Example sentences of "from as far " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's had dogs from as far afield as London and Liverpool . |
| 2 | Sightings have been reported from as far as France and the Netherlands . |
| 3 | The ability to seek out travel services for the customer even when they do not appear on brochure racks has brought the company a strong following in the town but also , according to manager Sandra Chisholm , from as far as Glasgow . |
| 4 | silver , bronze and brass items from as far apart as first-century AD Rome and nineteenth-century AD Moscow , ninth-century AD Persia and thirteenth-century AD England ( fig. 5.16 ) . |
| 5 | Armies from Sweden and Spain , France , the Netherlands and from as far away as Transylvania contended for superiority . |
| 6 | Sometimes messages come from as far away as Senegal and Pakistan . |
| 7 | Consignments arrive at Burnt Oak every Thursday afternoon to crowds of eager bargain hunters who travel from as far as the Lake District and Newcastle . |
| 8 | They have brought France into conflict with South Pacific countries from as far afield as Chile and Peru . |
| 9 | A UNIQUE patch of north London houses the very wealthy , from the Sultan of Brunei to millionaires from as far afield as Greece , Hong Kong and Nigeria . |
| 10 | Judging by the visitors ' book , it has already been seen by several thousand members of the public and potential clients — including visitors from most European Countries and from as far away as Brazil , Alaska and South Korea . |
| 11 | The Sutherland and Ross-shire county boundary runs down the middle of the loch , touching the coast at the outlet of Kirkaig River , and Fionn collects in waters from hundreds of square miles , gathering them from as far away as Loch Borralan , at Atnacealgach , Urigill , Cama , the ‘ crooked loch ’ , and long , windswept Veyatie , below Cul Mor . |
| 12 | This is the main hinterland which the port serves , although some orders come from as far as London , South Wales or Scotland . |
| 13 | True Londoners were sobered up by what was happening to their town , but young fellows , sometimes coming from as far as California , felt very lost and lonely , and sometimes escaped via the bottle . |
| 14 | Wells , in particular , experienced successive occupation probably from as far back as the Neolithic period . |
| 15 | Competitors travelled from as far afield as Middlesex , Berks and Kent for the end of season unaffiliated dressage championships held at Parwood Equestrian Centre , Normandy last week . |
| 16 | Carried by strong winds the rain is capable of travelling hundreds , even thousands of miles , from as far away as the USA to Britain . |
| 17 | On the night of the full moon , people gathered there from as far afield as Bārakot , twelve days ' walk away . |
| 18 | Entrants are now more varied and include local farmers and horsey young girls , some of whom travel from as far south as Nottinghamshire . |
| 19 | Mr Smith , the feast secretary , echoed these sentiments , as he told me how people who had left the village returned annually for the feast ; there were people here today from as far away as Bournemouth . |
| 20 | The majority are from the surrounding small towns and villages , but some exhibitors come from as far afield as Lincolnshire . |
| 21 | Two days of celebrations were planned for the visitors — some from as far away as Canada and Australia — including a funfair , helicopter rides , fireworks and dancing and numerous side stalls . |
| 22 | All Hallows cross-country teams entered the national cross country championships at Marple Hall School last month , when more than 40 schools were represented from as far afield as Newcastle and Coventry . |
| 23 | Its students , from as far away as Java , Sumatra , Korea , China and Japan included Hsuang Tsang , the Chinese traveller who studied there in the seventh century . |
| 24 | Thousands of tourists from as far away as Essex have flooded to the area to strip the wreck of the 10,000-ton ship Demetrius . |
| 25 | ‘ We have had patients from as far away as Wales because we specialise in cardiac rhythm problems . |
| 26 | Military ordered came from as far afield as India , Malaysia , Africa and , of course , Canada . |
| 27 | Our news and picture desks in central London took scores of calls and inquiries from papers , magazines , TV and radio stations from as far afield as America and Australia . |
| 28 | Exhibitors are drawn from many parts of the North of England , some from as far away as Macclesfield , as well as the more local places such as Blackpool , Thornton , Blackburn , Bolton and Liverpool . |
| 29 | Madras , for example , imported them from as far away as Ceylon and Malaya . |
| 30 | Entries were submitted from as far afield as Switzerland and the U.S.A. Roughly two thirds came from the U.K. |