Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] as far [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 In the course of history jade has been held in highest esteem among four quite distinct groups of people , the Chinese from the later stone age to modern times , the neolithic inhabitants of substantial parts of temperate Europe , the Maori of New Zealand and in the New World the inhabitants of early Mexico from as far back as Maya times .
2 The Reiksguard includes men from all the provinces from as far afield as Ostland and Nordland , Wissenland and Ostermark .
3 They have brought France into conflict with South Pacific countries from as far afield as Chile and Peru .
4 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 .
5 ‘ You heard of this place from as far afield as the capital city ?
6 The flow of people so far visiting the museum is very encouraging , not only local people , but visitors to the town from as far afield as the south coast and Scotland have come .
7 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 .
8 He 's had dogs from as far afield as London and Liverpool .
9 Among the party were retailers from as far afield as Atlanta , Boston , and Lancaster , Pennsylvania , as well as Group staff from New York and New Jersey .
10 HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board .
11 The event was well attended attracting delegates from as far afield as Thurso and Skye .
12 Steve , a maintenance engineer at Courtaulds Chemicals in Leek , was a member of the 560 kilo class England squad that won the title in Wales , beating teams from as far afield as Japan .
13 Groups of morris dancers from as far afield as the Cotswolds and the Borders took to the streets in their colourful costumes for the festival procession through the town centre .
14 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 . ’
15 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 .
16 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 ) .
17 Swimmers from as far afield as Glasgow , Cheltenham and Saffron Walden are among the members of 38 clubs who have sent in 1,000 entries for the Richmond Masters and open spring meet on Saturday ( 1 and 5.30pm ) .
18 WINE-growers from as far afield as South Africa and Chile are in Belfast today for the annual wine-tasting organised by drinks company Guinness .
19 A petition signed by hundreds of people from as far afield as Darlington , Ashington and Durham called on the council to repair the lodge and install a cemetery keeper .
20 ‘ We have had patients from as far away as Wales because we specialise in cardiac rhythm problems .
21 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 .
22 Guests were from major oil companies and other associated gas turbine users from as far afield as the United States and Indonesia .
23 Last season Sudbury 's share of Courage support when they became Division Four South champions was £2,500 , but next season they face journeys from as far apart as Plymouth to Cumbria , and expenses of £10–12,000 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 ‘ But now we can take children and adults from as far away as Stanhope and Richmond . ’
28 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 .
29 Among the 100 competitors from as far afield as Aberdeen and the Isle of Wight were many of the country 's leading players .
30 There 's already been interest from as far away as Japan .
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