Example sentences of "[adv] be far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the room is quiet ( as shown by the sound-level meter ) , then a voice which produced 80 decibels — that is , about the level of heavy street traffic — would obviously be far too loud . |
| 2 | There were 2 accidents in this morning 's rush hour , only prolonging the delays , and the police are warning that if motorists continue to drive at 80 through the contraflow the consequences could soon be far more serious . |
| 3 | The statement of objectives will normally be far more rounded than merely a price discussion . |
| 4 | The image of Dall as one of Santa Claus 's pixie helpers would not be far amiss . |
| 5 | Were this my last hour ( and that of an octogenarian can not be far off ) I would thank God for permitting me to behold so much of the excellence conferred on individuals . |
| 6 | " The bulls may not be far off . |
| 7 | Starting at the Cow and Calf you climbed through a Khyber Pass of crags from one ling-and-bracken horizon to another until it seemed the sky could not be far off . |
| 8 | So the Armalite joke might not be far off , when all 's said and done . ’ |
| 9 | The Young 's modulus was easily found by a simple mechanical experiment and two or three Ångström units is a fair guess for the interatomic spacing and can not be far out . |
| 10 | Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ? |
| 11 | So how could he not be far more upset than he would admit at the thought of the gap it would leave in his life and the prospect of probably never seeing his father again ? |
| 12 | In fact , on second thoughts , would it not be far more sensible to invite Emilia to come to Cambridge ? |
| 13 | Full economic and then political union can not be far behind . |
| 14 | With Bosch 's name behind it , Travel Pilot may sell where Navigator failed ; if so , mass-market systems can not be far behind . |
| 15 | The selling of book tie-ins in video outlets can not be far behind . |
| 16 | Seton would have gone ahead believing the King would not be far behind . |
| 17 | The only horsemen he could see were ten mounted French officers , but he knew the cavalry and guns could not be far behind . |
| 18 | ‘ What 's free ? ’ asked Tim , and for a horrible moment Rain and Oliver feared they had struck his philosophical vein and ‘ what is life ? ’ could not be far behind . |
| 19 | Breakfast can not be far behind . |
| 20 | Would it not be far less expensive to increase the Home Help service to enable people to stay at home rather than go into care ? |
| 21 | Somehow she felt certain that he would always be far too sure of himself even to consider the possibility . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if female cats were not so sexually voracious , superfecundation would also be far less common . |
| 23 | It would clearly be far too expensive to repeat every investigation carried out by the police , to say nothing of delays . |
| 24 | But where there 's a will a bet ca n't be far behind and the local bookmakers can be relied on to provide ante-post prices the day before . |
| 25 | ‘ None that I saw , but they ca n't be far behind . ’ |
| 26 | But she could n't help it , for wherever she went she knew Travis McKenna would n't be far behind . |
| 27 | ‘ We ca n't be far off . |
| 28 | A blow on the head or a knife in the ribs could n't be far off . |
| 29 | It ca n't be far off . |
| 30 | It ca n't be far off . ’ |