EU officials see this as a demonstration of how far countries will go to pursue the holy grail of EU membership.
Today's battles gave a startling demonstration of how far Israel is from creating an effective buffer between northern Israel and Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
In the event it was simply a demonstration of how far the former United man has moved on, the hub of this fine, evolving Juve team in which the excellent Juan Cuadrado was another black-shirted Banquo's ghost.
"Our game is expanding and the crowd at Wembley last month was a tangible demonstration of how far club rugby in England has come," says Mark McCafferty, the chief executive of Premiership Rugby.
Just about the only interesting things about the new Hollywood movie Parkland is its demonstration of how far Hollywood has shifted to the right over the last couple of decades.
Instead, the euro zone would have to start moving towards greater pooling of sovereignty and sharing of liabilities.Six months on, the European summit (December 13th-14th) that was supposed to decide how to move towards a greater degree of fiscal federalism has just ended with a demonstration of how far European leaders have retreated from such notions.
Spain's demonstration of easy quality – worn through the goal celebrations with a desultory, almost embarrassed lightness; "Thank you, we're wonderful, please stop applauding" – provided an even more striking demonstration of how far Australian football has to progress before, as Postecoglou is fond of saying, it "bridges the gap" to the world's top 20 nations.
President Bush came to California today for a decidedly restrained day of campaigning of behalf of Bill Simon Jr., the embattled Republican candidate for governor, in a lackluster demonstration of how far the White House believes that Mr. Simon's prospects of unseating Gov. Gray Davis have fallen.
A national hero when he brought gold home from Sydney 12 years ago, a stark demonstration of how far the 40-year-old has fallen in the public's affections came when he walked to the ring to a chorus of boos and chants of "Who are you?" before Liverpool's Echo Arena crowd opted for a courser version.
It is a demonstration of how far human engineering ingenuity has reached, to be mimicking natural systems".
