How To Use Afield In A Sentence

  • However, if you choose to travel further afield, to Ringsend for example, a woman's wash, cut and blow-dry will cost just £13.50 in one salon.
  • Not many hunters go afield these days dressed in jeans, a worn Army jacket and old work boots.
  • And with prospects for UK commercial property now looking less rosy, a number of advisers are suggesting that their clients look farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • Driving further afield for the cheapest petrol is a false economy for many drivers. Times, Sunday Times
  • The flocks often consist of winter visitors, which come here in large numbers from as far afield as Russia. Times, Sunday Times
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  • Curiosity took me further and further afield as I got older. Times, Sunday Times
  • The temptation is often to buy close to home, but while local knowledge can be useful, better investments may lie farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'll not deny that flowers pop up their heads afield without such call, that the jack-in-the-pulpit speaks its maiden sermon on some other beckoning of nature. Journeys to Bagdad
  • Law schools do tolerate some non-PC thinking, but not anything to far afield from the orthodoxy. The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
  • Dassies have less cover and need to venture further afield to feed themselves, exposing them to hunting eagles.
  • The collecting itch urged Smith further and further afield, helped along by Houston's oppressive summer weather.
  • The dozen delegates came from as far afield as China, the United States, Australia, Sweden and South Korea.
  • Devizes is an historic market town which is popular with local residents and those from further afield.
  • To cater for the school's high Muslim population, all its meat is halal and sourced by ECS in Bradford; fruit and vegetables come from a little further afield, from Rochdale.
  • They enjoy participating in a wide variety of activities, both locally and further afield.
  • They looked in Tuscany at first but the high prices there convinced them to hunt farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • Eleven criers from as far afield as Stafford, Colchester, Swindon and even Hastings came to compete for the Barnoldswick Bellman trophy.
  • A little further afield, Maple Lake at the Oaks is good for 30 to 40 lb pleasure nets and big bags of bream, carp and tench have been taken at Oaktree Leisure at Huby.
  • Further afield, where planes are still incredibly loud, it is impossible to ascertain the extent to which properties will suffer from noise blight. Times, Sunday Times
  • The nuclear reprocessing plant at Thorp, Sellafield, is set to close by 2010.
  • Those serving as far afield as the Middle East, Europe and the United States of America will soon be able to chat with and see their families through a computer hook-up.
  • He and Anna's sister Theresa radiate smug perfection like a leak at Sellafield B. `Funny you should ask,' says Anna. LOVE YOU MADLY
  • I don't know about the rest of you but the cost of going afield is as much to blame as anything. Young hunters
  • At York, Seafield Towers should reward each-way support in the opening nursery at 2.00 after a promising run at Hamilton last week.
  • The package tour was not dead, it had gone up market and further afield.
  • Other fine landscapes in the Boymans Museum are three by Johan van Kessel, who was a pupil of Hobbema, one by Jan van der Meer, one by Koninck, and, by Jacob van Ruisdael, a corafield in the sun and an Amsterdam canal with white sails upon it. A Wanderer in Holland
  • Now there are 75 tonnes of plutonium and 3,336 tonnes of uranium recovered from reprocessing, all stored and closely guarded but with no obvious use, at Sellafield.
  • Nineteen couples from as far afield as Germany, England, Ghana and Taiwan said ‘I do’ on the island on Valentine's Day last year.
  • This is getting far afield from the subject of this thread, but the point is that cost-benefit considerations are not immoral. The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
  • Many priests from the Connacht region and further afield joined in the concelebration of the Mass of thanksgiving.
  • We export our products to countries as far afield as Japan and Canada.
  • I also agree that you don't have to come home with meat to have a successful day afield.
  • The school's academic reputation and positive ethos attracts children from as far afield as Linlithgow and Alloa.
  • The aim for the US, says the head of US Customs, is to have a smarter border, a virtual border far afield from American shores.
