I.adverbCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a further announcement
▪ A further announcement will be made in the near future.
a further clue (=an additional clue)
▪ They searched the surrounding area for further clues.
a further concession
▪ They refused any further concessions in the argument over agricultural exports.
a Further Education/FE collegeBritish English (= where adults can go to study, especially part-time)
a further/additional/added disadvantage
▪ It’s a very small garden and it has the further disadvantage of facing north.
a little more/better/further etc
▪ We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens.
advance/further/promote a cause (=help to achieve an aim)
▪ He did much to advance the cause of freedom.
an extra/added/additional/further dimension
▪ Movies soon had the added dimension of sound.
as far afield as
▪ They were exporting as far afield as Alexandria.
As far as I can make out
▪ As far as I can make out, he has never been married.
As far as I know (=used when you think something is true but are not sure)
▪ As far as I know, they’re arriving on Saturday .
be far from clear/be by no means clear (=be very unclear)
▪ The directions she gave me were far from clear.
by far the best
▪ One girl stood out as by far the best singer.
by far the worst (=much worse than any other)
▪ Last year was by far the worst for road accidents.
by far (=by a large amount or degree)
▪ Godard’s first film was better by far.
close behind/not far behind
▪ He set off down the road with the rest of us following close behind.
come far (=travelled a long way)
▪ Have you come far today?
fall far/a long way/well short of sth
▪ Facilities in these schools fall far short of the standards required.
far apart
▪ They have offices in countries as far apart as India and Peru.
far below,
▪ Somewhere far below, a door slammed.
far beyond
▪ Such tasks are far beyond the scope of the average schoolkid.
Far East
far from perfect (=not at all perfect)
▪ The weather conditions were far from perfect.
far from satisfactory
▪ This system was far from satisfactory for a number of reasons.
far from straightforward (=complicated)
▪ This area of law is far from straightforward.
far gone
▪ She’s pretty far gone – can you drive her home?
far inferior (=greatly inferior)
▪ He easily defeated a far inferior opponent.
far preferable
▪ Being taught in a small group is far preferable to being in a large, noisy classroom.
(far/rather/a little) too much
▪ There was too much work for one person.
▪ It would cost far too much to have the thing repaired.
far/vastly/greatly superior
▪ They soon realized that the opposing team’s players were far superior to their own.
from further afield
▪ students who come from further afield
from what I can gather/as far as I can gather (=this is what I believe to be true)
▪ She’s his niece, from what I can gather.
further accusations
▪ There were further accusations of incompetence.
further action
▪ No further action is necessary.
further aggravated
▪ Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates.
further consideration
▪ The meeting was adjourned to allow time for further consideration.
further consultation
▪ It is recommended that further consultation should take place.
further education
further embarrassment (=extra or additional)
▪ His resignation should save the government any further embarrassment.
further examination (=a more detailed or careful examination)
▪ The results of the experiment merit further examination.
further expansion
▪ Investors think the hotel chain is ripe for further expansion.
further explanation (=additional reasons)
▪ He gave no further explanation for leaving, and she did not ask for any.
further improvement (=more improvement)
▪ We feel there is room for further improvement.
further particulars
▪ For further particulars, contact the College secretary.
further proof (=additional proof)
▪ He showed his driving licence as further proof of his identity.
further reading (=other things you can read)
▪ There’s a list of further reading at the end of each chapter.
further your aims (=help them to progress or be successful)
▪ The group is prepared to use violence to further its political aims.
further/higher education (=at a college or university)
▪ I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
further/higher up a scale
▪ Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
further/lower down a scale
▪ Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
further/more details
▪ Check our website for more details.
how much more/longer/further
▪ How much longer do we have to wait?
