TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAR-OFF»
The term «far-off» is quite widely used and occupies the
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English dictionary.
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9 QUOTES WITH «FAR-OFF»
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far-off.
I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
I used to be obsessed with Johnny Depp. I never thought of him as this normal guy. I just always imagined him as someone who lives in a far-off land and doesn't even exist.
A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.
I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.
I don't especially like to travel, not the way many people do. I know many people that love to go to far-off and different places, and I've never been like that. I seem to get homesick as quickly as a child.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAR-OFF»
Discover the use of
far-off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
far-off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
As a result, whatever the tragedy and disaster of the story, the travail and traffic of their young lives reach out beyond fear and darkness towards an intimation of concord and light.
Laurens Van Der Post, 2011
Dunsany's work, that Nature at least will recover, and that human doings will prove inconsequential in the larger scheme of things. Otherwise, these are meditations from out of Hell, by a man who has been there.
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Far Off in Sunlit Places
From the first grim penal colony in Botany Bay in 1788 to the glamorous story of Duntocher-born 1930s speedway ace Ron Johnston, Scots have played a role at every level in
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Gas Giants: Huge
Far Off Worlds
A study of the planets Uranus and Neptune.
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Far-
off Saint: Poems of Cho O-hyun
Cho O-hyun, a Buddhist monk and poet, was born in 1932.
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Far Off: With Anecdotes
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Favell Lee Mortimer, 2010
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A
Far-
off Country: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's Fantasy Fiction
(Last 171) In an essay, "The Weight of Glory," Lewis says we all have a desire for
a "far-off country" like an inconsolable inner pang — "a desire for something that
has never actually appeared in our experience. We cannot hide it because our ...
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Far Off: Or, Asia Described
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Favell Lee Mortimer, Edward Miller, 2010
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This
Far-
Off Wild Land: The Upper Missouri Letters of Andrew ...
The Upper Missouri Letters of Andrew Dawson Lesley Wischmann, Andrew
Dawson. standpoint, Dawson secretly relished the knowledge that, without him,
the trade had “proved very much a failure.” No matter. He felt confident that,
under his ...
Lesley Wischmann, Andrew Dawson, 2013
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The Land That Is Very
Far Off
Dottie Mae Goard. new life. The Lord seemed to say this was my lesson for today.
I must get busy with what he wants me to do. Pondering this while continuing to
walk, I caught the distant sound of a wood thrush. Someone once said hearing a
...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAR-OFF»
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far-off is used in the context of the following news items.
Heathrow and the strange, far-off days when Britain actually built …
Some will have been in far-off lands, where Johnny Foreigner could be bought off in exchange for a pretty goat, or just shouted at, at gunpoint, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Reform is good for bankers. One far-off day they'll see it
They've probably heard the whingeing in Singapore, but now the new rules designed to ensure bankers take responsibility for their actions ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Far-off planet losing one ton of hydrogen a day
Astronomers working with the Hubble Telescope have caught glimpse of a very rare sight, a The graphic shows the polar view of planet Gliese ... «Science Recorder, Jun 15»
Stars seen forming in a far-off galaxy
The ALMA radio telescope in Chile explored the SDP.81 galaxy, which is 3.6 billion parsecs (11.7 billion light years) away from Earth. Its light ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
CR7: Astronomers Discover Far-Off Galaxy Filled with First …
A group of astronomers headed by Dr David Sobral from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, has discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found ... «Sci-News.com, Jun 15»
Brief raid by India in far-off Myanmar has Pakistan fuming
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Indian army's brief foray this week into Myanmar to hunt militants set alarm bells ringing in far-away ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»
Raid by India in far-off Myanmar has Pakistan fuming
Raid by India in far-off Myanmar has Pakistan fuming. Reuters; June 13, 2015; Comment. NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: The Indian army's brief foray this week into ... «Daily Times, Jun 15»
