Example sentences of "far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set about an extensive programme of repair and renovation of the complex and have so far successfully restored one of the Clutterbuck water wheels , as well as a Tangye Compound Steam Engine ( plus a portable boiler ) , that formerly powered stick making machinery . |
| 2 | Her attempts at explication had only clouded her own contemporary voice , and led her far astray from the feeling heart of the matter . |
| 3 | it made us wonder how our culture could have drifted so far astray , leaving women often isolated and devalued . |
| 4 | But Lee Bridges of the Public Law Project points out that judicial reviews have so far effectively assumed that , even if services are provided by an independent agent , ultimate responsibility lies with the public body holding basis statutory responsibility . |
| 5 | ‘ I would far rather we go through the criticisms , than have you editorialise afterwards , with ‘ on the one hand and on the other , ’ ’ he says . |
| 6 | They would far rather think of it as realising their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 7 | My reply is that there are many on the dole who do not share this view and who would far rather have a job . |
| 8 | She would far rather be the one who had to do it , though that was n't very nice , either . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd far rather you waited until it 's light , or went down for Bob . ’ |
| 10 | He would far rather that I acted the good housewife instead . |
| 11 | Would n't you far rather hang out with Kylie than Bono ? |
| 12 | It is important to be clear then about our reasons for feeling that we had to explain why women have come so far rather than explaining why there had been so few gains . |
| 13 | ‘ I dare say , but I 'd far rather be playing snooker with a few of the boys , accompanied by a few pints of beer — preferably Devil 's Dram . |
| 14 | Daphne tended to phone her just after six , which meant missing fifteen or twenty minutes of the news , but Cecilia never said anything about this because she would far rather miss the news than hurt Daphne . |
| 15 | But I 'd far rather be at home . ’ |
| 16 | But the various approaches are so far rather fragmentary . |
| 17 | I 'd far rather do something exciting , like sit here and watch my fingernails grow . ’ |
| 18 | I would far rather say , if I had the seven thousand pounds , say to both my daughters there you are dears , there 's the seven thousand pounds you decide how much of that you want for your wedding what is left over you keep , and it would be interesting to find out how much they then spent on their photographers , and on their cake , and the , the wedding cars etcetera . |
| 19 | She 'd far rather have enjoyed the company of her contemporaries and , in fact , Colonel Goreng did n't forbid her consorting with them . |
| 20 | He 'd far rather be with the grown-ups then playing nursemaid to you . ’ |
| 21 | All the things that you take a curious interest in when you are lying under a car after a road accident , waiting for the ambulance to arrive and thinking that you 'd far rather be anywhere else but there . |
| 22 | Thus , when his secretary of the treasury ventured on one occasion to suggest that colonial rule was more efficient than the successor regimes in the newly independent states , the president brusquely retorted that it was his " personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than accept the political domination of another government even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living " . |
| 23 | He was hard and warm , and the faint musky tang of his aftershave teased her nostrils , evoking memories she would far rather had lain dormant . |
| 24 | Tonight she would far rather have been getting on with a hundred and one other things , but conscience had dictated that she must get the books finished first . |
| 25 | The majority of elderly people would far rather stay in their own homes rather than live in residential homes , however good that home may be . |
| 26 | ‘ I spend most of my working life wearing clothes I would n't be seen dead in , ’ says Jonathon , seen above , far right , with the rest of the cast of Bread . |
| 27 | 6.3 right Two medieval floor tiles : ( a ) from the chapel of Leo X in Castel Sant' Angelo , Rome ( MLA 1883.11–6.9 ) , of Genoese or Spanish origin ( 140 mm square ) , and ( b ) far right made in Seville ( MLA 1900.7 -18.1 ) , one of a group analysed for comparison . |
| 28 | Far right The Eocene gastropod Athleta spinosa . |
| 29 | Far right , the balcony on the upper studio floor overlooks the atrium |
| 30 | Far right Exotic perfection — a rich and velvety iris that Kate ascribes to her seeds from America |