▪ How much further is it?
inquire further (=ask more questions)
▪ Toby would have liked to inquire further.
late/far into the night (=until very late at night)
▪ Staff worked late into the night to make necessary repairs.
left...far behind
▪ Sarah, with her long legs, soon left the rest of us far behind.
more/further/additional information
▪ For more information, visit our website.
much/a lot/far better
▪ We now have a much better understanding of the disease.
much/a lot/far less
▪ Social class matters a lot less than it used to.
much/a lot/far more
▪ Diane earns a lot more than I do.
much/a lot/far more
▪ Children generally feel much more confident working in groups.
much/a lot/far worse
▪ Conditions were much worse in rural areas.
much/far too
▪ Amanda is far too young to get married.
not trust sb an inch/not trust sb as far as you can throw them (=not trust someone at all)
sth is far from certain (=not definite)
▪ Success is far from certain.
take sth a stage further
▪ We then took the experiment a stage further.
take...further
▪ If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.
the far end (of sth) (=furthest from you)
▪ He walked to the far end of the room and sat at his desk.
the far side (=the other side, quite a long way away)
▪ Nicolo was standing on the far side of the room.
the far/furthest/vast reaches of space (=the far, furthest etc areas of space)
▪ Light takes time to travel across the vast reaches of space.
the far/furthest/vast reaches of space (=the far, furthest etc areas of space)
▪ Light takes time to travel across the vast reaches of space.
the far/opposite corner of sth (=furthest from where you are)
▪ Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
the further/outer reaches of sth
▪ the further reaches of the jungle
To complicate matters further
▪ To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language.
until further notice (=from now until you are told something else)
▪ On the door was a sign: ‘Library closed until further notice’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
easier
▪ Thankfully it's proved far easier to leave well alone.
▪ This was a more rewarding point for the visitors, who have a far easier run-in against group lightweights.
▪ But even so, it was far easier to set out a project for the Council than to implement it.
▪ As we have seen, it is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.
▪ It would be far easier to do a pull-together about a Stock Exchange crash or Bosnia.
▪ It comes with the standard features found in more sophisticated packages, but is far easier to use.
▪ The information held electronically would be far easier to share.
▪ Again, this is easier than it seems and far easier to do than to put into words.
great
▪ One problem which proved far greater than anticipated was where no option was marked on the screening card.
▪ They also have far greater impact.
▪ They are undoubtedly right, since they take the manipulation of flesh to far greater extremes.
▪ She says the spiritual poverty of the West is far greater than the physical poverty of the so-called developing countries.
▪ The unification of the mind is far greater than the resolving of the dichotomy alone.
▪ To an extent far greater than any other organ, the brain adapts to changing conditions.
▪ It claims for all women a far greater potential in terms of powers and skills than any woman has ever demonstrated.
▪ Hospital closures provoke far greater numbers and rightly so.
high
▪ The report suggests that the upper range of warming over the next century could be far higher than estimated in 1995.
▪ The price proved to be far higher than anyone had expected.
▪ The scientists also believe that temperatures could rise far higher and faster than previously predicted if emissions are not curtailed.
▪ If one looks at people at risk, however, the num-ber was far higher.
▪ The ordinary commercial rate, at least for maritime loans, would have been far higher.
▪ Private investments historically have paid far higher rates of return than Social Security.
▪ The casualties could have been far higher.
▪ That meets a far higher standard than that of Rep.
right
▪ The caption alongside notes that George Davies, aged 19, is in the front row on the far right.
▪ Jesse Helms, stalwart of the Republican far right.
▪ The far right objects that the tests encourage children to criticise traditional values.
▪ Even in his final months Clinton is unwilling to take on demagogues to his far right.
▪ Paradoxically, the other major beneficiary from apparent disillusion with the established parties was the far right Front national.
▪ In the minds of some, Clinton moved too far right.
▪ The far right controls the agenda and the candidates.
▪ For now, at least, the cause of tax simplification seems to have been captured by the far right.
■ VERB
fall
▪ It showed that our formal control and planning mechanisms fell far short of what we would like.
▪ This enterprise has so far fallen far short of its targets, but it remains a high priority.
▪ Above all, the coercive force at the disposal of the Tsar fell far short of its imposing image.
