Example sentences of "not [be] far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not only transform the political and military map : by the destruction which it wrought , unparalleled in previous human history in its scale , it hurled a black question mark against the confidence in the onward and upward progress of Christian civilisation which had so strongly characterised Liberal Theology , and forced the bitter question whether the advanced theological thought of the nineteenth century as a whole had not been far too unaware of the darker side of human nature , too optimistic about innate human capacity for good , too willing to take contemporary culture at its own high evaluation of itself , and overall too disposed to take God for granted , and to assume that he was somehow simply ‘ given ’ in what it regarded as the highest ethical , spiritual and religious values of mankind . |
| 2 | The image of Dall as one of Santa Claus 's pixie helpers would not be far amiss . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " The bulls may not be far off . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So the Armalite joke might not be far off , when all 's said and done . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | In fact , on second thoughts , would it not be far more sensible to invite Emilia to come to Cambridge ? |
| 11 | Full economic and then political union can not be far behind . |
| 12 | With Bosch 's name behind it , Travel Pilot may sell where Navigator failed ; if so , mass-market systems can not be far behind . |
| 13 | The selling of book tie-ins in video outlets can not be far behind . |
| 14 | Seton would have gone ahead believing the King would not be far behind . |
| 15 | The only horsemen he could see were ten mounted French officers , but he knew the cavalry and guns could not be far behind . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Breakfast can not be far behind . |
| 18 | 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 ? |