Example sentences of "but not far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Distinctly I heard the pop of gunfire , one , two , three shots , not nearby , but not far away either . |
| 2 | But not far away stand other hills to which I do not lift my eyes . |
| 3 | Usually in open country fairly near fresh water , but not far up in hills or in towns ; nests colonially in holes excavated in sand and gravel banks . |
| 4 | But not far behind in the firing line are welfare-dependent single-parent families , now so used to being vilified it seems time to offer a blindfold and last cigarette . |
| 5 | As you knit , the needles that are selected to tuck move forward of the needlebed far enough to collect the yarn , but not far enough for the stitch on the needle to go behind the latch and knit off . |
| 6 | That is , they will move forward far enough to collect a loop of yarn ( if we were knitting ) , but not far enough for a stitch to go behind the latch and knit . |
| 7 | ‘ Maastricht went too far for public opinion , but not far enough to allow Europe to deal effectively with the problems it faces , such as Yugoslavia , ’ says an exasperated German official . |
| 8 | The move was far enough in suggest the future transfer of greater validation responsibility in institutions , but not far enough to suggest the degree of autonomy that many of the polytechnic directors had sought . |
| 9 | My argument is that statecentrism , whether in its directly state-centrist form or in indirect forms , takes us quite far but not far enough . |
| 10 | So I would say that the North Yorkshire er figure in summary , goes in the right direction but not far enough . |