  • Driving further afield for the cheapest petrol is a false economy for many drivers. Times, Sunday Times
  • Marches were duly held across Europe and the US while demonstrations took place as far afield as Chile and Peru.
  • A few years ago it was very expensive and only available in Japan, but now it can be found further afield. The Sun
  • The package tour was not dead, it had gone up market and further afield.
  • This year's event will feature the work of 30 artists from as far afield as Holland and Spain covering an array of subjects from angels to seahorses and a variety of techniques from linocut to aquatint.
  • You can hire a car if you want to explore further afield.
  • Black takes advantage of the weather to wander farther afield than previously, and Blue follows.
  • The riders, although mostly local, did draw supporters from as far afield as Wigan and the Furness peninsula.
  • A little further afield is the beautiful Jurassic Coast. The Sun
  • There are still a lot of hunters who go afield in a state of denial as if they'll never get lost or never get injured.
  • I've purchased or personalized rifles that were too handsome to take afield, and I'll be the first to admit this doesn't make a great deal of sense from a pragmatic perspective, but one of the aspects of having a beautifully figured stock and excellent metalwork is pride of ownership. Don't Hunt with the Good Stuff
  • At the centre of these events was the announcement that Sellafield wanted to expand its activities.
  • Cliff diving is an international sport with a world circuit contested by competitors from as far afield as Iceland and Brazil.
  • One example he gave was the leakage of radioactivity from Sellafield caused by pigeons.
  • In a related development, Sellafield-based company BNFL said that they were tendering for a potential contract to reprocess the more toxic materials in the star's body. Archive 2009-06-01
  • Surprisingly, evidence of stone and willow fish weirs, which bridged estuaries and bays as far afield as western Europe and northern American, can still be found.
  • Almost all the streams round the Chesapeake, in spite of their being perpetually "thrashed," and never preserved, abound in small trout; but farther afield, in Northwestern Maryland, where the tributaries of the Potomac and Shenandoah flow down the woody ravines of Border and Bastille
  • A closer examination, however, would find, IMHO, that they are already so far "afoul" and afield from their Constitutional authority that most of these earmarks, and quite possibly the process itself, would not pass Constitutional muster. EckerNet.Com
  • Now accounting for 40 % of produce, the boxes are collected by distributors as far afield as London.
  • British tour companies are nudging clients to travel further afield.
  • As soon as the snows melt and the cows can be driven afield, he betakes himself to his buron on the alp, if married, leaving his wife in the valley below. The Roof of France
  • Missionaries went far afield to propagate their faith.
  • I like 'bossing' the village," said Delafield, with a laugh. Lady Rose's Daughter
  • Despite this, many saw golf as an emancipator for “none of the pre-golf pasttimes led their devotees so far afield or brought them together in such numbers as golf has done.” A Day at the Links | Edwardian Promenade
  • And such has been their success at making tracks that they have been travelling as far afield as Holland and Canada.
  • Copleland council have always been blinkered towards below Bootle, regeneration for here is not on the agender except at a price. lowerer copeland have had to learn to diverify with help of residents moving in from away and spending their money on tourism, the goverment have not helped us, we are just a bit of land that stands between sellafield and barrow and they that they dont want us .. Evening Mail news round-up
  • looking afield for new lands to conquer
  • He is in better mental and physical shape this time and is confident enough to be looking farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • In response, he began sending his advance scouts further afield as they drew closer to the enemy.
  • Anyway, by now I'm finishing my fourth shot of whiskey and it's getting to be time to wrap this up, so speaking for pretty much everyone in the six County area; most of Eastern Pennsylvania, the entire state of Delaware, Jersey from Cape May to Trenton, and Philadelphians far afield in their Joycean exiles all over the planet, I'd like to say: Go Rangers! Larry Abrams: The Philadelphia Perspective: The Phillies Lose the Pennant
  • Instead, we started to look further afield at copper-based catalysts that had been rejected during the initial ester hydrogenation testwork.
