Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All over Europe sailors had been accustomed to drawing a meridian through a point in their own country or through the furthest point to the west out in the Atlantic that they could determine with any certainty , and English sailors had usually taken their fixed meridian from a point west of the Lizard ( the last promontory of land they could see as they left the English Channel ) . |
| 2 | This award was established by a bequest under the will of Lady Woolley ( K. E. Menke , 1910–12 ) for archaeological work in the Near or Middle East , in the Mediterranean generally or in the Far East . |
| 3 | Kylesku was the vital key for travellers to or from the far north , the alternative being a thirty-mile detour to the east . |
| 4 | The Spirit is no less than the personal , moral , active power of the Lord God , and for the further revelation of his nature we must await Act Two , the coming of Jesus , to which we shall turn in the next chapter . |
| 5 | And through the far door : Easter Island . |
| 6 | The Naval and General Staff cases were made for them by Sandys ’ tour of the Mediterranean , Middle East , and East Africa in July 1957 , and of the Far East in August . |
| 7 | The extension of Soviet control over all of Korea would enhance the political and strategic position of the Soviet Union with respect to both China and Japan , and adversely affect the position of the US in those areas and throughout the Far East . |
| 8 | The courtyard is illuminated by a single light and against the far wall five drummers keep a constant rhythm , breaking into occasional chanting . |
| 9 | Anthea 's room was the only one to open onto the gallery itself , opposite the huge stairwell , and round the far corner was the men 's corridor . |
| 10 | Heads turned briefly , and from the far end of the table T'zin was watching , an interested expression on his face . |
| 11 | Grobbelaar allowed a tame , low shot from Tony Daley to creep under his body and inside the far post to maintain Villa 's recent encouraging run after an embarrassing sequence of six matches without a goal . |
| 12 | Orcs exist more or less everywhere in the Old World , in the lands to the east , and in the far north western realm of Naggaroth beyond the Sea of Chaos . |
| 13 | There is a pass in the far north in the land of Kislev called the Peak Pass , and in the far south there is a pass where the Worlds Edge Mountains and Black Mountains divide — Black Fire Pass . |
| 14 | The empty dress , a peeling poster of Mae West and in the far distance the Statue of Liberty . |
| 15 | It has one of the finest outlooks on the Solway coast ; the views of the bay and beaches are panoramic and in the far distance Lake District peaks can be seen . |
| 16 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
| 17 | A few showers are likely along the North Coast and in the far West of Tyrone and Fermanagh . |
| 18 | Pork is still eaten throughout the world and in the Far East it is a very important ingredient in many stir-fried dishes as it is tender and cooks quickly . |
| 19 | After two fruitless days spent trying to place 60m shares in Midland Bank , owned by the Kuwait Investment Organisation , at 362p apiece , a decision to chop the the offer price back to 356p , together with the rise in Hongkong & Shanghai Bank 's share price in Hong Kong overnight ( increasing the value of its paper offer to 394p ) , eventually convinced arbitrageurs both here and in the Far East it was worth taking the stock . |
| 20 | The war in Europe had ended a month earlier and in the Far East the Japanese armies were in full retreat . |
| 21 | In 1880 , Spain still held Cuba and Puerto Rico ; in Africa she had Rio do Oro and in the Far East the Philippines . |
| 22 | Diplomatically and politically non-Europeans could be ignored by Europe down to 1914 , except in the western hemisphere , where United States influence was paramount , and in the Far East , where Japan became increasingly important and the Americans had interests which might require respect . |
| 23 | These years saw the growth of tension in Europe , with the rise of an aggressive Germany under Hitler , and in the Far East , where Japan was exerting continues pressure on China ( CORE , pp. 40–43 ) . |
| 24 | Joint research and management development programmes are designed and undertaken with Network members across Europe and in the Far East . |
| 25 | Here and there the open doors of furnaces glowed a dangerous red , and in the far corner of the building what looked like a stream of molten lava trickled down a curved channel from roof to floor . |
| 26 | On the wall there were a few decent water-colours of the English countryside and in the far corner , several framed group photographs . |
| 27 | At this point , the channel is little more than a quarter of a mile wide and on the far bank a road continues the journey to Broadford . |
| 28 | And on the far end is Ed who 's a full time UNIS UNISON officer . |
| 29 | A little further up is a right turn and on the far corner of this a chip shop . |
| 30 | Photo shows ( L to R ) Kate McIlkenny ( who is married to one of the B'ham 6 , Richard McIlkenny ) , the 5 grandchildren of Kate and Richard McIlkenny , and on the far side is Ann Farrell ( Kate and Richard McIlkenny 's daughter ) . |