Example sentences of "far beyond [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
| 2 | A major worry has been the extent to which the newly structured capital market has drawn in scarce resources , notably graduates who are paid salaries far beyond their opportunity cost . |
| 3 | Two weeks later Colonel Lane-Fox ( later Pitt-Rivers ) , a pioneer of scientific archaeology , spoke of ‘ the evolution of culture ’ : some kind of Darwinism entered into all kinds of explanations , as tends to happen with highly effective theories which get extended far beyond their sphere and come to function almost as metaphor . |
| 4 | They work far beyond their contracts , without any asking or saying . |
| 5 | The one fact which does stand out is this : in the creation of the Victorian town , just as in the life of the ancient universities , in the spread of learning and in the writing and publishing of Victorian literature , Nonconformists were a vital element in English life wielding an importance far beyond their numbers . |
| 6 | Although a comparatively small group , the Salvation Army or Galavima Hamudava in Sinhalese and Ratchaniya Senai in Tamil , had an influence far beyond their numbers because of their social work . |
| 7 | th a th th I mean th , all these repossessed houses they 're lived far beyond their end zone ! |
| 8 | The result has been a noticeable increase in the number of pilots who suddenly find themselves faced with a situation far beyond their control , usually a situation that they had not even considered at the start of the flight . |
| 9 | For the rest , the Emperor maintained them out of his privy purse , showing to them in many instances a generosity far beyond their worth . |
| 10 | It also enabled a physically small team like South Korea to advance far beyond their capabilities and beat the Barbarians . |
| 11 | But the effort to combat her own sensual response seemed too much to cope with — slipping away far beyond her reach . |
| 12 | At the end of this time , worn-down and aged far beyond her years , she meets the woman who lent her the necklace . |
| 13 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 14 | It went far beyond her role as a woman in public life . |
| 15 | The vice-governor of the National Bank , for example , has said ( Politika , 27 August 1987 ) that the issue of uncovered bills of exchange is illegal , and that the Bihać bank broke the law by endorsing bills far beyond its entitlement . |
| 16 | Both universalise prematurely , hardening and expanding one aspect of the moral situation to cover ground that goes far beyond its relevance . |
| 17 | With an engineer 's interest in how all these tiny ‘ bones ’ had fitted together , Miller had gone far beyond his contemporaries dealing with less complex fossils , who drew in with dotted lines parts missing in their specimen . |
| 18 | He also realised that this was a situation far beyond his metier and summoned the duty staff officer , who arrived resplendent in full ceremonials , pantaloons , highly polished knee-length riding boots , and regulation yellow walking stick , and visited Shaw in his billet and confronted him in a corner , where he held court . |
| 19 | ‘ Listen , we could go to the Baltic — ’ naming a horribly expensive café and one far beyond his means — ‘ it 's only a few stops on the bus — ’ |
| 20 | On his return to England he found the cost of engraving his plates far beyond his means and so he learned the art and later produced this beautiful book , which brought in enough income to support his family after his death in 1749 . |
| 21 | ‘ They are both delightful boys — Matthew showing a maturity far beyond his years , and Oliver with the sheer exuberance of a child of six , ’ she said . |
| 22 | For the first time the laughter was extinguished from the little face so like Jack 's , and in its place was resignation and courage , and a wisdom far beyond his years . |
| 23 | His ways are so far beyond our ways . |
| 24 | It is , of course , of a complexity far beyond our power to solve . |
| 25 | Unlike light , which can reach the lens from sources far beyond our galaxy , sound is a very localised phenomenon . |
| 26 | The phrase does not indicate that Brahman does not exist , or that we know nothing about Brahman , but that we know that Brahman is so far beyond our understanding that anything we say will be misleading and therefore we must content ourselves with saying neti-neti . |
| 27 | I fished on , more as an act of defiance than in the hope of catching anything ; and just as I was about to surrender a fish rose , as they always do in these circumstances , far beyond my reach . |