Example sentences of "[vb pp] very far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idealism of this approach is obvious , and it is not pursued very far . |
| 2 | Although there was both urbanization and industrialization in Sri Lanka during the British period , neither of these processes were carried very far . |
| 3 | We have been carried very far indeed away from the medieval vision of society , of Christendom , of the place of the church and of theology as the crown of genuine knowledge . |
| 4 | The seaside resorts in the North-West of England , as elsewhere , could not have grown very far without the railways … |
| 5 | I suspect that the theology of Genesis 22 is not to be pushed very far , that cautious theology has here been sacrificed on the fine altar of dramatic tension and powerful storytelling . |
| 6 | We suggested with Genesis 22 that certain aspects of its theology could not be pushed very far , that theological caution had been sacrificed in the interests of storytelling . |
| 7 | ‘ We have n't got very far , ’ I said , looking at his list . |
| 8 | Even those who support the view of a gradual assimilation of legacy and trust in the classical period in order to account for examples of loose language have some difficulty here : for nobody really wants to suppose that this process had got very far in Celsus ' day . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure what authority , if any , Waaf Officers had over NCOs in the RAF , but I 'm pretty certain she would n't have got very far with him . |
| 10 | But before I 'd got very far with my story he shrugged his shoulders and said he did n't believe me . |
| 11 | He had not got very far with Pilger 's list . |
| 12 | The Journal has not got very far in finding out where the applications are expected to come from — or how the thing will be marketed . |
| 13 | He has not therefore got very far with devolving budgets . |
| 14 | ‘ You have n't got very far yet , ’ Zeinab pointed out . |
| 15 | The study of industry by economic historians has progressed apace , but the understanding of industry in its landscape has not advanced very far . |
| 16 | I told her my name , who I was , and that you were old , but in good health , and had journeyed very far into the wood . |
| 17 | They had n't walked very far when they came to a tiny dirt track off the road . |
| 18 | Funny , it had n't seemed very far before ; now it loomed large and unexpectedly out of reach . |
| 19 | The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day . |
| 20 | The pendulum which seems to have swung very far in one direction will either swing back or over in a circle and the extreme position will not be maintained . |
| 21 | Because of relaxed licensing in the area , the balance had swung very far indeed from the interests of the large and , it was hoped , growing population of the Old Town . |
| 22 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 23 | Without their support we could not have gone very far . |
| 24 | It was not possible for the NFER project team to study in any detail the role of investigative work in a graduated test scheme , partly because few schools associated with the project had gone very far towards introducing it into their curricula . |
| 25 | But the influence of one mind over another is very subtle , and of all influences religious influence is the most dangerous and the most powerful , and to counteract it courts of equity have gone very far . |
| 26 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 27 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
| 28 | Someone suggested I might have some Chanel No 5 as an alternative , but I did n't , and if I had , it would n't have gone very far . |
| 29 | Before she 'd gone very far , she could see that this was n't like the fogs she knew . |
| 30 | Picking up her tray without the fruit and cake she had planned to take , Belinda left the cafeteria line with tight lips and stiffened shoulders , but , before she had gone very far , Deana had caught up to her , grabbing her upper arm roughly and painfully so that her hot dinner spilled on to the tray and splashed her wrist . |