginning of the decade . |
| 12 | First amongst small commercial enterprises must be the dairy herd , where the personal touch of a skilled stockman can raise production , reduce costs , and maintain good health and longevity in cattle far beyond the scope of most large herds . |
| 13 | The limitations associated with conventional doorbells and chimes which can not be heard clearly in rooms far away from the source of the sound , or in the garden , are overcome with a new portable wire-free doorchime from Friedland . |
| 14 | Branch plants in regions far from head office may be more vulnerable to closure , while the more routine production work which is carried out in them may be more vulnerable to automation than the work done centrally . |
| 15 | It follows that a local authority should be reluctant to seek and the court should be reluctant to grant an injunction which if disobeyed may involve the infringer in sanctions far more onerous than the penalty imposed for the offence . |
| 16 | An English school lunch , in surroundings far removed from any Russian orphanage , emphasised an obvious culture shock , but the staff felt they had had to offer their help . |
| 17 | His friends had stopped coming and the workshops he took these days were in colleges far afield . |
| 18 | First , it is pointed out that the Labour and Conservative Parties secure seats in the Commons in numbers far larger than warranted by their voting strength in the country . |
| 19 | They knew the effect of interest and class , and how in some cases these were the whole mould of mind and in others far otherwise . ’ |