Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] far [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At such a time , when attitudes were changing but no effective consensus had emerged , it was not surprising that Truman should see in Churchill 's forthcoming speech at Fulton ( Missouri ) an opportunity to discover how far a sea-change was taking place in American opinion . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) It is difficult to know how far the success of the project should be attributed to the project itself and how far it should be attributed to those events which preceded it and provided an environment in which the project could flourish ( or wither ) . |
| 3 | She did not dare to look over the edge : she did n't want to know how far the water had risen . |
| 4 | The aim is to find how far the reader is using positive strategies , exemplified by certain types of miscue . |
| 5 | On the other hand the material which Eliot had put into Pound 's hands turned out to be so inchoate that many readers were led to wonder how far the poem as they had it all these years was in any authentic sense Eliot 's at all . |
| 6 | I 'm inviting you to consider how far a Christian should go in forgiving and to how far a Christian organisation like this school should go , in showing forgiveness er I just want to kick you off with one or two points on each of those . |
| 7 | In what follows my main purposes are : ( 1 ) to demonstrate the patterns of simplification that can be traced by comparing our inner-city data with that of the city-wide random sample ‘ doorstep ’ survey and the outer-city community studies ; and ( 2 ) to consider how far a theory of strong and weak ties can account for the maintenance of complex patterns and the development of simpler ones . |
| 8 | To determine how far the ball bounces roll the Artillery dice again and mark the spot where the ball comes to land . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it is difficult to judge how far a movement for independence in Latin America , inspired by North American example and the ideology of the French Revolution , had advanced beyond the traditional colonial grievances . |
| 10 | It is hard to judge how far the change in personalities at the head of the Iranian regime following Khomeini 's death in June 1989 simplified this process . |
| 11 | It is difficult to judge how far the views of this anonymous source diverged from the mainstream of Soviet official thought reflected a more conciliatory approach to the Afghan problem among Soviet foreign policy specialists , an approach which is less dogmatic about the nature of the internal regime in Afghanistan and more appreciative of the benefits which the USSR derived from Afghan non-alignment in the past . |
| 12 | That alone makes the patterns in social relations more complicated , but in addition we must analyse processes of change to judge how far the character of these structures is being modified or even transformed . |
| 13 | It is more difficult to judge how far the commitment has been translated into action , though it is clear that progress has been made in some areas . |
| 14 | It is hard to judge how far the fluidity of the London ruling class is parallelled in other towns , or whether provincial towns preserved a more closely knit society . |
| 15 | Only then shall we be able to assess how far the dominance of the public schools and ( what is of much less significance ) of Oxford and Cambridge has begun to lessen . |
| 16 | The objective is to see how far the trends observed in Atlanta hold true of these other cities , selected because of certain similarities to and differences from Atlanta . |
| 17 | For senior posts it can be instructive to do the opposite to see how far the candidate can cope with the stress . |
| 18 | In judging the six keyboards under test all these possible options have been looked at to see how far the producers have gone to creating the ‘ ideal ’ replacement . |
| 19 | It is harder to measure how far the campaigns of the civil wars affected the great mass of the population or the country 's internal economy , but the damage may not have been particularly great , as much of the fighting was confined to limited areas . |
| 20 | This concerns the capacity to discern how far the content of a belief is positive as opposed to negative , and how far this promotes engagement with people rather than indifference to them or denial of them as persons . |
| 21 | Among other things , we shall have to examine how far the hopes and claims of librarians match up to present realities . |
| 22 | Even if the Labour party had won , it is difficult to say how far the developments were reversible . |
| 23 | This project should enable us to say how far the characteristics of the individual ( their feelings of originality , efficacy , conformity , alienation , anxieties , and so on ) account for their political and economic values and activities and how both relate to social position . |
| 24 | In the following Experiment 2.3 various colours were used to test how far the eye can be relied on to judge backgrounds in the circumstances under which the eventual instrument would be used . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it is dangerous and indeed impossible to push too far the analogies between the heads of the two outer demoiselles and various particular kinds of tribal art . |
| 26 | But there is no literature other than in guidance papers produced by , for instance , the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Headteachers , to show how far a head should consult other members of staff . |