Example sentences of "far [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Unwins beamed and patted everyone within reach including the horse , and Mr Unwin in his great antipodean accent could be heard calling his jockey ‘ son ’ , even though the rider looked older by far than the owner . |
| 2 | She , the ‘ bootlace ’ of Latin America , has the longest coastline of any country on the Pacific — 3,317 miles , longer by far than the entire Pacific coastline of Australia , which is a mere 2,450 miles from Cape York to Tasmania . |
| 3 | I thought of the chessplayers in the Park , where we sat for so many hours , the chessplayers , more various by far than the pieces they wielded ( the players not erect , not regulated , but mumbling , shambling , rhomboid ) . |
| 4 | It had loomed over him out of the spectral mist , more horrible by far than the ghoul brats he and Cleo had encountered in the forest . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've heard no hevidence so far that the poor lady did . ’ |
| 6 | However , Mr Major made his frankest admission so far that the Tory campaign had been dogged by the recession . |
| 7 | The exclusion of the courts It has been argued so far that the methods of control and accountability introduced by the 1985 Act leave much to be desired . |
| 8 | The final studies to be reviewed in this chapter help , we believe , to take us a little nearer understanding that paradox , as well as offering more convincing evidence than that considered so far that the connection between creativity and psychosis is indeed genuine . |
| 9 | Finally , some insects are also capable of backward flight by shifting the plane of vibration , sometimes so far that the wings actually move upwards on the " downbeat " ( Fig. 38 ) . |
| 10 | Just as a battle begins in a state of equilibrium between tile two sides , which gradually alters one way or the other , until it is clear that the balance has tilted so far that the issue can no longer be in doubt — so this gathering of rabbits in the dark , beginning with hesitant approaches , silences , pauses , movements , crouchings side-by-side and all manner of tentative appraisals , slowly moved , like a hemisphere of the world into summer , to a warmer , brighter region of mutual liking and approval , until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear . |
| 11 | If you choose a wallmounted fitting , make sure the arm does n't jut out so far that the light is in front of you as this will throw your book into shadow . |
| 12 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
| 13 | It should be clear from what I have said so far that the police national computer is exactly that — for use by the police in the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | I think it is fair to say that erm all the detailed surveys which have been taken have tended to support the findings from the one to fifty thousand map in so far that the various developments proposed to the west and to the south have include quite large elements of grade two land , whereas the se proposals to the north a tend to be grade three land . |
| 15 | Proper evaluation of the scheme requires more than the anecdotal accounts published so far if the true effects are to be monitored and the policy lessons learnt . |
| 16 | Conditions are likely to be the heaviest of the season so far and the side — the pack particularly — that controls the ball and makes fewer mistakes could carry the day . |
| 17 | Thankfully only minor shunts so far and the tow bar has taken the impacts . |
| 18 | Sixty-six courses have been held so far and the university has increased the number of students compared with previous years . |
| 19 | a page designed primarily for speaking or writing activities based on the story so far and the developing mystery |
| 20 | There can be little doubt that this reflects the very high unemployment experienced so far and the resultant weakened state of the union movement and of labour generally . |
| 21 | I do think the discussion so far and the contribution from Mr and Mr is unfairly er at this stage erm prejudicing a proper assessment of er er er a for a new settlement all the way round Greater York including the Southwest and I return to a comment I made before the break , that dualling for example of the outer bypass of the York ring road which is programmed and is , will dramatically change may well dramatically change the perception erm erm of people to the to the west of the Greater York area in respect of the area to the north east . |
| 22 | Orlando , which is adapted from a novel by Virginia Woolf , is her biggest-budget movie so far and the subject of a Scotsman premiere at Edinburgh 's Cameo tonight . |
| 23 | Then if you want blue to go the other side of the hoop and black to go here say , to the black wo n't go quite so far and the blue will . |
| 24 | progress so far and the commissioner to investigate both your bypass and |
| 25 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 26 | The courses have cost Zeneca a hundred thousand pounds so far but the company believes to ignore the problem , particularly at executive level , would be costlier still . |
| 27 | He made her a bow , lighter and smaller than his , until she could shoot with it almost as well as Allen himself , though not so far because the light bow would n't carry . |
| 28 | Unlike its competitors , Eden is still avoiding building in support for wireless data networks in its machines : it 's an attractive market on paper but ‘ we 've looked at the available technology and put together designs , but have n't taken it very far because the pricing just has n't worked ’ says Crisp . |
| 29 | I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day . |
| 30 | Arabella Buckley hissed out the words , but Sven Hjerson thought it very likely they had been carried by the sticky breeze as far as the couple in the prow . |