  • Some of the radioactive waste at Sellafield has been sitting around since the 1950s. Times, Sunday Times
  • the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance
  • It took nearly a year of searching as far afield as Slough to find suitable premises for the nursery.
  • Further afield, where planes are still incredibly loud, it is impossible to ascertain the extent to which properties will suffer from noise blight. Times, Sunday Times
  • So now we have a short break from such activities, but, if anyone is up for helping out, we will possibly sab some mink hunters in the summer; we'll be working to protect badgers from baiting in South Yorkshire, and from culling further afield, from May; and we'll begin the next sabbing season in August/September at fox cub hunts. UK Indymedia Features
  • We export our products to countries as far afield as Japan and Canada.
  • Further afield where camels browse, we found dried-up, and unyielding acacia trees, normally a reliable source of sustenance.
  • Some pioneering hipsters go further afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • Private operators have grasped this opportunity, attracting new medical talent from as far afield as Canada, South Africa and the US.
  • Many of these places are commuter towns and we are finding that buyers are looking further afield than before. Times, Sunday Times
  • The competitors will be travelling from all over the UK and as far afield as America.
  • Car ownership is rising and will not be reversed, either in the UK or further afield.
  • Many of these places are commuter towns and we are finding that buyers are looking further afield than before. Times, Sunday Times
  • Farther afield are two small historic houses that are part of the fabric of British life. Times, Sunday Times
  • Further afield, the charges can quickly build up. Times, Sunday Times
  • Rabbits are not territorial creatures to the extent of evicting other rabbits moving into their home ground from further afield.
  • Or wander further afield, over Sospel to Breil by the old path -- note the lavender: they make a passable perfume of it -- or else to Moulinet (famous for bad food and a mastodontic breed of mosquitoes) and thence along the stream -- note the bushes of wild box -- and over a wooded ridge to the breezy heights of Peira Cava, there to dream away the daylight under the pines. Alone
  • Unfortunately, while we might be prepared to complain about deficiencies in our own immediate locality, when we see a mess further afield we tend to pass it by with a curl of the lip.
  • Further afield there was a new Scandinavian venture in closer collaboration, the Nordic Council, launched in 1952.
  • From the askesis that allows us to invent new modes of being to a history that enables the knower to stray afield of himself, there is only the distance between a rule and an instance. Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality
  • Further afield, modern quieter aeroplanes and the potential to extend the night-time curfew should offset the increased traffic. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you want to see farther afield, there's a telescope for making the most of the starry night skies. Times, Sunday Times
  • A third of its people are homeless and many of them have fled Chechnya altogether in search of safety farther afield.
  • They also took him further afield on occasions to dances and socials and he treasured their goodness and kindness in a very special way.
  • This offer I cheerfully accepted, and I thought no more of the business till I saw it publicly announced that a meeting would be held on Portsdown-Hill, on the 10th day of February, _the very day that was fixed for holding the third Spafields meeting_; and that was done without consulting or saying Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3
  • On Saturday the early morning rain would have put people off coming from far afield and in the afternoon some market stallholders packed up early because of the winds.
  • Further afield, modern quieter aeroplanes and the potential to extend the night-time curfew should offset the increased traffic. Times, Sunday Times
  • More than 12,000 T-shirts have been bought by people from as far afield as New Zealand and the USA.
  • ; and she answered, I desired to prove thy prowess afield and test thy doughtiness in tilting and jousting. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • They moved from pitch to pitch, some settling in the covered market, others going further afield.
  • Our company is bringing out some different lines and we are looking for new outlets further afield. The Sun
  • And further afield there were loads of things to do. The Sun
  • But stray a little farther afield and you would not know what was going on. Times, Sunday Times
  • This year's event will feature the work of 30 artists from as far afield as Holland and Spain covering an array of subjects from angels to seahorses and a variety of techniques from linocut to aquatint.
