far-off

One of his sixth-grade students, a Kosovo-Albanian boy, had drifted far off the learning grid, resisting his teacher's best efforts.

People talk about United having two years of transition but they were never, never this far off the pace.

Any talk of reviving the city's fishing industry or other rebuilding efforts was 'far, far off, ' Mr. Toba said, a week after the disaster.

as in those far-off Civil War days, getting information by the grapevine remains something of a game.

"I felt that America had gone so far off base that there was a need for discontinuity, " he said.

A little old man now, he had been strong in his far off youth and was impatient with his physical failings.

X is a really good idea and maybe even fits in with what you're doing, but it would take you SO FAR off the path you're on.

Asked how estimates could have been so far off, Dr. DeLay said, 'The data are tough to get. '

But one also begins to see -- far off -- the kind of change that takes a generation to build.

It came from an old woman who had emerged from her door towards the garden gate of a green-thatched cottage not far off.

The servants sleep so far off, that they would not be likely to hear.

One can also understand why that inner friend so often seems to be our enemy and why he is so far off and his voice so low.

Want to ask you, if one day I choose to leave to go to the far-off regions, you will not be eager to follow me?

The mortar rounds reach long distances so they shoot them out to sea trying to get a hold on how to hit a far off target.

They couldn't understand how their little girl could have strayed so far off the path they had laid for her.

I feel with just a little bit of tweaking here and there we will not be far off.

No one trusts the rules enough to venture too far off the orthodox reservation of whatever the topic of the night happens to be.

Except the talking animals depicted in Disney movies aren't so far off the mark at least when it comes to a few select species.

After nearly two brutal years, the Great Recession appears to be over, at least technically. Yet a return to normalcy seems far off.

He's so far off being the player of the last two seasons that he may just be an imposter planted by United, part of the "conspiracy" .

'I might have written 'immortality' on the list thinking I would never achieve it, but it turns out I wasn't as far off as I imagined. '

and daybreak is not so very far off, and then we may pick up some news of him from early risers as we go along.

the servants sleep so far off , you know , miss , they would not be likely to hear.

If true, such a tactic would serve as a stern warning to those who see change in the air that it remains far off.

The day may not be far off, then, when a dicky heart can be serviced in mid-life and made good for a few more years.

However, technology that mitigates the "jeopardy" factor of living on your own is not far off, he said.

Note that you can put a sub menu far off the current menu so you could not reach it with the mouse without leaving the menu.

He heard the carts go lumbering by upon the neighbouring streets, but they were far off, and only buzzed upon his ear.

Maybe it was too big: in the far-off original act in which everything was created, it had received an inheritance too demanding.

that far-off romance. "Perhaps, " she said, hesitating a little, "perhaps, my dear, you would care to read it ? "

It was getting late, our prescribed period of wakefulness was drawing to a close, and yet the denouement was far off.

The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn.

As usual at the British GP, the weather is never far off the top of the question list.

With the basic look done, we see that this is not quite legal Ruby code, but it's not far off.

I assumed it was a patch about as big as a table, but I guess we were seeing it from far off.

With a camera phone far off, the gang gets an image of a license plate which is traced to a Turkish consulate Erol Tabak.

In terms of obesity rate, the U. S. population is not far off from the overweight population model in this study.

At the Dayton conference, it was discussed as a growing social problem, not in some far-off foreign land, but among the cornfields of Ohio.

I hate these situations because, if I admit that they are getting old, I am literally resigning myself to the fact that I am not far off.

If you're not ready to change your whole life, that's okay. Instead of focusing on far-off dreams, start smaller with your personal.

The breeze carried past gusts of fragrance, like the strains of a song faintly heard from a far-off tower.

Aunt Norris lives too far off to think of such little people as you.

My earliest memories are of pointing to the sky, having detected the far-off drone of a piston engine.

Lydia does not leave me because she is married, but only because her husband's regiment happens to be so far off.

With a far-off , gingery air he brought forward this first offering upon the altar of natural affection, for offering it was, after all.

Looking west, over the Carpathians and into Slovakia, we watched the sky turn a deep blue and lightning strike the far-off hillsides.

Big things rumbled, you could hear them from far off, and you had to work out where they would come, and get away from them.

Every moment of his time in this far-off abode of safety but added to his feeling that he had made a great mistake.

The old lady came back from her dreams of that far-off romance.

True the city boasts a memorial museum but, located far off the beaten track, it requires a special trip across the Qinhuai river.

We had hard away games at the start of the season but when you are so far off the top it is difficult to focus on winning every game.

That assessment isn't far off the mark , either , with most candy packing little nutritional value and a ton of calories .

And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed far off or when my problems seemed too overwhelming.

There are long brown mountains and a few pines and far-off forests of beech-trees on some of the mountainsides.

