Example sentences of "[vb base] [Wh adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst scholars debate how far economic changes have been responsible for breaking up these traditional arrangements , there is evidence that the idea persists that this form of joint household is an ideal which people would put into practice if they could ( Benedict , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | The disclosures , which follow a fortnight of leaks sparked off by the Guardian 's revelation of the sweeteners scandal — show how far Lord Young was prepared to go to sell Rover to the private sector . |
| 3 | Their attempts to impose conditions on a man like Henry VIII only show how far , in the initial stages , they were turning a blind eye to the implications of their policy . |
| 4 | But her value in his eyes was that she was his son 's future bride , through whom he would control Scotland ; he did not envisage her doing so herself as an individual monarch , and the secret agreements she made just before her marriage show how far she agreed with him . |
| 5 | Colour codes show how far each cab is from each pole . |
| 6 | The quotations above illustrate this left-wing frankness , and show how far political allegiances in some cases determine selection policy . |
| 7 | Shklovsky 's ingenious attempts to draw parallels between poetic devices and devices of plot construction show how far Formalist literary theory did indeed have its roots in poetry . |
| 8 | The returns also show how far those surnames which are peculiarly local in origin had ramified by the second half of the seventeenth century . |
| 9 | Then they turn against him and show how far he has been deluded . |
| 10 | The vigour and profundity of the Old Testament 's own challenge is at once realized when we recall how far the ruins of Jericho are from Eden , or from that remarkable declaration of faith in Genesis 1 , and how completely the smoke of its destruction hides the last of the promises given to Abraham in Genesis 12 . |
| 11 | In the next chapter we consider morbidity patterns in later life and consider how far they reflect the patterns described by mortality data . |
| 12 | consider how far you need to know the local language ; |
| 13 | Look how far the head has moved past the ball . |
| 14 | Yeah but look how far that |
| 15 | We shall now try to categorize these formal links and then examine how far they will go in helping to explain why a succession of sentences is discourse , and not just a disconnected jumble . |
| 16 | They know 'ow far ter go . |
| 17 | In order to spell , one has to combine both kinds of sequence , one has to think of the syllables in the word in the correct order and remember them and remember how far you got , and also remember the sequence of visual symbols , i.e. letters on paper . |
| 18 | I lived in one of them for many years and know how far ahead of their time they were . |
| 19 | But I think you know how far to go because there are certain barriers . ’ |
| 20 | But er , you know , I mean , I know it 's only practice and you know how far you got ta be in front of the other whatever ! |
| 21 | So if you know how fast the beam is going , and that 's in fact the speed of light , then you know how far away the object is , and you can do this for the planets . |
| 22 | You note how far you 've gone . |
| 23 | First , decide how far down from the top of the aquarium you wish to position the strengtheners to accommodate any desired equipment inside the top . |
| 24 | First how far a Christian should go in showing forgiveness and second how far a Christian organisation like this school should go in showing forgiveness . |
| 25 | Now declare how far you wish to throw the Doom Diver . |
| 26 | Begin by aligning the catapult in the direction you wish to fire then declare how far you wish to fire . |
| 27 | Now declare how far you want to fire the mortar shell . |
| 28 | Now declare how far you wish to shoot — eg 24″ , 30″ , 32″ etc . |
| 29 | I mean how far extra it moved because it was accelerating . ’ |
| 30 | I mean how far do you think the publicity that the area 's had has been from your considerable experience would be |