Far from example sentences

His favourite writer was Thomas Hardy, his favourite book Far from the Madding Crowd.However, the reality is that media is far from independent.But, progress on this front has been far from satisfactory.The promise of democracy is far from realised anywhere in the world.For the first twentyfour hours Mijbil was neither hostile nor friendly; he was simply aloof and indifferent, choosing to sleep on the floor as far from my bed as possible.And even the big ones like the Ganga and Yamuna are far from being pure.I was still far from him when he laid down his tool, put his hands on his hips, and began to stare.