Example sentences of "is far [adj] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The unification of the mind is far greater than the resolving of the dichotomy alone .
2 If you prefer the individual icons to be displayed but there is not enough room on screen , remember that the Windows desktop is far greater than the size of the screen .
3 But it should be noted in passing that new mortgages for home-buying run at about the same level as the total volume of other types of new credit extended and outstanding mortgage debt is far greater than the total of all other forms of consumer credit put together .
4 Talking to women who have been there , or face the possibility of being sent there , you find that the fear of being put in the specials is far greater than the fear of imprisonment .
5 The United Kingdom is far greater than the sum of its parts .
6 It is important to emphasise that the impact of the Teacher Placement Service is far greater than the sum of teachers taking placement , as evaluative returns and case study evidence consistently point to the experience as a stimulus for change and the development of partnership activities .
7 The number on the register is far greater than the number formerly liable for domestic rates — one reason for the introduction of the new system — and it is correspondingly more difficult to prevent non-registration and evasion .
8 The Revenue is centralising its cases on this point at claims branch and of course the value to the Revenue of fighting these cases is far greater than the value to individual taxpayers ; on the other hand , the financial risk for the individual taxpayer of being the first to take such a case before the Special Commissioners or higher , would be extremely high .
9 In fact the reduction in home trade is far bigger than the reduction paid out exports , and this is accounted for by the ten million reduction paid out now would give a right big fillip to trade .
10 A polite refusal to comment further is far better than a panic reply .
11 This program is the best of its kind on the market for page making facilities , it is far better than a number of ‘ Commercial ’ pagemaking programs that are popular with users who only have a dot-matrix printer .
12 It is far larger than the CIA but much less well known .
13 If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one
14 This argument is meaningful only for lines longer than , say , 40 km as the inherent discrepancy is so slight on shorter distances that the error on the ground is far less than the sizes of marker sites involved .
15 The diamond survives the impact , usually , because its chemical bonding is far stronger than the bonding in the workpiece .
16 The Enlightenment , then , is far more than a revolution in theories of knowledge ( epistemology ) or even new methods in science and critical philosophy .
17 Mr Mitchell , clearly reflecting on his transaction , commented later : ‘ In this day and age , farming is far more than a way of life — it 's a business and you 've got to be in there to protect the right to keep sheep .
18 At a deeper level , the problem is far more than a kind of glorified managerial challenge .
19 Prayer is far more than a shopping list , or an incidental five minutes at the end of a busy day .
20 That is far more than the $100 billion of fresh cash the government must raise each year to cover the deficit , which already provokes alarm .
21 The difference in quality produced by different papers is far more than the difference in quality between the machines tested — by a mile !
22 AIDS , after all , is far more than an epidemic .
23 It will provide massive rebates for those who are worse off ; and it will be welcomed by the majority of the public , who will realise that it is far fairer than the community charge , that it is progressive and that it will work .
24 Because it is far smaller than the KGB with a staff of around 6,000 the GRU is more efficient .
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