Example sentences of "[prep] [be] a far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SDP were likely to be a far greater danger to us , as disgruntled ex-Conservative voters who would never have voted Labour in a million years turned to a cosy middle party . |
| 2 | In the event , the compilation of this review proved to be a far more difficult undertaking than I had anticipated — and took far far longer than it should have done . |
| 3 | If that seems too simple , then let me put what I believe to be a far more cogent argument , By bringing ‘ God ’ into this , are we not merely shifting something off ourselves ? |
| 4 | There is likely to be a far greater appreciation of home comforts but there may also be a reluctance to answer the barrage of questions or to say much about the new life . |
| 5 | common , law offence has proved to be a far better stop upon pornography than the 1959 Act . |
| 6 | He considers ( 1975 : xx ) ‘ predatory street crime to be a far more serious matter than consumer fraud , anti-trust violations etc … because predatory crime … makes difficult or impossible the maintenance of meaningful human communities ’ . |
| 7 | Rob Andrew , Craig Chalmers and Ralph Keyes may not be everyone 's cups of tea and it 's quite possible that someone like Colin Stephens may turn out to be a far greater player , but for England , Scotland and Ireland each one has shown that he is virtually indispensable . |
| 8 | By 1936 , the year of Rowntree 's second survey in York , 15 per cent of the poor were found to be old people , but this was still adjudged to be a far less significant cause of poverty than unemployment or low wages . |
| 9 | ‘ It might prove to be a far more satisfying exercise than baiting me . ’ |