Sentence examples for as distant today from inspiring English sources

One called A Prophecy for 1973 imagines a future utopia without poverty and hunger, which seems as distant today as in 1873 when it was probably composed.

A truly autonomous, self-motivated electronic intelligence remains as distant today as it was in 2000, probably beyond the 2052 timeframe of Deus Ex.

Pakistan has also tested a longer-range missile, the Ghauri II, which is reported to be able to reach targets as distant as 1,320 miles.

It could be an instant in one of the early matches, played in torrid conditions that now seem as distant as last year's games.

Given the clubs' league positions, the era when English football supremacy was a parochial affair played out across Stanley Park now seems almost as distant as 1899 and the last derby featuring the pair in the relegation zone.

TEXAS: This last-place finish not as distant as 2001, when A-Rod's Rangers ended 43 games out in AL West.

But Madrid's last visit (2002) is almost as distant as Dortmund's (1997).

Three decades on, the Hulme that Kermode evoked seemed suddenly as distant as the 1930s.

The first true "Subway Series" occurred a month after my birth in 1941, as distant Brooklyn finally prevailed.

Today, the revolutionary era of 1917 seems as distant as the Middle Ages — both to Russians and to Americans.

Events The Providencia Jazz Festival aims to encourage people to stay in the city during the summer, with artists from countries as distant as Poland and South Africa scheduled to perform this year.