Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] far [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us suppose that the kth member of the population sequence is being considered for sample inclusion and that thus far in the sampling process , we have obtained n k of the n sample members that we require . |
| 2 | And so far for a while , we did . ’ |
| 3 | There was Maria Filippa , however , looking at him through her glasses which had misted up in horror and grief at his outburst , gulping the air like a fish ; she was not like his sister Rosa , not one of those girls he had to protect from their own compulsions , but his own beloved and burdened wife , so reserved in bed that he even regretted her modesty himself , and so far from the whore he was about to call her , he shuddered from head to foot . |
| 4 | If it were possible to unfold the entire long history of the world 's religions in such a manner that it could be scrutinised , assimilated and judged in a single all-embracing operation , the verdict would be that it had strayed so far from the basic human need , and so far from the intentions of those good and sincere people who have throughout that history struggled to maintain its integrity , that it might well be condemned outright as a story of failure unmatched by anything else that has ever happened on earth . |
| 5 | Went through the land ; and even far in the hills , |
| 6 | High and very far to the north I could just hear an aeroplane , only the third or fourth I had heard at night since coming to the island . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , the tear on the shift is too high to coincide with that on the dress , and too far to the side . ’ |
| 8 | The only practical flaw I can find is some faintly uneven string-spacing at the nut , making the top E string too close to the B string and too far from the edge . |
| 9 | It is up to government to finance and provide it — but as far from the DTI as possible . |
| 10 | One constant factor , unaffected by change of government , but never far below the surface , was an extreme sensitivity about the degree of public support for policies which tended to be perceived ( however misguidedly ) as ‘ soft ’ on crime . |
| 11 | Senior staff regard themselves as rarely far from the public eye , a view encouraged by the attention paid by some local newspapers to the water authorities . |