Example sentences of "far more [adj] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Plus your own gifts are far more useful than a plastic moustache , or a magnifying glass that does n't work . |
| 2 | But those are the two risks the police had to weigh up and what they will tell you is that one risk , a gunman on the loose , is a potential to main and kill , one is far , far more serious than the risk of causing some temporary fear and fright of little children . |
| 3 | Leaving white wines unfiltered is certainly far more revolutionary than a bit of oak . |
| 4 | Another advantage of growing tropical waterlilies is that some of the varieties open their blooms after dark , and these night bloomers are normally far more fragrant than the day blooming varieties . |
| 5 | These resemblances are far more impressive than the resemblance of clouds to weasels . |
| 6 | Shaved , shorn and bewigged , Simon Lay struts his forbidden stuff and upstages some of the girls but the deed is far more convincing than the intention . |
| 7 | In fact , it was far more welcoming than the bed in her flat . |
| 8 | ‘ There are other ways to control you , ways far more pleasurable than a blow . ’ |
| 9 | But it could happen with a fair deal , and it is far far far more probable than the marble statue 's waving at us . |
| 10 | A blend of clove , thyme , lavender and peppermint , for example , is far more powerful than the chemist might expect of the blend ( taking into account the combined chemical constituents of the oils ) . |
| 11 | Most brands , especially in fields other than the packaged goods for which the theory was developed , are potentially far more complex than the USP theory suggests , and a USP approach limits the opportunity for giving the brand a genuine personality . |
| 12 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 13 | What looks like a four-leafed clover in the centre of a galaxy is in fact a product of gravitational lensing ; the four leaves of the clover are four different images of a quasar far more distant than the galaxy in which they seem to nestle . |
| 14 | On average ( £5.44 per capita ) the Wealden vale was filly comparable with the com-sheep region ( £5 — £5.55 ) and far more affluent than the forest ridge to the east ( £4.64 ) , where , in contrast to the rest of Sussex , the scarcity of truly rich people placed the biggest concentration of wealth in the range £10-£19 instead of £20-£39 . |
| 15 | And unfortunately , tonight the audience were far more interesting than the band . |
| 16 | And unfortunately , tonight the audience were far more interesting than the band . |
| 17 | If Minton was striving to produce a figurative subject far more ambitious than the café scenes associated with the Euston Road School , he was again defeated by his inability to find a style that was more than a pastiche . |
| 18 | For one awful moment she feared he would strike her ; instead he looked down at her , his contempt far more painful than a blow . |
| 19 | This literature is very substantial and far more sophisticated than the state subsidy theory of strikes . |
| 20 | Moses , who is far more sophisticated than the shepherd with his naive faith , asks , " And does God drink it ? " |
| 21 | The one positive thing to emerge from privatisation so far has been the degree of accountability that has been imposed on Group 4 , far more stringent than the level the police and prison officers are used to . |
| 22 | It is immaterial that his promise is far more valuable than the price he has asked for it . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , it proved to be too taxing and Peter persuaded her to give up , telling her , ‘ You 're far more important than a degree . ’ |
| 24 | Mention this to most clergymen and they will rightly say that spiritual development is far more important than a degree . |
| 25 | For the UK in particular the use of IT is far more important than the development of the technology itself . |
| 26 | THE new Gatt agreement on trade is far more important than the ego of the French and the greed of their farmers . |
| 27 | The casino demanded a context — and soon the context was far more important than the casino itself . |
| 28 | Far more important than the bombardment of such particles is electromagnetic radiation . |
| 29 | ‘ The morale factor is far more important than the food — the knowledge that the world has not forgotten them . ’ |
| 30 | It 's the practical knowledge that is far more important than the academic . |