▪ But the funds fall far short of what is needed.
▪ That falls far short of the holdings of one large commercial bank.
▪ Since then the number of killings in the civil war has fallen far below what it was two or three years ago.
▪ As expected, the 240-159 vote fell far short of the two-thirds majority needed to prevail.
go
▪ Companies were engaged in ways that went far beyond advice and consent.
▪ They were simple people who didn't go far from Cornwall.
▪ Sometimes I go far out of my way.
▪ The place is too far gone.
▪ In general, though, the managers felt the training did not go far enough.
▪ The importance of Smith's method went far beyond such simple applications, however.
▪ Whether the stadium logs another round of lease-backed debt will go far in determining the fate of other major capital-improvement projects here.
remove
▪ The popular image of a university is far removed from reality.
▪ Don Robey built an empire worth millions in a city far removed from the main line of entertainment.
▪ They were not far removed at any time from the poverty line, and more frequently below it than above it.
▪ He is too far removed from its formative processes.
▪ Celtic, however, are far removed from Leicester.
▪ Julio Gallo Winery, a California concern far removed from his Kansas home.
▪ The streets were busy but seemed far removed from the battle scene across the river.
▪ The actual policy response to the C D P analysis was far removed from the radical prescriptions of the activists.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as far as I can judge
as far as sb is concerned
▪ As far as I'm concerned, this is the council's decision, not mine.
▪ It's a good deal, as far as I'm concerned.
as far as sth is concerned
▪ As far as bilingual education is concerned, the schools are not doing a good enough job.
▪ Where taxes are concerned, savings bonds are better than certificates of deposit.
be far removed from sth
▪ The world of TV sitcoms is far removed from reality.
▪ Action was being undertaken, but it was far removed from the radical surgery that seemed to be needed.
▪ Gironella is far removed from such light humour.
▪ He was far removed from the centralism embodied by his predecessors Ernest Bevin and Arthur Deakin.
▪ However, the content is far removed from the children's lives.
▪ The actual policy response to the C D P analysis was far removed from the radical prescriptions of the activists.
▪ The decisionmaking process which propels these large projects is far removed from the intended beneficiaries.
▪ The passenger was far removed from an anonymous piece of card, and the parachutes correspondingly larger to slow the descent speed.
▪ This will involve trade union negotiations in areas that may be far removed from their traditional expertise.
be few and far between
▪ Good jobs are few and far between these days.
▪ The schools are crowded, and good teachers are few and far between.
▪ Toys were few and far between, but the children invented games and played together.
▪ But for all this effort, meaningful accomplishments are few and far between.
▪ Deaf postgraduates, who are few and far between, have little chance of taking a higher degree.
▪ Facilities like the recently opened Russell Cairns Unit in Oxford are few and far between.
▪ Opportunities for young parents to socialize with each other are few and far between these days.
▪ Rough edges are few and far between.
▪ Sanatorium beds were few and far between, and often had to be obtained through influence.
▪ Shop said that all its stores were open but that customers were few and far between.
▪ The instances of this happening are few and far between.
carry sth too far/to extremes/to excess
▪ It was funny at first, but you've carried the joke too far.
cast your net (far and) wide
▪ I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
▪ We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
far/further/farthest afield
▪ As his main hobby is sailing. and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg.
▪ But they have travelled as far afield as Belfast and Aberdeen.
▪ His success extends even further afield to victories at the Barbican in London.
▪ Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
▪ The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.
▪ To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.
▪ You would probably peep out first, start looking round close to the spaceship and then start going further afield.
further to sth
look no further
▪ For a typical candidate, one need look no further than Keith Hill, bidding to take Streatham from the Tories.
▪ For evidence, look no further than the campaign trail.
▪ If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
▪ In fact, I needed to look no further than the ground below me.
▪ Often they decide they like the idea of running one particular business and they look no further.
▪ Or need I look no further than the old man's unspoken mistrust of my intentions?
▪ You need look no further than last weekend for examples, when Kentucky and Kansas both lost their final games.
