Example sentences of "[conj] far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are they close together or far apart ? |
| 2 | Figure 1 a and b depicts , from behind , a pair of eyes viewing a rectangular pattern lying in a fronto-parallel plane which is either close to the observer ( a ) or far away ( b ) . |
| 3 | FIG. 1 The images created by the binocular viewing of a flat , rectangular , fronto-parallel surface either close to the observer ( a ) or far away ( b ) , but of the same overall angular extent . |
| 4 | Terrible abuses to the environment , often carried out in remote places or far out to sea have been headlined on television and in the press . |
| 5 | The other archways show areas in Cathay , Araby , Nippon , Lustria , Norsca , and the New World , or far more sinister lands such as the Chaos Wastes , the Castle of a dread vampiric necromancer , Ghouls feasting in a graveyard , and other wonders . |
| 6 | Erm , wh most of these criticisms would become far more exaggerated or far more relevant if you considered what happens in the real world . |
| 7 | Pass by his unflattering comments that Brummie women are ‘ either much too fat or far too thin ’ , whilst we Brummie men look ‘ like lopsided oafs , gnomes , hobgoblins . ’ |
| 8 | Depending upon the attitude of his parents , he may begin to feel that he is either far more or far less important than the other children of the family and this too will affect his relationship with them . |
| 9 | It was somewhat similar with me ; the war was on , albeit far away , and I was missing it ; patriotism and duty did enter into the picture but I was chafing at the bit like Old Dobbin who could not bear to stay away from a fire ! |
| 10 | The index of the city 's wealth is its contribution of £1,704 to the subsidy , which , although far ahead of that of any other provincial town , was only slightly more than a tenth of London 's £16675 . |
| 11 | Similar bureaux — although far too few of them — are scattered throughout the country , and their addresses are on page 149 . |
| 12 | Reducing the amount of phosphates that find their way into lakes and rivers may help , although far more serious problems are caused by effluents from factories , sewage works and some badly-managed farms . |
| 13 | This is another CD to offer alternative takes , although far more moderately than the Savoys , and which provides yet more insight into the fascinating process of invention , modification and progression within a jazz recording session . |
| 14 | From here , a futher interpretation of the Miller 's Tale may be proposed which is similar in form to that of Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin recalled just above , although far less severe , morally , than either that proposed for the French fabliau or that of the allegorizers . |
| 15 | As he peered through his mind 's eye it seemed rather that the deepest water changed into a different type of material which sank down and down forever , tossed by its own fierce storms , swayed by its own currents that were swifter than any ocean 's — until far off elsewhere there surfaced from this immaterium yet other seas of life , which were other worlds . |
| 16 | The newspapers were put down , the chairs dragged into place but there was so much space on the floor that the three kneeling figures , Moran erect at the table , Rose and Michael bent at the chairs , looked scattered and far apart . |
| 17 | Fresh , unprepared potato suppliers are also few and far between . |
| 18 | ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley . |
| 19 | Precedents are few and far between . |
| 20 | The instances of this happening are few and far between . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , those garrulous starlets who utter a quotable phrase almost every time they open their mouths are few and far between . |
| 22 | Gujerati families which live as joint families in Britain and do not have , or have never had , this strict but uneasy hierarchy must be few and far between . |
| 23 | Those who earned their living from the game in tournament play were few and far between . |
| 24 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 25 | Such cases are few and far between and few have been proven . |
| 26 | The times were few and far between when she could look at him and not be reminded of his many faults and shortcomings . |
| 27 | Hotels that do offer good professional facilities with personal service and attention to detail are sadly still few and far between . |
| 28 | Features were few and far between , although Reuters came under pressure from the outset . |
| 29 | So much was at stake that jokes were few and far between . |
| 30 | Such experiences are too few and far between , and in too early a stage of development to demonstrate their effectiveness . |