Example sentences of "[vb pp] far [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | International trade in goods was liberalised far sooner than that in financial services . |
| 2 | She had never been pushed academically , although there is no doubt she had the intelligence to have done far better than she ever did . |
| 3 | Some of her friends had fairly eccentric ideas of bed-sitter decoration , and had done far better than the Chianti-bottle , British Railway-poster effort , but none of them had ever conceived of anything like this : and the nicest room she had ever seen had been the drawing room of a friend 's mother in Sevenoaks , which had been distinguished by a bare and gentle colour scheme , and some pretty Georgian furniture . |
| 4 | Ardeshir Zahedi had done far better than that . |
| 5 | ‘ Actually , you 've done far better than I expected . |
| 6 | If the island did become detached in the way he suggests , then the mountainous regions in the south would have been separated far longer than the northern parts . |
| 7 | This was not what Marian wanted , for they had worked out that the smoke of the outlaws , main Camp must be nearly two days march away and help and shelter for Hugh was needed far quicker than that . |
| 8 | They 've had far more than what we 've ever had |
| 9 | But Steven Morrissey 's Manchester was rooted far deeper than the élitist circle of rock music . |
| 10 | Trouble is , I do n't know what he 'd do - " He broke off suddenly and turned his head away , whispering , " My father , my father , my father … " in a way so bitter and desperate that she turned to him and held him ; and although they had already stayed far longer than on previous nights , she had a sudden foreboding of events , so that she needed to love him again , now ; and a little while later , without thinking of the danger , she cried out with the joy of him : a single shriek in the night that echoed in the trees below the house and was followed by a strange , almost tangible silence . |
| 11 | We Westerners find it hard to understand or admire the growth and success of Islamic fundamentalism , but the traditional Muslims have realised far better than the ‘ progressives ’ that if you want to resist consumerism and individualism then you have to capture the public ground and control the country from the centre . |
| 12 | After the war , the army dumped thousands of these sets on cadet forces , where they were treated far harder than in any battle zone . |
| 13 | And they 've given far more than but you or I will ever contemplate doing for God ! |
| 14 | He said , in an unusually wan way , ‘ The crux of this business is hidden far deeper than I imagined . |
| 15 | This year it 's extended far further than usual , and you 've got hundreds of thousands of square miles of water which is much warmer than usual in the Pacific . |