Example sentences of "[be] [prep] a far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Financially and commercially , we are in a far stronger position than the other clubs . |
| 2 | If you had n't been here we 'd all be in a far worse pickle . |
| 3 | But er you 'll be in a far safer position if you actually produce your licence on the twenty fifth of October . |
| 4 | But er you 'll be in a far safer position if you actually produce your licence on the twenty fifth of October . |
| 5 | Those who can fully grieve over an unexpected disaster , like the sudden loss of a limb or blindness , will be in a far better state to make the best use of the faculties left . |
| 6 | Paragraph one point four , legislation , figures prominent in here and Mr , legislation of course is currently a changing scheme in our service and perhaps the most important new act for several years is the New Road and Street Works Act , which is scheduled to be in action on the first of January next year and this will have two main effects for us , firstly the Local Highway Authority that is ourselves in Suffolk will be in a far stronger position to manage or influence or control the work of public utilities in public highways . |
| 7 | However , no thermally formed vortices have been observed , and if they were they would theoretically be on a far larger scale than the spacing of the longitudinal dunes ( Mabbutt , 1 977 ) . |
| 8 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |
| 9 | The plaza was a place for nocturnal meetings , although the majority were of a far simpler , far older kind than two men planning international espionage . |
| 10 | More importantly to Branson , it meant Virgin were on a far smaller margin of any profit . |
| 11 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
| 12 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 13 | He was in a far better position financially to help her than her own parents who had a lot of children and responsibilities , whereas he had no children and everything he had would go to her . |
| 14 | The most striking feature is that expenditure in the 1970s was at a far higher level than during the 1950s and 1960s . |