Example sentences of "was far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the rural population did not , however , live either in the parks of the landowners , or just outside them ; and if estate housing did begin to improve , the situation elsewhere was far otherwise . |
| 2 | The tide was far out over a wide plain of sand but you could see its many colours silvering towards those reaches where sky and horizon misted together . |
| 3 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 4 | The backstreet warehouse , buried in the faceless sprawl of south London , was far enough removed from the searing , eighty degree heat of Kylie 's favourite Port Philip Bay beach . |
| 5 | Despite this rather gloomy conclusion the project was far enough advanced by November 1984 for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Francois Mitterand to meet at Rambouillet and reaffirm their willingness to facilitate a privately financed fixed link . |
| 6 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 7 | He still managed to get up the stairs in the pavilion to help launch Berkshire 's new sponsorship , but then perhaps he thought that the name of the sponsors — the Head Partnership — was far enough removed from his own problems to be of no concern . |
| 8 | Our mountain — Chong Kumdan — lay to the east of the Siachen , and although still in a sensitive area , was far enough from the fighting to persuade government officials to sanction our visit . |
| 9 | It was far enough from anywhere to be unnoticed , far enough for the loudest sounds to be muffled and lost to passers-by . |
| 10 | It was far enough away to be no real danger , but it certainly stopped me going any further and was probably a timely warning ! |
| 11 | The move was far enough in suggest the future transfer of greater validation responsibility in institutions , but not far enough to suggest the degree of autonomy that many of the polytechnic directors had sought . |
| 12 | The south-west was far enough from the established centres of power for those who felt excluded from the throne to use it as a launching pad for rebellion . |
| 13 | However , any protest she made was far more likely to lose her friends then gain me any . |
| 14 | Although studying and admiring Tchaikovsky 's methods of composition , Stravinsky felt he could break away from the stereotyped dance forms demanded by nineteenth-century balletmasters , His music was far more economical in melody and orchestral sound but his rhythmic phrasings and marked attention to newer dance forms inspired Ashton to break away from traditional class-room practices . |
| 15 | However , forest decline was far more extensive in Germany and continental Europe than , for example , in Britain and Norway . |
| 16 | The other game was far more interesting with Speelman looking for much of the time as though he was spending a very unhappy 33rd birthday . |
| 17 | He was far more forthright on the omission of Steve Cram . |
| 18 | Reading a rightwing paper never had any significant effect on this aspect of Thatcher 's image and only a small effect on Kinnock 's image in the Pre-Campaign Wave , though its influence grew steadily thereafter : in the first fortnight of the campaign press bias was a little more influential than anything except partisanship and in the second fortnight it was far more influential than anything except partisanship ( Table 8.6 ) . |
| 19 | The lot of the Kursk peasant , in 1922 as shortly before 1917 , was far more narrow . |
| 20 | The effect of the Famine in 1921–2 was far more crippling in the Volga provinces than in Tambov guberniia , so that one can argue either way as to whether it had a stimulating or depressing effect on the mettle of the Tambov Greens ; certainly in Samara and Saratov its vehemence blew out all hope of resistance . |
| 21 | The devolution campaigns began in the winter of 1978–9 when , as will be seen , the public was far more concerned with the ‘ winter of discontent ’ with the trade unions and the likely approach of a general election . |
| 22 | He refused to allow the party access to his fund , and partly for this reason the Liberals were forced to accept a drastic reduction in the number of candidatures , from 513 in 1929 to 112 in 1931 , The condition of the Liberals was far more serious than that of Labour , for the Liberal party was beginning to lose its sense of identity and purpose ( and has still not fully recovered it ) . |
| 23 | The nation , it seemed , was far more concerned about the cut of Diana 's coat than the crisis in society . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , he agreed to visit West Germany on the Prince 's behalf , where the movement was far more advanced , and report back . |
| 25 | Cranmer 's England was far more structured , ’ he said . |
| 26 | In 1974 the Iraqis came up with a detailed law for the autonomous area that was far more restrictive than the 1970 agreement and in no way reflected its accommodating spirit . |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher 's withering contempt was far more damaging . |
| 28 | Lead was far more important as a metal added to bronze to modify its properties and to alloy with tin to form pewter and soft solder . |
| 29 | The fact is that class conflict provided little or no revolutionary potential in Britain and that apathy was far more potent a force among the British working class than action . |
| 30 | Flesh from Guyana was far more real , much more appetizing , than spices from Xanadu . |