Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [Wh adv] far [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It is a gradual , continuously varying effect on how far you can walk , and how fast .
2 ‘ We will go to Leeds , the defending champions , feeling confident , instead of just hoping for the best — and that 's a measure of how far we 've come .
3 That said , there is a serious question about how far we can speak of ‘ women 's languages ’ or ‘ genderlects ’ in the same way we talk of ‘ Lancashire dialect ’ or ‘ Jamaican creole ’ .
4 One moment halfway up the straight it looked as if Eddery might have cut it too fine ; the next it was a question of how far he would win by , for this burst of speed was so decisive that it made the top horses in Europe look one-paced .
5 However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue .
6 And the final thing on three two er the question of how far I know this has not been asked today I do n't people with er three or four page briefing get the summary I do think that the sort of and there 's a great deal of voluntary activity going on and I think if we can support that , that would , be that would be great .
7 The Library Association is increasing efforts in parliamentary lobbying but the question of how far it wants to go in challenging the use of legislation for censorship is unclear .
8 And that 's , I think , important because it gives us some concept of how far we would have to go to get there , as it were , apart from seeing it .
9 It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict .
10 He encouraged himself with promises that after ten paces he could rest , then demanded of himself that he manage another five and another five until he lost count of how far he 'd come and how far he had to go .
11 In practice there is a limit to how far we can elongate a fat particle ; this places a lower limit ( c. 25% ) on the fat content of a cream which can be whipped .
12 I do nt mind personal criticism of players … but I just think there s a limit to how far we should go .
13 You know there is a limit to how far you get .
14 However you should exercise caution in how far you extend a metaphor .
15 And then can you give us an account of how far they have proved accurate ?
16 You know you have to draw the line at how far you can go but I 'm f I 'm worried about this account definitely .
17 Today there is dispute about how far he caused his and his followers deaths , or they were victims of a needless tragedy .
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