Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | that this conference congratulates our Bolshevik comrades of Russia on their splendid efforts to bring about a general peace , and their unflinching opposition to the brigands of international capital , though we deplore the fact that their efforts to stir the workers of all the belligerents to revolutionary action has not so far met with success , yet we promise to do all in our power to awaken the proletariat of this country to class consciousness so that a speedy end may overtake the tyranny of capital . |
| 2 | In 1675 the Lords of Trade had ten colonies on the North American seacoast to think about , stretching roughly from Portsmouth ( in what was still part of Massachusetts ) to Charleston , a length of coast running about as far from north to south as that of Britain . |
| 3 | However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence . |
| 4 | The research carried out so far has established some useful ideas and models which could be more intensively investigated and has established guidelines for future clinical trials . |
| 5 | The origins of this philosophy go back as far as 1970 when Shell and the Nature Conservancy first devised a competition aimed at encouraging young people to come up with ideas to conserve their local environment . |
| 6 | The Sound of Music : Newcastle Theatre Royal ANY production of this popular classic has its work cut out as far as most critics are concerned . |
| 7 | The battle continued up as far as Wight and across to France and Gravelines until , as the world knows , ‘ God blew with his wind and they were scattered ’ . |
| 8 | ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 9 | Work carried out so far has concentrated on seeking residents ' views on the problems of the estate and discussion on ways of resolving them . |
| 10 | After pointing out that the distinction between cases of habeas corpus in a criminal matter , and cases where the matter is not criminal goes back very far , Viscount Simon L.C. said , at pp. 156–157 : |
| 11 | There is no need to go quite that far with the pop scribes of this world , but the principle is worth keeping in mind . |
| 12 | The figure recedes , the circle dims , the piano plays softly so far away … |
| 13 | Local government capital expenditure is ‘ cash limited ’ , but current expenditure is cash limited only as far as the overall total of the Rate Support Grant ( RSG ) 3 is concerned . |
| 14 | Incompatible therefore though a Co-operative sector would be with the Webbs ' version of the fully Socialist economy , the incompatibility has not so far become obtrusive in the United Kingdom because Labour Governments , which incidentally have had the support of the Co-operative Party as the political arm of the Co-operative Consumer Movement , have carried western Socialist Empiricism to the point of settling for the mixed economy ; and any central planning has been indicative — and , some would say , ineffectual — rather than mandatory . |
| 15 | It is my impression that the Department of Transport has not so far been sympathetic to the potential plight of some of the preserved railways in Scotland . |
| 16 | The analysis of the expenses of production of a commodity might be carried backward to any length ; but it is seldom worth while to go back very far . |
| 17 | However , this relationship has not so far been sufficiently investigated to ensure that a given design will be stable in fast forward flight . |
| 18 | It would be worth you paying to have the tree cut back as far as S * but no further . |
| 19 | According to Divisional Court , however , the literal approach overlooks the discretion which the justices have to do ‘ what they consider to be just in the circumstances : a discretion which the court traces back as far as Kinnis v. |
| 20 | She was standing directly before me , and her bosom jutted not too far below my eye level . |
| 21 | Now , seeing as my own computer literacy extends only as far as Super Mario Bros , I 'm left feeling a little bewildered by it all . |
| 22 | ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’ |
| 23 | Behind him the landlord backed away as far along the bar as he could . |
| 24 | efforts to introduce literacy have not so far examined the question as to when it is right for particular students to begin reading and writing |
| 25 | Even in the new Latin America , it seems , the commitment to free trade goes only so far . |
| 26 | ‘ Praise goes twice as far in producing positive results as picking on the negative . |
| 27 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
| 28 | The Commission has not so far brought the matter to the European Court of Justice . |
| 29 | Lithuania 's cause was helped by some ropey Northern Ireland defending , and several occasions when the midfield dropped back too far , causing a traffic-jam in the last third of the pitch . |
| 30 | Last year , Derek sold some 1,500 from his farm — on Christmas Eve the queue stretched out as far as the main road . |