▪ You need look no further than Plautus himself.
no further forward
▪ The talks are no further forward than they were two weeks ago.
▪ Complications were growing and she was no further forward with her task.
▪ She was still no further forward.
▪ We're no further forward with either.
not very good/happy/far etc
▪ Are you - very happy, fairly happy, not very happy, or not happy at all?
▪ Governments are not very good at tinkering.
▪ He says his technique is not very good.
▪ Most humans are not very good at keeping secrets.
▪ My breathing was not very good at all.
▪ Other kids were not very good either, and we all inadvertently inhaled the pool again and again.
▪ Paul is not very good at pushing it yet.
▪ Relations with Admiral Boyd of the Joint Chiefs were not very good either.
nothing could be further from the truth
▪ A lot of people think soufflés are hard to make. Nothing could be further from the truth.
▪ They say he is a spy, but nothing could be further from the truth.
nothing could be further from the truth
nothing could be/is further from sb's mind/thoughts
so near and yet so far
so/as far as I am aware
sth must not go any further
still more/further/another/other
▪ And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
▪ But the consumer could benefit still further.
▪ Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
▪ His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
▪ I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
▪ Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
▪ The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
▪ With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
take sth further
▪ We take it further than just explaining drug abuse and saying "Don't do it."
the Far East
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
thus far
▪ Robinson thus far has been able to keep his promises to the voters.
▪ Attorney General Dan Lungren is the lone Republican candidate thus far.
▪ His policy thus far has been to do nothing but not to acknowledge the inaction.
▪ Suffice to have the benefits of their research, which has thus far produced the ultimate in extreme strength for smallest diameter.
▪ The Altru Hospital Auxiliary has given the largest contribution thus far.
▪ The changed look at once dissipated the sinister aspect that the gentleman had generated thus far.
▪ The discussion of space thus far has been somewhat backside foremost.
▪ There have been previous estimates that he had spent $ 12 million thus far.
until further notice
▪ All three schools were closed until further notice.
▪ The museum will be closed until further notice.
▪ A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
▪ All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
▪ Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
▪ An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
▪ Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
▪ Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
▪ His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
▪ Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
until further notice
▪ A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
▪ All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
▪ Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
▪ An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
▪ Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
▪ Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
▪ His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
▪ Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
without more/further ado
▪ And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
▪ Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.
▪ Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.
▪ The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
▪ The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.
▪ Then, without more ado, he loaded the horses into the trailer.
▪ Then, without more ado, he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Cleveland isn't very far from here.
▪ I don't want to drive very far.
▪ I was now far behind the others and knew I couldn't catch up.
▪ We were sitting too far from the stage to hear what the actors were saying.
▪ We won't be able to go much farther because of the snow.
▪ Who do you think can jump the farthest?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Alfonsina Storni seems to have veered as far as possible to the opposite extreme.
▪ Because of the language barrier and culture shock, such insights are far too rare.
▪ But there were far too few new faces, and far too many head office honchos.
▪ Eventually Mark found a place for it far in the bows of the raft, like a miniature fourth mast.
▪ Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.
▪ Only two children have talked about the incidents so far, she said.
▪ Some people were far more concerned about tuberculosis.
▪ Sometimes as far as sixty miles.
II.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
too
▪ We can agree that they carried these shows too far.
▪ The condescension was beginning to go too far.
▪ For there were many in that land who had taken their magical researches too far and into whose souls darkness entered.
▪ Do they extend the definition of murder too far, or are they too narrow.
▪ Mars is too far away from the Sun, and is too small.
▪ Don't forget that, and don't go too far.
▪ It's too far and much too costly and they couldn't possibly cover their expenses.
▪ Jokes with the younger farm-hands who were wise enough not to go too far with the granddaughter of the boss.
very
▪ The search didn't extend very far because Elsie never went more than two or three miles from home.
▪ At the very far end, it dipped smartly then rose again.
▪ Generally speaking, people did not move very far.
▪ In open, borderless capital markets, it is hard for borrowing costs to diverge very far.
