Example sentences of "far [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have a number of small part-time one-person branches scattered over a wide rural area — the furthest one is 40 miles distant from headquarters . |
| 2 | Any sensitive reading of a story demands a feeling for how far one is permitted to push the significance of its details , and an awareness of those questions that can properly be asked of it , and those which can not . |
| 3 | We can now ask how far it is sensible to say that genes ‘ program ’ or ‘ control ’ development . |
| 4 | So I prefer to drive back home after a meeting , no matter how far it is . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't really care how far it is . |
| 6 | With Seve you 're sticking your neck out telling him how far it is to the green . |
| 7 | The point at which a group 's needs and requests become institutionalised determines how far the community group is part of civil society and therefore lying outside the rubric of the state , and how far it is part of the state apparatus . |
| 8 | It is 25 ft four inches high , six ft wide and two ft three inches thick at its base ; how far it is sunk into the ground is not known . |
| 9 | It is not always clear how far it is possible or desirable to integrate such students into the regular adult programme . |
| 10 | How far it is sensible to smooth over the differences between religions , and between them and psychoanalysis , in this way is debatable , for it too much lessens the advances made by Freud in the understanding of religion . |
| 11 | Christians may hold very different positions as to how far it is normative . |
| 12 | It will be necessary to see how far it is possible to go along with a strict criterion-referenced system or what kind of compromises may be worked out if such a system has advantages of motivating pupils and aiding changes in curriculum . |
| 13 | It is , however , very much a matter of judgement how far it is desirable to pursue coverage at all costs . |
| 14 | Ultimately , arguments about quality are usually arguments about how far it is necessary to go to achieve the communication objectives . |
| 15 | If you choose a particular position , such as the doorknob on your front door , you can describe any position in your house by saying how far it is a ) behind the front door ( its x1 coordinate ) b ) to the right of the line perpendicular to the front door ( its x2 coordinate ) c ) above the doorknob . |
| 16 | What matters more than prior political involvement is how far Law Lords consciously or otherwise are influenced in their judgments by their own political opinions , how far this is avoidable and how far it is undesirable . |
| 17 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |
| 18 | So long as you know how far it is to the line , and so long as someone is calling out the time to the start , you just need to judge your speed correctly . |
| 19 | Do you know how far it is to my house from here ? |
| 20 | The court will take account of a wide variety of factors : the type of decision being given ; whether it is final or preliminary ; the nature of the individual 's interest ; the type of subject-matter ; and how far it is felt necessary to supplement the statutory procedures , to name but a few . |
| 21 | The bee tells her audience how far it is to the food by another property of the dance , its rate . |
| 22 | Now , the apparent brightness of a star depends on two factors : how much light it radiates ( its luminosity ) , and how far it is from us . |
| 23 | Another aim is to test how far it is possible , from the published results of existing clinical trials or other evaluation studies , to estimate the outcome of a wider range of health care activities in comparable terms , using the concept of ‘ quality adjusted life years ’ . |
| 24 | I see the school writing a self-appraisal and want to see how far it is doing what it said in practice . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Have you seen how far it is to the bathroom ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Can you tell me how far it is to Karlovy Vary and Františkovy Láznë ? ’ she asked the male receptionist when she reached her hotel . |
| 27 | Yeah because what they did they they 've done it a few a times though different people , look and see how far it is before it 's a blind spot . |
| 28 | I like , I like that , I like the idea of it telling you how far it is |
| 29 | Well it tells you how far it is , look |
| 30 | How far anyone is convinced by them depends in the last resort on the themes of the last two chapters — on imagination and experience . |