  • Further afield, where planes are still incredibly loud, it is impossible to ascertain the extent to which properties will suffer from noise blight. Times, Sunday Times
  • The judges also dismissed an appeal from Sellafield against a 700,000 fine for dumping radioactive waste in a landfill site. Times, Sunday Times
  • The hotel was very popular for weddings from all over Galway and further afield.
  • You can hire a car if you want to explore further afield.
  • Meanwhile, and further afield, the tremors resonating from the leaderene's misstep have been recorded on the outrage scale.
  • The pub has run a successful jazz club for about two years and regularly attracts members from as far afield as Bristol and Swindon.
  • The trend towards holidaying further afield and to more remote countries has been matched by an increase in travellers returning with exotic diseases such as yellow fever, hepatitis, typhoid - and malaria.
  • It also provided some of the strongest evidence to date that Sellafield did directly and routinely harm people's health.
  • Further afield, a few kilometres east of the A95 which connects Munich to the ski resort of Garmisch Partenkirchen, lies the spa town of Bad Tolz.
  • He was a big hit at the Anti-Sellafield concert and will be a great draw in Rostrevor.
  • Already there are fears that climate change will push malaria carrying mosquitoes even further afield.
  • You can wind up wasting a lot of your time addressing their nonsensical points which spread farther and farther afield from the discussion. Matthew Yglesias » Fair and Balanced
  • He sometimes ventures farther afield, having gone to Puerto Rico for mangosteens, Italy for blood oranges and France for greengage plums, but most of his work is done in California. The Fruit Hunters
  • Looking ahead, some of the best options further afield include a fly-drive to Florida for 14days for an amazing £249.
  • There would be plenty of takers further afield, but the farm doesn't have the manpower to run it.
  • Queensland sheep-run, and his flocks ran far afield over a vast territory of which he was the only lord. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
  • The bridge would be an asset to both the local community and to visitors from further afield.
  • Fire crews made the area safe within an hour but roads leading to the smash were closed for several hours as specialist recovery vehicles travelled from as far afield as Cheshire and Leeds.
  • York generates 150,000 tonnes - the remainder comes from as far afield as Manchester.
  • The remaining places are given to students from further afield on a selective basis.
  • unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens
  • So I left Benicia, where John Barleycorn had nearly got me, and ranged wider afield in pursuit of the whisper from the back of life to come and find. Chapter 13
  • Airlines will be free to ply routes between any EU city and any US one, as well as to go further afield.
  • If you want to go further afield, there are bicycles for hire.
  • In times of dearth, body snatchers would try other sources: country churchyards further afield would be raided if they were on good communications routes - road, canal, or sea.
  • Further afield there are grevilleas, burrawangs, tree ferns, huge native grass trees and towering gums to get lost in.
  • Unions claim that de-skilling and pay cuts are being imposed by a group of construction firms and have been staging protests at building sites across the UK in recent months, including Sellafield in Cumbria, Grangemouth and Ratcliffe power stations and Blackfriars and King's Cross railway stations in London. Student tuition fees protests – Wednesday 9 November 2011
  • Of course, the closest cognate to any of these rephrasings is the well-known term used to designate (also pejoratively) 'the Sicarii' -- the 'iota' and the 'sigma' of the Greek simply having been reversed, a common mistake in the transliteration of Semitic orthography into unrelated languages further afield like English, the 'iota' likewise too generating out of the 'ios' of the Greek singular 'Sicarios.' Robert Eisenman: Rehabilitating 'Judas Iscariot'
  • The story was carried as far afield as New York, Miami and Canada.
  • Now accounting for 40 % of produce, the boxes are collected by distributors as far afield as London.
  • Re: [PamelaDelafield] looking for long term rental in playa del carmen Looking for long term rental in playa del carmen
  • This is the first comprehensive book in non-technical language on Sellafield as a reprocessing plant and nuclear dump.
  • Speaking of the F.ounders Conference, Mr. Kenny praised the organizer, Paddy Cosgrave, and said the meeting, which ran from Thursday to Saturday and was attended by some 200 entrepreneurs from as far afield as Beijing and Silicon Valley, sent a clear message that the country is open for business. Irish Leader Eyes Path to Growth
  • She said that if the worst crime hot spots were being tackled the criminals moved further afield.
