Sentence examples for is distant for from inspiring English sources

The prospect of an all-out war with Russia or China is distant for now; the risk of losing in Iraq and Afghanistan is acute.

Although the tumult of 1989 is distant for many Chinese, it remains a forbidden subject, heavily censored on the Internet and rarely if ever mentioned in the state-run media.

The global economic crisis was distant for a day.

Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said in her announcement speech that economic success and "dreams are distant for many Americans".

Speaking to diplomats after this week's announcement, the pope said he was "happy to see two peoples take a step to move closer after being distant for so many years".

But remember, men can be distant for many reasons, so don't go jumping to conclusions.

"Fortunately for men," House writes, "Allah is distant, but unfortunately for women, men are ­omnipresent".

There are distant plans for a railway to connect the coasts.But big projects like that will move more slowly thanks to the country's hefty repayment burden.

From Monday evening, the gloopy romance and energetic hoofing of the High School Musical films will be distant memories for your early-teen children.

At least two Americans, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, are rumored to be distant candidates for the papacy.

Supraclavicular lymphadenopathy was considered to be distant disease for the purpose of this analysis.