We've gone too far off the point. Let's return to the topic under discussion.

Current forecasts show Fiona moving north on a path that will keep it far off the U. S. East Coast.

Given the current resurgence of religious belief in the United States, it's very curious how far off the mark was this prediction.

If you come across a large field of goldenrod like this, you probably won't be far off to say it's a field of Canada Goldenrod .

Brazil's finance minister speaks of a latent currency war, and he is not far off the mark.

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near , lest he burn , nor too far off , lest he freeze .

Finally, it identifies unknown dependencies that may reside in "far off" portions of the system that rarely surface through local builds.

The truth is that you start your journey to that far off destination of who you want to be by taking a single step right where you are now.

Pardon me, I say that very badly; but it is such a far-off thing to me!

and here and there a daisy grafted on a rose- branch flowered with a luxuriance prophetic of Mr. Luther Burbank's far-off prodigies.

That didn't prevent a tough interrogation by analysts who wondered why Merrill's estimate of its losses a few weeks ago was so far off.

When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate. They call it zugunruhe. The pull of the soul to a far-off place.

Some of the fans have got frustrated and he will be too, but with a couple of signings I don't think we'll be far off next year.

Unfortunately, Shiva's Trishula was so powerful that it had hurled Ganesha's head very far off.

lie on your front and join your hands behind your back . lift your legs and shoulders as far off the ground as possible.

For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God calls to Himself.

You can hear the sound of a babbling stream, running into the great river not far off to the east.

Far off the homes of men, and farther still.

The city comparison isn't far off: Different animals live at different levels within the vertical habitat provided by the stone high-rises.

Such machines may not quite yet be ready to walk the streets alongside people, but the day they can is surely not far off.

near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory .

While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear; From hill to hill it seems to pass At once far off , and near .

ensuing sound far off was a "bumpily" . Aha Q and Mr Wisher were giggling , and gone without a backward glance.

Lini's laughter cut off as the sharp barking of a dog came into the room from not far off.

When Brazil's finance minister spoke of an imminent currency war he was not far off the mark.

There is only one thing that people choose to do at home but not at work: to give birth, though this can't be far off.

Anna looked at girls from far off, I feel as if what she saw.

Igel sipped his tea and stared at a point far off.

The photo reminds me of the far-off days of his youth.

Distant water won't put out a fire close at hand, a relative far off gives less help than a neighbour close by.

Once the HIV test result is positive, it means that patients and the day is not far off the mark to meet death.

His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.

She was looking with uplifted face at a far-off cloud, a red island in a sea of silver.

So mass-produced optical processors remain far off. But at least the other bits are on the way.

A poet said, when you bring your life-long love to Maldives, you will believe a fairy tale love is not so far off.

The hills rolled up and down and away to the far-off mountains.

there was profound silence , and then a deep sigh and the far - off murmur of a multitude became audible.

If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, a navigator could find himself far off course and in deep trouble.

Hosting companies also offered to run companies' software in their far-off computing centers for monthly and yearly fees.

LL: Let me guess, you were so far off in lala land, you didn't even know the student was there!

He glanced around the all-too-familiar graveyard, knowing his grandfather wasn't too far off to the left.

We here on Earth obey the same laws of light and gravity as someone in a far off corner of the universe.

Sounds drifted up from the square below: snatches of drunken song, the yowling of a cat in heat, the far-off ring of steel on steel.

But if he only half-looked they were there, the far-off hills of the height of land.

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

The world is getting an awful lot smaller and it is getting very hard to find places that are so far off the beaten track.

Such a remedy is still too far off for Mark Barfknecht.

The time was not far off when he would regret this decision.

But the day may not be far off when the Chinese are ready to acquire a big Western auction house for themselves.

We have held talks with them, and with a sell-on clause inserted in the deal we are not far off agreement.

But they oppose any talk of Latvia joining until it has cleared the official hurdles for entry (which now seems impossibly far off).

Wise travelers remember their final destination, lest they stray too far off the main road.

Early coverage included missiles and explosions in a far-off land, nothing too different from scenes featured in popular war movies.

Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

I look down and can't see my feet they're so far off and gone away below.

But his breath began to fail him, his throat was dry , the goal yet far off .

I really like adventure stories. I especially like the ones where people travel to far off places and they meet very different cultures.

South Korean officials are suggesting a compromise aimed at reviving efforts to get rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons may not be far off.

The lucky few who get jobs are often being told to find something else to do for now, and report for duty on some far-off date.

That's not far off China's historical growth rate of 10%, the average of the last three decades.

Applause there was, and publicity -- once far off, essential things, but now grown trivial and indifferent.

That is probably too ambitious, but a third recent development suggests that the commercialisation of inductive charging may not be far off.

