Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] as far [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster . |
| 2 | It is less widely known that there was a comparable ( although much smaller ) dyeing industry in Ireland based on Nucella lapillus which seems to have been known of as far away as Minehead in Somerset ( Cole , 1685 ) . |
| 3 | Many came from within North America itself , but others concentrated from as far afield as South Africa , Australia and China . |
| 4 | As they ate , the students sat cross-legged on carpets brought from as far away as Shiraz , Damascus and the Yemen . |
| 5 | All Hallows cross-country teams entered the national cross country championships at Marple Hall School last month , when more than 40 schools were represented from as far afield as Newcastle and Coventry . |
| 6 | Mystery schools descended from ancient Egypt cohabited amicably with Greek mystery schools , with Hellenistic philosophy , with religious teachings from Palestine and Syria , with skeins of Zoroastrian and Mithraic tradition , with sects and cults from every quarter of the Mediterranean , even with offshoots of Hinduism and Buddhism imported from as far away as India . |
| 7 | Entries were submitted from as far afield as Switzerland and the U.S.A. Roughly two thirds came from the U.K. |
| 8 | If was a far cry from the big house that they 'd lived in as far back as she could remember . |