Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] far [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , better by far to restrict the creative work to two examples of ‘ Sequin Art ’ made by my two elder daughters , aged eleven and nine . |
| 2 | Better by far to invest while the going is good , to guarantee yourself an income , rather than rely on an uncertain future . |
| 3 | Better by far to tackle equity withdrawal on big loans , where better-off house-buyers borrow £20,000 more than they need for a house-purchase , to buy that flashy car they have always wanted . |
| 4 | It would be counter-productive to include a clause which no-one really regards as appropriate to the particular circumstances of the firm just because that clause is commonly found in the precedent books : better by far to leave it out until agreement on a satisfactory alternative can be agreed . |
| 5 | Maybe we should have solved our problems more quickly ( of course in a perfect world everyone always should ) , but better by far to have gone on and on , testing , probing , questioning and changing , until we finally had a solution which worked and could take us where we wanted to be . |
| 6 | Better by far to learn this crucial information off by heart . |
| 7 | No , safer by far to stay here in town until the day cooled . |