Example sentences of "as far [conj] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also worthy of note that East Prussian amber was being traded among hunter-fisher communities over extensive tracts of Finland , the East Baltic countries and north-east Russia as far as Lake Onega and the Upper Volga , as well as up and down the coast of western Norway , at a time when Neolithic farming communities were being established in south Scandinavia . |
| 2 | However , before then , in 1901 , the first batch of electrically driven trams were introduced in Chiswick , with a service running from Shepherd 's Bush to Kew Bridge and later extended as far as Hampton Court . |
| 3 | But Tilda had taught herself to produce , by widening her mouth into the shape of an oblong , a most unpleasant imitation of a bosun 's whistle , which could be heard almost as far as Lord Jim . |
| 4 | Tree-living kangaroos got only as far as New Guinea . |
| 5 | To feed this demand the squid boats go out all year , sometimes as far as New Zealand . |
| 6 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 7 | A few reach 40°N before melting away ; a very few are large enough to continue southward , occasionally as far as New York and Bermuda . |
| 8 | They occupied sites along the course of the Water of Leith past Canonmills and up as far as Dean Village . |
| 9 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 10 | The work started in northern Scotland and has progressed southwards as far as North Wales . |
| 11 | As far as Fri Fri is concerned , running costs are equal to half a penny for every pound of fried product , ’ he says . |
| 12 | The implications of the new technological revolution go far beyond the silicon chip and its offspring , a message that may have penetrated as far as Kenneth Baker , Britain 's Minister for Information Technology . |
| 13 | She nagged him northwards to the Peace River district , to establish garages there , and even as far as Fort McMurray , with instructions to buy land for future service stations . |
| 14 | The A.82 continues to Inverness along the Great Glen , accompanied as far as Fort Augustus by a disused railway track from Spean Bridge . |
| 15 | So I bus-hopped into the City and took the Central Line as far as Bond Street . |
| 16 | Football specials still use the GC as far as Wadsley Bridge . |
| 17 | The through service to London was interrupted on 10 and 11 September 1940 , by bomb damage outside Croydon , and a shuttle service was provided by Thornton Heath depôt running as far as Norbury Station . |
| 18 | That put the tin lid on it as far as Patrick Kelly was concerned . |
| 19 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 20 | WILLIAM Waldegrave 's announcement of an extension to the budget-holding GPs ' schemes will reduce the rural residents of Wear Valley into second class citizens as far as NHS treatment goes . |
| 21 | At the Moravian Church we had fine Advent hymns , and once I got as far as Bunyan Meeting and heard theirs . |
| 22 | But it was still kosher as far as Albert Roger Quigley was concerned . |
| 23 | As far as Professor Greaves is aware , Graham 's case is quite unique . |
| 24 | As far as Mrs Frizzell knew , apart from a book on local fish written by an ardent fly fisherman on the university staff , this was the first book to come out of Tollemarche . |
| 25 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 26 | As far as Lloyd Webber is concerned , there is only one contender — his ex-wife Sarah Brightman — to play the part of Rose . |
| 27 | ‘ As far as Marshal Tolonen is concerned , these things do not exist . |
| 28 | As far as East Germany is concerned , no doubt Western Germany will take care of that now , er who could or would be able to do it for Poland Czechoslovakia , Rumania and the Soviet Union , is very much more difficult to see , and of course , if the West were to rebuild all their , all their factories , er and they were all modern , and with their cheap labour force , they would then com , almost completely er destroy our industry I guess in competition so that we would have a , that would be another problem I guess . |
| 29 | As far as Bill O'Farrell , who had worked on the pumps on the forecourt of Grunte 's first garage ? |
| 30 | At seven o'clock on a chilly Saturday evening in November , the shroud of darkness enveloping it was a kindness as far as Captain Roddy Simcox was concerned . |