Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] as far away as " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Philips further insisted : ‘ We were overwhelmed by the number of messages of support we received from across the North of Ireland , and we even got a phonecall from as far away as Greece . ’ |
2 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
3 | ‘ We have had patients from as far away as Wales because we specialise in cardiac rhythm problems . |
4 | The two-banded plover is a resident species , but the white-rumped sandpiper is a non-breeding visitor from as far away as Arctic Canada . |
5 | There were accusations that their presence had been orchestrated using methods reminiscent of the Ceausescu regime , with factory NSF committees giving workers time off to participate in demonstrations , and transport being laid on to bring demonstrators from as far away as Constanţa , the Black Sea port around 200 km from Bucharest . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Weavers from as far away as Taunton and Exeter were found in Norwich in 1674 , and many others came in search of employment in this labour-intensive craft . |
8 | ‘ But now we can take children and adults from as far away as Stanhope and Richmond . ’ |
9 | Canon Reggie Twaddell of St Mark 's Parish Church said he had received letters of condemnation from as far away as Crete , Cork and Kilkenny after damage to the stained glass windows . |
10 | There 's already been interest from as far away as Japan . |