Example sentences of "[am/are] not far " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is our forward area and the Germans are not far off . ’ |
| 2 | Cultivated blackberries are not far removed from their wild parents and do not need much fussy soil preparation . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , bookmakers William Hill now make Forest odds-on favourites for relegation , but champions Leeds are not far behind at only 5-1 . |
| 4 | Iraq is said to have been spending something like 25% of its GDP on arms , and others are not far behind . |
| 5 | Final recommendations where real benefits have been identified are not far off . |
| 6 | They are not quite community workers and centres but they are not far off . |
| 7 | There had been laughter and one of the men had said , ‘ But you 're not far wrong . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 're not far off ! |
| 9 | You 're not far behind . |
| 10 | Eighty , you 're not far out , but it 's just erm |
| 11 | No you 're l but you 're not far out with sort of age or style and that sort of thing . |
| 12 | ‘ If I 'm not far mistaken this must be what is termed ‘ an area of outstanding natural beauty ’ . |
| 13 | Mean I 'm putting I 'm er if I was in their shoes that 's exactly and I think I 'm not far from wrong . |