Example sentences of "[noun sg] as far [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also says that the committee had raised their concerns to the council about recruitment practice as far back as the late 1970s . |
| 2 | He had certainly mentioned the possibility of independence as far back as the mid- 1950s . |
| 3 | Excavations at Tepe Gawra much nearer the highland sources of metals show that close contacts had already been established with the city states of Sumer as far back as the middle of the fourth millennium B.C. By the time of the Royal Cemetery of Ur ( c.2600–2500 B.C. ) metallurgy and not least gold- and silversmithing had already reached a stage at which many of the fundamental processes had been mastered . |
| 4 | Awa Thiam from Senegal , a long time campaigner against genital mutilation and the guest speaker at the above mentioned conference , provided a progressive framework for women campaigning on this issue as far back as the 70's in her book La parole aux Negress , Denoel-Gonthier ( ed ) Paris 1978 , English translation Let Our Black Sisters Speak Out , Pluto Press . |
| 5 | The elderly woman turned her head as far sideways as the basket strap permitted . |
| 6 | This copy by Thomas Hamilton of the Temple of Theseus in Athens , which is one of the finest classical buildings in Edinburgh , was designated as the home of a Scottish assembly as far back as the late Seventies . |
| 7 | Psychiatrists , too , have been periodically sceptical of multiple personality disorder , though cases of it appear in the medical literature as far back as the mid-1600s . |
| 8 | Carryduff will provide fire cover as far down as the ring road , with other stations , including Knock , Central and Cadogan acting as a back-up . |
| 9 | ( The fact that the Chinese sign for ‘ father ’ stems from the glyph of a man and a jade adze suggests that a similar notion prevailed in that country as far back as the Shang dynasty . ) |