Example sentences of "be [adv] far [prep] [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Titfords , as we know only too well , were very far from being rich and powerful tycoons ; nevertheless , the trend we have just outlined was at work in a much more modest way even in their fortunes as time went by . |
| 2 | But this distinction is also far from being precise . |
| 3 | Informal care between family members is very far from being unproblematic ; it can and almost always does , raise in an acute form issues of power , bereavement for the loss of a loved personality , anxiety about sole responsibility , and feelings of exploitation and manipulation ( ibid . ) . |
| 4 | But that list is very far from being exhaustive and does not touch on the much wider range of topics possible if aquarium facilities are available . |
| 5 | Behaviour is very far from being disorderly . |
| 6 | Yet there exist common materials , within the scope of the subject of this book , where strains are very far from being small and may reach several hundred per cent . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most important thing that QED will have done is to open other sufferers ' eyes to the realisation that they are very far from being alone . |
| 8 | The monarchy established since 1830 was still far from being popular , but opposition to it was inchoate and lacking focus . |
| 9 | I think it may give the Reader a worse Idea of her Person than it deserv 'd , which was very far from being shocking ; tho' there was nothing extraordinary in it . |
| 10 | Only the solidity of the flesh she touched was very far from being imaginary . |