But in France she stopped short of endorsing military action, and a consensus seemed far off.

The day is not far off when we shall have to plunge back in search of the wisdom of the people.

The Irish language spoken in Ireland today is the direct descendant without break of the language our ancestors spoke in those far-off days.

I'm going to guess that changes aren't too far off . . . if this continues, they have no choice.

We have no choice but to curl up bedclothes, collecting traveling bag for far-off skyline.

An A-list name can boost the profile of a charity, highlight a far-off tragedy or reverse a grave injustice.

The risks of rising debt, while apparently far off, cannot be lightly dismissed.

social education expenditures for far-off and indigent areas shall be subsidized by governments at higher levels.

Some people may view this mostly as a slam against Replication Manager--and may not be too far off.

The exams are so far off that I'm not even thinking about them yet.

Einstein than I really that far off.

To avoid high rents in his hometown Nairobi, he located his plant in a far-off village.

That is not so far off the figure of 44 gigatonnes needed to avoid catastrophic global warming.

First, let me introduce the context of the phrase "all who are far off. "

When the trip is far off, we focus on the scenic view we expect to see.

During the severe cold span they always remind themselves that winter will soon be over. warm and comfortable days are not far off.

But there may be simpler reasons for Qatar's sudden enthusiasm for a far-off war.

Gold is trading at a nominal record high, but adjusted for inflation it remains far off the levels hit in 1980.

Such a day may not be too far off.

Not far off could be seen the bel-tree where the Master had practised great spiritual austerities .

But that time was so far off that it seemed to have been erased from my memory.

My vision is not far-off stuff, just basically getting across the street safely.

A traveler was stumbling through the desert, desperate for water, then he saw something, far off in the distance.

"In Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ, " he wrote.

From far off he could hear a childish treble singing: "Waltz me around again, Willie, around, around, around. "

To judge by their "snap" , the sound of their impact, they weren't far off the mark.

Or He may require us to allow our sons and daughters to go to a far -off land to tell others about His saving love.

Instead of focusing on far-off dreams, start smaller with your personal development aims.

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Job done live, he sat dam field, far off to watch their house had been dreaming of gold.

And absurd to plunge the world into war over a territorial dispute in "a far off country of which we know nothing" .

Or has the crisis blown the EU so far off course that the process of integration will go into reverse?

Manufacturing accounts for about a fifth of eastern GDP, not far off western levels, and unit labour costs are lower.

A staff member said: 'Breeding is a real challenge because they're only found in far-off ocean fisheries and transportation is so difficult.

it is just that the pendulum of Light and shadow has swung too far off center over these many past ages.

That is, well, excuse my hesitation, far off the point.

From far off came a muffled answering cry of his pursuers. They had heard him.

Having no luck, she even got imprisoned at a small island far off in the sea.

Far off to the left was the line of the river.

Research is not yet at the stage where autism can be detected prenatally using a biological test, but this may not be far off.

The Border Patrol will never manage to apprehend every last suspect, says Mr Hayes, but it is not that far off.

Jane: The two slogans aren't far off. We'll be printing another round of materials soon. Maybe you can use these ones in the short term.

JPMorgan has advanced the furthest, with its shares trading at US$45, not far off their peak of US$53 three years ago.

And while crude prices stalled in January, a growing of evidence suggests that call may not be far off.

A worse prospect might be their being too far off.

And again, investors will be fixing their sights on what happens in the far-off financial capitals of the Western world.

DEMETRIUS These things seem small and undistinguishable, Like far-off mountains turned into clouds.

When power can be wirelessly routed to such devices, something that is not far off, all the pieces will be in place.

distant, faraway, far-off Ned grew up on a farm in a remote area of the country.

How could I have floated so far off the path I thought I was on?

Clad in OPC signature blue, the Insignia is barely covered up which means a public reveal is not far off.

In an universe so vast, is there any hope of us traveling fast enough so that we could visit the far-off realms of space?

It's been important to get back on track, but it's early days and we're not that far off the top after six games.

From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.

That day is far off, but campaigning like it's possible showed voters Mr. Low is in the game to win.

Why were they so far off the mark?

In those far-off times Viking pirates used to prey o the coasts of Europe.

The light we see coming from some far-off stars started on its journey more than a hundred years ago.

No one knows the exact moment when the earth will throw up and turmoil ensue, but it is certainly not far off.

Unmanned helicopters dropping off unmanned ground systems and monitoring devices in front of advancing troops is not far off.

In those far-off times the Vikings used to prey on the coasts of Europe.

Is the Expo Center still far off? You can walk there right down the sightseeing corridor.

But there may be simpler reasons forQatar's sudden enthusiasm for a far-off war.

Again you have nothing to fear, oh king, from those far-off times when all the nations will be poorly run by the young and foolish.

