Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] as far [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith is mentioned in historical records as far back as 1128 , but its authentic history as a port dates from 1329 when King Robert the Bruce granted a charter of ‘ The Harbour and Mills of Leith ’ to the City of Edinburgh . |
| 2 | London was linked to all parts of the provinces by weekly services as far back as the reign of Charles I and probably earlier . |
| 3 | We visited a number of unsuitable lettings as far afield as Dumfriesshire and Loch Rannoch , and eventually settled on a charming Georgian manse in the hamlet of Makerstoun , half-way between Kelso and St Boswells in the Border country , half a mile from the Tweed with , at the bottom of an orchard of Victoria plums , a village school suitable for Alastair and Fiona . |
| 4 | Nummulites are a giant kind of foraminiferan , an important group of rock-forming organisms as far back as the Carboniferous ( and with ancestors in Cambrian rocks ) , and which still form deep sea oozes today . |
| 5 | More than half the output from our two factories at Cornard and Chilton is exported , mainly to continental Europe , but new and diverse markets as far apart as Hungary and Japan have been opened up . |
| 6 | By virtue of an association with the Stornoway Sea Cadets I was able to extend my exploration by sea , and spent many happy days on the more remote sea lochs and outlying islands as far apart as Barra Head and North Rona . |
| 7 | As a Class 2 Navigator , Corporal Fisher was mate of the RCL , and was often called upon to command and navigate the vessel through coastal waters as far afield as Norway and Portugal . |
| 8 | He has forged a highly successful partnership with the Dublin singer Frances Black — sister of the famous Mary — and his songs are being ‘ covered ’ by other performers as far away as Japan . |
| 9 | Equally remarkably , he made them open their pockets , so that they gave with extraordianry generosity when other communities as far away as Italy suffered disasters like their own . |
| 10 | Shafts of piercing sunlight slowly push their curious fingers through the dusty waters as far down as they will go . |
| 11 | The race has been taxing young bloods as far back as the 17th Century . |