far back
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffarandback
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far
adjective
uk/fɑːr/us/fɑːr/
used to refer to something that is not near, or the part of something that is most distant from the centre or ...
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back
noun[C]
uk/bæk/us/bæk/
the inside or outside part of an object, vehicle, building, etc. that is furthest from ...
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(Definition offarandbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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British television started asfarbackas 1936.
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Here the picture is a bit confused asfarbackas we can reconstruct it.
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Howfarbackmust one go in wiping clean the historical slate of injustices?
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How broad in scope and howfarbackin time will the data on history, diagnoses, and treatments go?
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By this practice nature is not only being distanced in time (as referring to a pointfarbackin history) but also in space.
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The idea has lent itself to nationalist fantasies, enabling recent identities to be projectedfarbackinto the past.
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But howfarbackdo overtones of that word go?
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Because of the bumps, the fjord starting point cannot be locatedfarbackon the finger side.
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Howfarbackin time can the fossil record of eukaryotes be extended?
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So, howfarbackcan we go without simply producing a history which runs on rails?
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Howfarbackdid prelinguistic evolution go, and who should be the models?
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However, there are limits as to howfarbackthis goes, and this in itself may not be enough since storage media formats change regularly.
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Such auctions are known to have taken place asfarbackas the 1830s, if not before.
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These windows throw their lightfarbackdown the bays.
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The uvular 'r' employed by these suburban ladies results from putting the tip of the tonguefarbackin the roof of the mouth.
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The seeds for this diminution are evident asfarbackas 1960.
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These outstanding transactions include divestitures which go asfarbackas 1990.
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There is every reason to suppose that no matter howfarbackone goes, a gradation of morphological transparency obtained.
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We start asfarbackas we need to and then do the improvisations in the order in which they happened.
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