Example sentences of "[was/were] far [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The costs of treating Richard in this fashion were far greater than the gains to be made from keeping him in suspense about his future . |
| 2 | Many Roman vault spans were far greater than Gothic ones and were not equalled until the development of steel construction in the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | Children very often lost one or more parents before they reached adulthood and the chances of a husband or wife losing his or her partner before old age were far greater than they are today . |
| 4 | He said the hazards of long-term smoking were far greater than was realised when the link with lung cancer was first made 40 years ago . |
| 5 | The extent of those blessings then , that God pours on her , there were far greater than anything that she could have imagined ! |
| 6 | But every time he turned round to look at the black shape labouring after him he was confirmed in the suspicion that Islamic outfits were far sexier than boring old black-leather bras , split-crotch panties or steel suspenders . |
| 7 | MAFF 's 1988 report on pesticide residues stated that residues were far higher than originally thought , particularly in the case of fruit and vegetables treated for storage . |
| 8 | All were second-hand , but they were far better than the stinking rags he had been wearing . |
| 9 | The company had some of the finest ships afloat , on board which pay and conditions were far better than on regular ships of the line . |
| 10 | There was a prevailing view that training schemes run by companies and firms were far better than those run by civil servants . |
| 11 | It was just that the problems were far bigger than people realized . |
| 12 | ‘ There were ‘ takes ’ that were far longer than we had rehearsed , because of the pauses and looks he added . |
| 13 | Heat and smoke release rates in the Kuwait situation were far less than those predicted for urban firestorms after a nuclear exchange . |
| 14 | Resources were obtained from central government under the 1952 Town Development Act and the 1961 Housing Act which subsidized the importation of an over spill population , but these were far less than would have been provided to a designated New Town where all infrastructure costs would have been borne by central government . |
| 15 | IBOA members in Britain fully realise this situation and have taken it on board in recent years by accepting pay settlements which were far less than increases in the Retail Price Index . |
| 16 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 17 | At the pavement 's edge Joseph stood surveying the crowd with fascinated eyes ; in Cholon 's narrower streets , Europeans were far rarer than on the boulevards of Saigon , and the vast majority of the faces were Chinese . |
| 18 | As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’ |
| 19 | They were far older than the Tuthanach , probably engendered by the association with the first post-Ice Age forest of the Mesolithic period , ten thousand years or so before the birth of Christ . |
| 20 | The Workshops of the Looms were far larger than he had expected . |
| 21 | At 6mA or 7mA the l.e.d.s were far brighter than standard types , and well worth the few extra pence each . |
| 22 | The American influences on English Nonconformity were far more than just catchy songs , the taking of collections during services , ‘ American organs ’ and individual communion cups . |
| 23 | Their lives were far more than just hard . |
| 24 | And when I first got an inkling the little was far worse than none , and I became melancholy and miserable . |
| 25 | Although the French Revolution was far worse than anything that our other subjects — except Gotfryd — had to suffer , we get little sense of pain from this book . |
| 26 | She was far worse than any man she 'd ever met . |
| 27 | In fact it was far worse than it is today you know . |
| 28 | The Williamses fell in love with the outside of the house at first sight and Pauline admits the condition inside was far worse than they first thought . |
| 29 | It was far worse than my first day on the wards . ’ |
| 30 | Despite inflation and Schiller 's resignation , West Germany 's economic performance was far better than her Western partners , and growth was still over 3 per cent . |