▪ It wasn't a big bar, and they couldn't get very far from him.
▪ But their accumulation is very far from the complicated truth.
▪ But exclusion of the mystical did not advance knowledge very far.
▪ Without their support we could not have gone very far.
■ NOUN
bank
▪ He let go the clutch, lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank, sand-spit dead ahead.
▪ On the farther bank of Ocean were mysterious peopIe, whom few on earth ever found their way to.
▪ I was met by a slow but very solid resistance moving down the far bank.
▪ They lived on the farther bank of Ocean.
▪ To cheers and aahs he emerged on the far bank, shook himself and set off in dripping pursuit.
▪ The far bank was not going to be vacated by the enemy without a struggle.
▪ He had either to swim to the far bank or return to the undergrowth.
▪ Trotting the far bank overhanging trees utilising stick float and caster three chub plus a specimen barbel of 7-15-0 obliged.
corner
▪ In the far corner a half-opened door led to a bedroom.
▪ In the far corner was a sagging bed and a cupboard.
▪ In the far corner was a bed and, beside this, slumped like a disused doll, lay the witch.
▪ Something in the far corner seemed to be alive.
▪ Another time, a photographer had ventured on to the reef that rose up from the sea at the far corner.
▪ Conrad was settled in an armchair in a far corner and felt like a witch in a coven.
▪ Satisfied, he withdrew to the far corner of the cage and settled down again.
▪ There were a couple of drinkers in the far corner, but no one noticed me.
cry
▪ Blonde Patsy, who is eight months pregnant, looked a far cry from the willowy screen siren bedded by Mel Gibson.
▪ The streets were dismal, a far cry from the paved streets and brick sidewalks of Philadelphia.
▪ The plateau was a far cry from the workaday cottages by the harbour.
▪ Now, people are eager to live in the center of town, and their homes are a far cry from suburbia.
▪ He was even a far cry from Pecham and Winchelsey.
▪ It was a far cry from the sinister sonic overload, and brooding, hypnotic effect of Rumble.
▪ It is a far cry from most people's idea of accountants at work.
▪ The shop is a far cry from the modern boutique, and still has stock dating back for generations.
distance
▪ The empty dress, a peeling poster of Mae West and in the far distance the Statue of Liberty.
▪ My glassy eyes look past her, past the camera, and past my father, into the far, far distance.
▪ BIn the far distance, the flames licked their way toward the beach like lava coming down the mountainsides.
▪ In the far distance was the blue outline of yet further hills.
▪ I find many compositions on hills or high vantage points from where you can see into the far distance.
▪ What I saw was principally field upon field rolling off into the far distance.
▪ There, in the far distance, were wintering geese.
▪ In the far distance they stopped, sniffing again, at a pink lump on the sand.
east
▪ Plans are also in hand to extend the railway to Beckton in the far east.
▪ The concert stage spans the width of the room at the far east end.
▪ Some crossed the island chain through Sumatra, Java and as far east as Bali.
▪ In fifth-century sources their territory is described as stretching as far east as the Elbe.
end
▪ It was situated at the far end of the house, above the sweet store room.
▪ He stood up and pointed it at the far end of the barn where a target was tacked on a windowless wall.
▪ The yard was empty except for a neat looking two-horse box and at the far end a large powerful motorbike.
▪ Later, Kathy pushed back the blankets and moved off to-ward the railing at the far end of the porch.
▪ We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower.
▪ Below the temple hill, at the far end of the beach, a dozen elderly workmen were waiting for us.
▪ At the far end, on the dais, Athelstan glimpsed John of Gaunt.
▪ The tip of its tail at the far end of the concrete pool could had been in a different county.
left
▪ Pearce concludes: the truth is that the far left is no longer that important.
▪ The libertarian view A third view of the revolution has been developed by writers on the far Left of the political spectrum.
▪ The far left is also being blamed for taking advantage of grievances.
▪ Off to the far left of her, jutting from the water, revealed by the ebb of the tide.
