Example sentences of "[is] [adv] from [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far from surprising that Mr Llambias stresses the importance of using an intermediary , but his reasons for doing so are cogent . |
| 2 | My teacher , meanwhile , is far from convinced that I 'll make the concert platform . |
| 3 | But the administration is far from sure that Western Europe shares its love for the new democracies of the east or its concern for Yugoslavia . |
| 4 | The EC is far from sure that the Greeks can be relied on to get their financial house in order . |
| 5 | Although the ‘ price per pop ’ , the measurement used to value US cellular businesses , has risen steadily it is far from certain that the trend will continue . |
| 6 | So , however much terror it inspires , it is far from certain that the ULFA will control a majority of Assam 's legislators . |
| 7 | However , the basis for drawing the graph depends on many uncertainties and is very fragile , and while it shows the potential contribution of die studies and studies of output to our understanding of ancient economies , it is far from certain that it is historically accurate . |
| 8 | But it is far from certain that all the fish in every corporate shoal want to swim in the same direction . |
| 9 | However , it is far from certain that either of these two 32-bit contenders will be the ultimate victor . |
| 10 | All the same it is far from true that they were used to break the strike . |
| 11 | Still , it is far from unlikely that both Swegen and Cnut did have relations with the Scandinavian colonies in Ireland , and there is just enough evidence to suggest that when the Encomiast named among the latter 's dominions not only England , Denmark and Norway , but also Brittania and Scothia , he was not necessarily exaggerating . |
| 12 | If the foreign and defence policy-makers may be accused of insufficient attention to the economic aspects of their policies , it is far from clear that the economic arguments were pressed in a manner most likely to bring about a re-assessment of overseas commitments . |
| 13 | It is far from clear that the necessary Listed Building Consent for demolition would have been forthcoming from the local authority . |
| 14 | Though there is clearly a potential conflict of interest , it is far from clear that the law against insider trading would be broken by a firm that took advantage of it . |
| 15 | The code word for locking Germany into the alliance with France is , of course , ‘ Europe ’ , although it is far from clear that using the methods of the 1950s , strengthening the legal structure of the EC , can continue to serve their purpose , since the legal structure itself would inevitably be more and more influenced by Germany . |
| 16 | Those who hoped , then , for a genuinely unitary system of examining may be disappointed ( though it is far from clear that their hopes were ever realistic ) . |
| 17 | Moreover , it is far from clear that the LDDC has managed to obtain anything like the best financial deals in its negotiations with developers : land appears to have been sold at substantially less than might have been achieved , and as the freeholder the LDDC has retained little control of , nor gained any benefit from , subsequent development . |
| 18 | It is certainly true that employment opportunities for older men have declined sharply over the last eighty years , but it is far from clear that this has been solely due to a contraction of demand for them . |
| 19 | It is far from clear that this essential step is always taken . |
| 20 | It is far from clear that the hope of the russian Academy of Sciences that industrial contracts can keep the rump of its establishments in being can be realized ; experience in other countries in not encouraging . |
| 21 | Even in pre-telegraph days , when instructions could be sent no faster than a horse could trot or a ship sail , it is far from clear that this meant greater independence for diplomats . |
| 22 | However , it is far from clear that term ‘ registered auditors ’ was fully understood by either the supports or detractors of the proposal . |
| 23 | Postwar economic growth , especially in the past decade of celebration of free enterprise and markets , has generated a more or less universal acquisitiveness , and it is far from evident that in circumstances in which the desires which have been aroused can not be gratified , or their pursuit breeds disillusionment , socialism , historically grounded in the labour movement , does or can now provide a new direction . |