Example sentences of "[coord] not [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 2 | You 're bound to go a little bit too far or not quite far enough . |
| 3 | Near the cities of New Zealand 's Mainland ( as the proud inhabitants of South Island like to refer to their part of the country ) you can enjoy your flying at Christchurch Airport with the Canterbury Aero Club , or not too far away at Ashburton , perhaps , piloting the Pipers of the Mid-Canterbury Aero Club . |
| 4 | Not a trace of the search or the find remained — or not as far as he could see . |
| 5 | And that 's a beamer , and DaSilva is , stifled in the extreme , it 's a no ball , now whether that was because it was a beamer I think , but we do n't know whether it 's overstretched or not as far as footwork was concerned , it brought a run down to square leg anyway , and er DaSilva is now eighteen , total a hundred and twelve for three . . |
| 6 | Although with the building of the railways its share reached a third ( 35 per cent in 1841 – 60 ) , the 1760 – 1820 contribution was equal to that in manufacturing and trade in 1761 – 90 , and not so far behind it , or agriculture , in 1791 – 1820 . |
| 7 | One of the most impressive of recent contributions is the meticulously detailed and subtly perceptive work of Professor Victor Turner amongst the Ndembu people , who also live in Central Africa and not very far from the Congo Lele . |
| 8 | He and Henry met at Yarramalong ( ask Robert the population , and he just laughs ) — a sparse town north-west of Sydney , 40 minutes from the coast and not too far from the Hunter Valley ( prime wine-making country ) . |
| 9 | It 's an anomaly that a ) we want the parabear to descend safely and not too far distant , while b ) we have to rely on a fair breeze to elevate the lifting kite and carry the droppable load . |
| 10 | Joan also hesitated to go to the Home Office as her father was a senior civil servant in line for further promotion and not too far from retirement . |
| 11 | Something was moving in the night , and not too far from where they lay . |
| 12 | It is a ledger , the size and solidity of an old-fashioned accounts book , with broken corners and an air of belonging to that grey period which is too far gone to be new but not yet far enough off to be old . |
| 13 | The caressing hand stilled and withdrew , but not very far . |
| 14 | However , they can not depart too far from it ; men can be swayed by beliefs , but not too far . |
| 15 | ‘ You will have guessed the first , ’ he resumed , masticating the thick coils of smoke , ‘ namely that I wished to inculcate you a little further in the understanding of my true nature , a little further but not too far — keep 'em guessing is my motto . |
| 16 | Or perhaps earlier when someone had first suggested Morocco , and she had thought of it as somewhere different but not too far from Spain . |
| 17 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 18 | I wonder if you are using ( in lectures ) a statement I remember you making in talk , but not so far as I can recall , in print . |
| 19 | SOME time ago , but not so far back that it can be dismissed as incidental , a belligerent centre-half , who needed very little encouragement in such nefarious matters , was instructed to discover how fast the visiting centre-forward could limp . |
| 20 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 21 | There have been ugly outbreaks in the other townships , but not so far in Harare . |
| 22 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 23 | Foinavon was plodding along towards the rear , but not that far behind the favourite Honey End , whose jockey Josh Gifford had not been tempted by the furious early pace and who was still running well within himself . |
| 24 | First day of three : Durham are 119–0 in their first innings against Oxford University BROWNING was probably right in suggesting that England is the place to be when April comes — but not as far as cricketers are concerned . |
| 25 | On a sudden impulse , she reached up to him ( but not as far as she might otherwise have had to do , because of the heels ) and slipped her hands behind his head . |
| 26 | ‘ We are north of the marsh , ’ Wynne-Jones said through chattering teeth , ‘ But not as far north as I would have hoped . ’ |