▪ Little Women and Anne of Green Gables represented the far left of my reading.
▪ The far left says they penalise children from minority groups.
▪ The array to the far left mimics the lead isotopic compositions at 130Myr.
north
▪ The old Lombard aristocracy was gradually crumbling away except in the far north and the distant south.
▪ Sykes's parents are from the far north.
▪ One theory says that tigers evolved in the far north.
▪ This would require the sun to be in the far north.
▪ It really was difficult to believe that we could be so far north.
▪ More important was the backing of Frank Keenan, the county assessor and a far North Side ward boss.
▪ We bought cartloads of parchment from Charterhouse, Oxford and even sent orders to places as far north as Norwich and Cambridge.
▪ Heading farther north, a journey along the 60 miles of coast road is rewarding for its spectacular views.
post
▪ Micky Bennett's free-kick was flicked on by Gary Blissett and Allon steered the ball in at the far post.
▪ Savio came down the left side, with Alexi Lalas marking him and crossed the ball to the far post.
▪ Villa hit the framework again almost immediately when a Richardson corner struck the far post.
▪ As Savio got close to the end line, he crossed the ball to the far post.
▪ Twice Cantona stole into position at the far post waiting in vain for crosses.
▪ Reads the game well, makes many timely interventions on the far post in defence.
▪ David Batty sent over a teasing cross and from beyond the far post Platt got in a powerful header.
▪ He pumped the ball over to the far post where Whitton finished off, heading past Alan Kelly from eight yards.
right
▪ The good tee shot was played to the far right of the fairway to set up a second shot to the left.
▪ The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now.
▪ However, the fact that the far right won more votes than the far-left should make everyone pause and reflect.
▪ Last comes the master volume rotary, with the mains rocker switch located to the far right.
side
▪ If it's drifting on the far side it will be up to the roof.
▪ The Director says that the Gamma rays can easily be detected at the far side of a foot of steel armor plating.
▪ Omega lies at an equal distance on the far side of Epsilon.
▪ You just walk down this corridor and around these elevators to the bank on the far side.
▪ On the far side of the room there is a fire burning in the fireplace.
▪ Once on the far side the pipers played while the men danced reels until they were dry.
▪ They went two abreast across the meadow and stopped at the edge of the wood on the far side.
south
▪ The corridor of land administered by the League extended as far south as Cracow, Göttingen and Cologne.
▪ Workers refuse to hire on for less, because cost of living is higher on the border than farther south.
▪ May I suggest that you include the rural parishes in Wyre District as far south as Garstang in this consultation.
▪ This is the largest gallery and the farthest South found in the Survey.
▪ Excavations south of the fort have shown the existence of contemporary timber buildings as far south as Blackfriars Street.
▪ There were archers from all parts of the country, from the north and as far south as Hampshire.
wall
▪ A few children were assembling all the props on a table over by the far wall.
▪ The dimness against the far wall was broken by light pouring out through an open door.
▪ He wandered over to the far wall.
▪ Hanging on the far wall was a large painting of a pale man in a plaid flannel shirt.
▪ I wondered what was on the other side of the far wall, for there was a green door in its centre.
▪ We will fire our pulse of light at such an angle that its passage to the far wall is five meters long.
▪ Then he kicked and came to rest against the far wall.
▪ The molten metal sculpture of the universe on the far wall is stunning.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as far as I can judge
be far removed from sth
▪ The world of TV sitcoms is far removed from reality.
▪ Action was being undertaken, but it was far removed from the radical surgery that seemed to be needed.
▪ Gironella is far removed from such light humour.
▪ He was far removed from the centralism embodied by his predecessors Ernest Bevin and Arthur Deakin.
▪ However, the content is far removed from the children's lives.
▪ The actual policy response to the C D P analysis was far removed from the radical prescriptions of the activists.
▪ The decisionmaking process which propels these large projects is far removed from the intended beneficiaries.
