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

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1 Maybe you were n't so far out with the name .
2 Some outstations were so far out of the way , the public did not know they were there , said Prestatyn Coun Richard Edwards .
3 Do you think that are so far down on the totem pole because the people at the top are men and are taking decision that are n't in women 's best interests ?
4 The trolled and gargoyled buttresses wheel around you through rifts in the cloud ; they stretch , soar , disappear , solidify again suddenly out of the vapour then drift impossibly far up into the mist until your senses reel at the evanescent dynamism of the scene .
5 Yet , I always conclude , it might have seemed strange and unnatural to have shown too much feeling ; strange , and perhaps embarrassing and out of order , I being somewhat far down in the family hierarchy .
6 Only , I wish I had ever shown some sign of affection ; I wish I had perhaps written to her — even if only a card ( and even though I was rather far down in the family hierarchy ) .
7 The little creature was sitting as far back in the cage as he could get , obviously frightened at the attention he was receiving .
8 The light is quite strongly directional , and to avoid excessive variations in contrast within the depth of the scene you should set the light as far back from the subject as possible within the limits of what is acceptable to give a good exposure , each doubling of the distance reducing the brightness of the scene by a factor of four .
9 Sea-birds , like snowflakes , turned lazily far out over the mud flats … .
10 All at once , from quite far out on the water , there came an outburst of noise — frightened shouts , and a sound as if someone had fallen in .
11 Maybe the conversation had something to do with it , for Eva had no intention of letting her interests deteriorate however far out in the bush they might be , and she was rarely at loss for an anecdote or conversation starter .
12 She only just missed a donkey cart that was too far over to the left .
13 I was afraid you could run into our fire if you got too far up on the slope . ’
14 Moreover , for foraging humans , tropical rain forests are too food-poor , although such foods are available to other primates , because they are too far up in the canopy , deep in the ground or the human gut is not capable of digesting them .
15 By Lancaster Road standards , the Ryans had gone too far up in the world , making them aliens .
16 Clip toenails straight across — never cut too far down at the sides as this leads to ingrowing toenails .
17 Do not file nails too far down at the sides .
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