  • The result was a 3kg grunter for their fry and a fish eagle having to look further afield for its meal.
  • The epicentre was near Bishops Castle in Shropshire, but the shaking was felt as far afield as the intensity 2 area.
  • Aside from locals, the area has become very popular with the affluent crowd from farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • Farther afield are two small historic houses that are part of the fabric of British life. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hunting season is upon us, and some of you may want to work up a new load to take afield this fall.
  • Recruits come from as far afield as Brazil, Hong Kong, Egypt, China, Poland, Italy and Germany.
  • He and Anna's sister Theresa radiate smug perfection like a leak at Sellafield B. `Funny you should ask,' says Anna. LOVE YOU MADLY
  • Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
  • If you wish to camp, hike or simply to spend a day afield between encino forests and pine and cactaceous scrubs, you may see some deer, wild burro, pumas, cats, coyotes, bald eagles and a diverse selection of snakes.
  • His efforts have led him as far afield as Devon and Glasgow and left him £3,000 poorer in expenses and agency fees.
  • Nearly 200 people, from as far afield as Holland and Denmark, offered to adopt him and now he has a new home in Yorkshire.
  • The Hopes concept has been exported from South America to South Africa and is now being used in varying forms in dorps as far afield as Oranje and Grahamstown.
  • To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.
  • Either that or they are going farther afield in the back of one of the wagons. Bomber
  • Today her workroom, or ‘nest’ as she refers to it, is overflowing with designs, feathers and boxes full of orders from as far afield as the US and top London hat designer Peter Bettley.
  • Venture a little further afield and prices quickly drop. Times, Sunday Times
  • The company grew steadily, opening three more stores in the City before venturing further afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • The judges also dismissed an appeal from Sellafield against a 700,000 fine for dumping radioactive waste in a landfill site. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is in better mental and physical shape this time and is confident enough to be looking farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • The gallery represents artists from both the Borders and further afield, and the works are all very reasonably priced.
  • You need not exclude possibilities further afield, but wait for them to come along rather than actively chasing them, which can wait until you are more established. Times, Sunday Times
  • At the time I was just beginning to outgrow my infatuation with heavy metal, heavy rock, death metal, punk and grunge, and was starting to listen further afield for slightly more diverse styles.
  • They were exporting as far afield as Alexandria.
  • Further afield there was a new Scandinavian venture in closer collaboration, the Nordic Council, launched in 1952.
  • Traders came from as far afield as the Isle of Wight and Sussex.
  • When a public inquiry was held into the licensing of a proposed nuclear waste dump at Sellafield, bordering the Irish Sea, Ireland protested and made representations at the inquiry.
  • The collecting itch urged Smith further and further afield, helped along by Houston's oppressive summer weather.
  • As the old saying goes, the worst day afield is better than the best day at work. Big Buck or Big Brother?
  • The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.
  • Many of these places are commuter towns and we are finding that buyers are looking further afield than before. Times, Sunday Times
  • Pretty far afield from the topic. joe from Lowell says: Matthew Yglesias » Effective Government Matters
  • At Sellafield in Cumbria, tests have shown that discharges of the radioactive pollutant technetium pumped into the Irish Sea have spread as far as Scandinavia and have entered the food chain.
  • Investors in the grocer and wholesaler should be aware of the big uncertainties surrounding the deal, both short-term and further afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • Visitors are reporting all hotels full, with many people having to stay as far afield as Preston and even Chesterfield.
  • And again, that is afield from the narrow point you were making, that Democrats are not sympathetic to al-Qaeda. The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy
  • _Getting things done_ will leave the school free to concentrate its attention upon school problems; _doing things_ will lead it afield into the problem of medicine, surgery, restaurant keeping, and practical charity. Civics and Health
  • But the signatories come from as far afield as Lille, Melbourne and Texas.
