Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point my modern Tory rebel was making was a different one : that a government with a majority that could be eradicated if 11 of its MPs vote with the other side , or 22 abstain , does well to sound out its own supporters before going too far down a controversial road . |
| 2 | Although the proprietors and staff of EVERYDAY ELECTRONICS take reasonable precautions to protect the interests of readers by ensuring as far as practicable that advertisements are bona fide , the magazine and its Publishers can not give any undertakings in respect of statements or claims made by advertisers , whether these advertisements are printed as part of the magazine , or are in the form of inserts . |
| 3 | Although the proprietors and staff of EVERYDAY ELECTRONICS take reasonable precautions to protect the interests of readers by ensuring as far as practicable that advertisements are bona fide , the magazine and its Publishers can not give any undertakings in respect of statements or claims made by advertisers , whether these advertisements are printed as part of the magazine , or are in the form of inserts . |
| 4 | The two-piece rosewood back is reinforced inside with four spruce braces , all shaved to a sharp point , and the sides have little mahogany strips every six inches or so to prevent cracks from spreading too far should the guitar be dropped — heaven forfend . |
| 5 | Although it is relatively easy to illustrate the process of modelling in a book or at a lecture , in real life there are problems in deciding how far one should go and what level of detail is appropriate . |
| 6 | It is also possible at this early stage for workers to transfer to other firms without falling too far down the promotion ladder although such mobility is rarely between large firms . |
| 7 | The discipline of the credit markets is meant to keep states from straying too far from the spirit of it . |
| 8 | In one of the more dramatic examples of downsizing so far , Mead Corp 's big Mead Data Central Inc , operator of the world-famous public Lexis and Nexis databases , is replacing one of its IBM Corp mainframes used for administration with members of the Intel Corp iAPX-86-based Unix family from AT&T Co 's NCR Corp . |
| 9 | I have sometimes whiled away idle moments in speculating how far one could elaborate this figure before the reader became suspicious . |