▪ The passenger was far removed from an anonymous piece of card, and the parachutes correspondingly larger to slow the descent speed.
▪ This will involve trade union negotiations in areas that may be far removed from their traditional expertise.
be few and far between
▪ Good jobs are few and far between these days.
▪ The schools are crowded, and good teachers are few and far between.
▪ Toys were few and far between, but the children invented games and played together.
▪ But for all this effort, meaningful accomplishments are few and far between.
▪ Deaf postgraduates, who are few and far between, have little chance of taking a higher degree.
▪ Facilities like the recently opened Russell Cairns Unit in Oxford are few and far between.
▪ Opportunities for young parents to socialize with each other are few and far between these days.
▪ Rough edges are few and far between.
▪ Sanatorium beds were few and far between, and often had to be obtained through influence.
▪ Shop said that all its stores were open but that customers were few and far between.
▪ The instances of this happening are few and far between.
carry sth too far/to extremes/to excess
▪ It was funny at first, but you've carried the joke too far.
cast your net (far and) wide
▪ I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
▪ We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
far/further/farthest afield
▪ As his main hobby is sailing. and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg.
▪ But they have travelled as far afield as Belfast and Aberdeen.
▪ His success extends even further afield to victories at the Barbican in London.
▪ Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
▪ The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.
▪ To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.
▪ You would probably peep out first, start looking round close to the spaceship and then start going further afield.
further to sth
look no further
▪ For a typical candidate, one need look no further than Keith Hill, bidding to take Streatham from the Tories.
▪ For evidence, look no further than the campaign trail.
▪ If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
▪ In fact, I needed to look no further than the ground below me.
▪ Often they decide they like the idea of running one particular business and they look no further.
▪ Or need I look no further than the old man's unspoken mistrust of my intentions?
▪ You need look no further than last weekend for examples, when Kentucky and Kansas both lost their final games.
▪ You need look no further than Plautus himself.
not very good/happy/far etc
▪ Are you - very happy, fairly happy, not very happy, or not happy at all?
▪ Governments are not very good at tinkering.
▪ He says his technique is not very good.
▪ Most humans are not very good at keeping secrets.
▪ My breathing was not very good at all.
▪ Other kids were not very good either, and we all inadvertently inhaled the pool again and again.
▪ Paul is not very good at pushing it yet.
▪ Relations with Admiral Boyd of the Joint Chiefs were not very good either.
nothing could be further from the truth
▪ A lot of people think soufflés are hard to make. Nothing could be further from the truth.
▪ They say he is a spy, but nothing could be further from the truth.
nothing could be further from the truth
nothing could be/is further from sb's mind/thoughts
so near and yet so far
sth must not go any further
still more/further/another/other
▪ And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
▪ But the consumer could benefit still further.
▪ Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
▪ His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
▪ I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
▪ Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
▪ The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
▪ With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
take sth further
▪ We take it further than just explaining drug abuse and saying "Don't do it."
the Far East
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
thus far
▪ Robinson thus far has been able to keep his promises to the voters.
▪ Attorney General Dan Lungren is the lone Republican candidate thus far.
▪ His policy thus far has been to do nothing but not to acknowledge the inaction.
▪ Suffice to have the benefits of their research, which has thus far produced the ultimate in extreme strength for smallest diameter.
▪ The Altru Hospital Auxiliary has given the largest contribution thus far.
▪ The changed look at once dissipated the sinister aspect that the gentleman had generated thus far.
▪ The discussion of space thus far has been somewhat backside foremost.
▪ There have been previous estimates that he had spent $ 12 million thus far.
until further notice
▪ A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
▪ All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
▪ Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
▪ An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
▪ Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
▪ Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
▪ His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
▪ Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
without more/further ado
▪ And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
▪ Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.
▪ Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.
▪ The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
▪ The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.
▪ Then, without more ado, he loaded the horses into the trailer.
▪ Then, without more ado, he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ In the far distance she could see the outlines of several tall buildings.
▪ We can walk if it's not far.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ On the far side of the village was a small water mill, probably used for grinding corn.