Example sentences of "far [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 it 'll be back again Mind you , I feel it I mean I know at the moment it 's it 's me I my elbows in the morning I ca n't hardly move them when I wake up in the morning because I get that far my arms have to be outside the bed and our bedroom 's that cold
2 So far my enquiries have drawn a blank , your tracks are so well covered .
3 Erm er so far my list of what we 're going to do this week includes for Derek erm fi tracking down non-local copies of Yellow Pages by phoning people and hassling people who are about to go home .
4 So far its trading volumes and liquidity have been lower than LIFFE 's .
5 So far its pulse feels weak .
6 So far her work had been in the surgery .
7 At her own suggestion , Kimberley 's mother wanted to show the dangers of having no window locks by graphically illustrating how far her daughter fell :
8 So far her caricatures have been well received by their subjects .
9 It may be necessary to enquire how far her lust was excited , or if she experienced any enjoyment .
10 And I know she likes me , but I do n't know how far her liking will stretch if she knows I 'm the means of you … well , not marrying .
11 She was taken aback to realise just how far her reservations about seeing him had disappeared .
12 How far their goodwill can be stretched is a moot point .
13 They had had many rows like this , and it was a measure of how far their relationship had come that Edward , while sometimes scorched by the depth of Erica 's cynicism , fought his corner without descending into rage and came back for more .
14 Presumably the ‘ do n't knows ’ will see how far their funds will stretch .
15 I mean I , I heard a stupid story , that instead of like , the , the twenty-seventh , twenty-eight and ninth come over here , but the was still , was still using a radio and stuff taken out the pre war stuff , that 's how far their radio technology and communications come on .
16 ’ Yuan said , conscious of how far their talk had come ; of how far his father 's words were from what he normally professed to believe .
17 It is often hard to discern how far feminist use of essentially anti-feminist arguments reflected their acceptance of them , or how far their use was merely strategic .
18 There was little public knowledge of the extent to which intelligence tests had already become part of the machinery of secondary selection by 1940 , nor how far their use was tied in with that of standardised tests of attainment in English and arithmetic , which were provided , marked and correlated by the same person or organisation .
19 Both Ian McGeechan and David Sole admitted that it was by far their side 's worst performance of the season .
20 So far their reaction to the take-over has been loudly-voiced support , and angrily expressed sentiments of violence , but no violence itself .
21 It is common for old people to play down the extent of the abuse and it is not easy to gauge how far their reluctance to discuss alternative care is due to fear of the unknown rather than acceptance of the situation .
22 But so far their explanation of rising crime has largely focused on alleged deficiencies in police strategy , in particular on counter-productive militaristic tactics which exacerbate ‘ public alienation ’ and therefore impede successful crime control ( Kinsey et al . ,
23 So against the narrow focus of the impact of enterprise unions within their own firms we need to consider how far their achievements are filtered down to small firms where formal labour representation is minimal .
24 Socialists differed among themselves over how far their party 's commitment to the Republic should go , some looking merely to strengthen ‘ bourgeois democracy ’ while others regarded the Republic as the anteroom to socialism .
25 Yet the appointment shows how little Mr Shamir cares for America 's good opinion — and how far his thoughts are from any Arab-Israeli accommodation .
26 ‘ Well , ’ he said slowly , judging how far his luck could be pushed , ‘ I always think L'Escargot is very reliable … ’
27 Thus far his press has been ambivalent .
28 So far his progress has been encouraging and he is already taking a few steps with the aid of a frame .
29 Roosevelt was a dying man at Yalta and it is a matter for speculation as to how far his judgements were influenced by his health .
30 So far his aim has been good .
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