Example sentences of "[prep] far [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one of the quantitative fallacies of far too much missionary thinking . |
| 2 | Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age . |
| 3 | I think he went into far too much detail about it . |
| 4 | The tour was badly administrated with far too much time allocated at certain studios . |
| 5 | The criticism is that these problems have left DGIV with far too much power to act as both prosecutor and judge in the cases it has pursued . |
| 6 | ‘ I got away with far too much . |
| 7 | ‘ That secretary of his , ’ said Mrs Baggley with an inconsequence which was only apparent , ‘ feeds Charles with far too much tittle-tattle . |
| 8 | The policeman seemed to be treating him with far too much respect , Folly thought with irritation . |
| 9 | The biographical approach to Jesus ' life , and the psychological study of his own mind , were thus left with far too little to work with . |
| 10 | The best method is to begin at the fainter of the two Pointers ( Agena , or Beta Centauri ) and extend a line from it through Alpha Trianguli Australe ; prolonged for far enough this will lead to Alpha Pavonis in the Peacock , after which the other Birds can be sorted out . |
| 11 | If the waiters were curious about the room being in darkness they neither said nor did anything which indicated it ; they had been in the hotel business for far too many years now to be surprised by the antics or activities of the guests . |
| 12 | ‘ The impression they created was of two young men , very smart , well-spoken , trading high-value stones for far too much money , ’ Mr Curtis told the jury . |
| 13 | One problem here is that the bureaucracy is required to account for far too much . |
| 14 | Rarely is the customer consulted ; in far too many cases the regular is a powerless bystander as his or her pub is transformed by identikit ‘ Victoriana ’ . |
| 15 | In far too many instances real hard preparatory work is confined to well trained union negotiators . |
| 16 | In far too many management jobs there is the tyranny of the in-tray . |
| 17 | Because of the very obvious advantages of growing in containers the practice , in far too many hands , has become a circus . |
| 18 | In far too many companies this is viewed as being somebody well down the line , very frequently a section manager , who is ‘ the only one you can get a decision out of ’ , or ‘ the only one who actually knows ’ . |
| 19 | " No good , Peter — I 've been in court in far too many fraud cases . |
| 20 | It is used by others — by far too many — as a dumping-ground for the unwanted , the unsung , the unspeakable . |
| 21 | We need personal reflections — it 's just a string of sketches held tenuously together by far too many dates and places . |