With the rising unemployment rate, any battle with inflation should be far off.

Staring out into darkness she listened to the succession of far-off bangs and shudders from the network of pipes.

An extreme analogy? Perhaps. But it may not be far off.

While blockbusters may still be far off, researchers are laying foundations for discovery.

Oil output is not forecast to increase in 2010 and prices, though far off their lows, may now rise only slightly.

The creativity of migrants is enhanced by their ability to enroll collaborators both far-off and nearby.

With all due respect, staff sergeant, I didn't get this far off of my good lucks. I'm ready for payback.

If he is persistent, she says she's moving to a far-off city.

At the moment, that seems far off.

During the country's first few decades it looked for its security to Britain, a friendly but far-off power.

At training today, Ricardo Carvalho was in full flow and can't be far off of making a comeback.

Then you can start setting up situations in which people approach from far off, and as your dog remains relaxed, give him treats.

GW: How far off are we on seeing large scale profitable independent distribution on the level of traditional distribution channels?

Under him, the Israeli air force conducts bombing exercises over far-off targets and seems gratified when they are disclosed.

If not, I submit higher rates when the national debt rises inexorably will kill us. 25% of revenues for debt service is not far off.

An 18mm lens can take a very wide photo, while a 250mm lens can get very close to far-off subjects.

In almost every case, the first two studies painted a similar picture, while the national stereotypes were far off the mark.

There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. The noise of the city is a far-off murmur.

Some said that they weren't typing quite as fast as with the BlackBerry's QWERTY keys but that they weren't too far off.

faraway mountains; the faraway future; troops landing on far-off shores; far-off happier times.

But one day the little dog chased a rabbit far off into the woods.

Backed by low cost financing from Beijing, other deals will probably not be far off.

Right now the moment looks far off.

Their grandchildren are playing on the grass. Not far off, some students are singing and dancing.

That combination can reduce economic growth both at home and in far-off markets where they operate.

My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land.

They saw oppression and terrorism in a far-off land, so they made war against it.

He spoke; but he was too far off, and we did not hear.

If you're worried about traveling to far off lands and keeping a vegan diet, stop worrying. Start living.

A good neighbor is better than a brother far off.

You never expect life to throw you so far off plan.

Perhaps on some quiet night came the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint.

Second, the benefits of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions can seem abstract and far-off.

And the numbers clearly suggest that old estimates that the shift won't happen until 2040 or 2050 are far off the mark.

My life goes on in endless song above earth's lamentations, I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation.

The tsunami unleashed by the 2004 Indonesian quake was far more destructive to far-off places than the tsunami generated near Japan.

If this compass variation or error is neglected, a navigator could find himself far off course and in deep trouble.

The western half of the continent can still seem far off when viewed from the middle.

Let's start aiming for that far off road.

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Glories like glowworms, a far off shine bright, but looked to near, have neither heat nor light.

If there is no love autumn, autumn. Wish, far-off regions, sharing all round the moon.

It is an effective attention grabber, and stands out even from quite far off.

No But those days are far off now, an entire season, possibly a championship season looms.

Is the Expo Centerstill far off? You can walk there right down the sightseeing corridor.

That is far off, but Spaniards are set to be among the longest-working people in the European Union.

Most recent official data in August showed a 15. 4 per cent rise, not far off the average 16 per cent rate of the past five years.

"Plus, spot prices are not that far off from the benchmark price, " Cochrane said.

Is the Expo Denter still far off? You can walk there right down the sightseeing corridor.

He had climbed really far off the ground.

A long, thin cloud of pink hung in midair, shaped like some island in a far-off sea.

i bowed my head and thought of my far-off home.

The oil market's usual spring bounce mightn't get far off the ground this year.

Fortunately, an elegant solution is not far off.

Thomas said what he's studied isn't about some far off problem.

In terms of where we are in science with DNA identification capacities and so on, it's not that far off.

Far-off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow for old, unhappy, far-off things.

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

yonder fuming rill in the hollow, whose thin and airy vapor still ascends as busily as ever, though he is far off now, was his well.

A scattered dream that's like a far-off memory.

a far-off memory that's like a scattered dream.

And they often decide whether your resume lands on the hiring manager's desk or in a far-off filing cabinet.

Dont agree to something just because it seems so far off that it doesnt seem onerous.

Assuming the tech hasn't caught up yet, it can't be all that far off.

They are not dead; they have skimmed the purple sea, and gone to a far-off land; but they will be back again by and by.

NATO said Gaddafi troops had fired in the city of some Scud missiles, but all too far off target.

China has not yet reached the same level of fanaticism over spoken English, but it is not far off.

If the shell turns black in the flame, death is not far off.

Not quite Greece, though, it's not far off from what sank the European nation.