  • It displays local deals first, then those a little further afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • James, unlike Crowded House actually did have a long and successful career in the UK and further afield with such mind-stabbingly addictive tracks like Sit Down and Destiny Calling, so some of us are actually are genuinely happy they are coming back. The Beautiful South Split, Three People Vaguely Miffed
  • Mostly, however, the show ranged far further afield, with sketches taking place on the top deck of a moving double-decker bus, in the sea, in forests and so on.
  • Never mind -- he would have more time to give to the beloved pursuit of exploring the secret, shy marsh country -- he would do all Joanna's business afield, in the far market towns of New Romney and Dymchurch, and the farms away in Kent or under the Coast at Ruckinge and Warhorne. Joanna Godden
  • So it makes sense to prepare for life after study by venturing a little farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • I had many regular customers from much further afield, as well as the local catchment area, who expressed appreciation of the high quality, diversity and personal service of the independent shops.
  • Andy McGill: Law schools do tolerate some non-PC thinking, but not anything to far afield from the orthodoxy. The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
  • Want to head further afield? The Sun
  • The majority were families from the nearby villages but there were also numerous railway enthusiasts from further afield.
  • 31 In the nearer East the light little plough is carried afield by the bull or ass. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • If you go further afield but use the kayak only to reach an inaccessible beach and shore dive, the issue of an unattended boat is irrelevant.
  • They enjoy participating in a wide variety of activities, both locally and further afield.
  • Glasgow's neds, it seems, are a scourge of visiting goths - some of whom flock from as far afield as Airdrie, Clydebank and even Stirling to hang about with birds of their leather.
  • The majority were families from the nearby villages but there were also numerous railway enthusiasts from further afield.
  • He seemed to her always a kind of shorn Samson when afield from politics, and now, as she had often done, she drew him to speak of what he knew best. The Henchman
  • But when animals are close together in a feedlot, there is enough concentration of ammonia emissions that some of it can travel farther afield.
  • It is great to see exiles returned to the community from as far afield as New York.
  • Well pretty much like the stuff that comes from the outlet pipe at Sellafield. Times, Sunday Times
  • But since then they have grown more abundant and spread much farther afield, now commonly seen over the UK. Times, Sunday Times
  • At the base of the musical experience seem to be (i) the experience of tones, as opposed to mere pitched sounds, where a tone is heard as being in ˜musical space™, that is, as bearing such relations to other tones as being higher or lower, or of the same kind (at the octave), and (ii) the experience of movement, as when we hear a melody as wandering far afield and then coming to rest where it began. The Philosophy of Music
  • So there'll probably be plenty of waterfowlers afield this Saturday and Sunday.
  • Many of these places are commuter towns and we are finding that buyers are looking further afield than before. Times, Sunday Times
  • Electric floats went further afield and petrol vans served outlying areas.
  • The website also carries details of sporting opportunities further afield, including shooting at a Hungarian schloss, a castle in Botswana, and a lodge in Namibia.
  • On the day of the sale last May, Woolley's auction room was full of bidders who had made the journey from London, and even from as far afield as Hong Kong and mainland China.
  • Further afield there are the starkly beautiful pictures of a ringed Saturn and the outer planets, Uranus and Neptune.
  • They bought their first chilled vehicle, which enabled deliveries to be made much further afield. Times, Sunday Times
  • As a matter of course he also strays farther afield, both geographically (down the Mississippi to New Orleans) and to embrace road and rail cartage.
  • By fknvty, March 27, 2010 @ 8:41 pm get thee awl to greville st, the station hotel alas tuesday night is parma night give ‘em my regards. you might have to venture further afield for some decent pub rock and a few leg openers tho’, like even the iron duke in alexandria has gone fkn all touchy feely with lesbian lounge w/- a touch of techno house. pz.v. Cheeseburger Gothic » Melbourne gig.
  • The novena in Carrickcruppen has been well-attended by many of the Lislea crew and many from further afield.

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