Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [prep] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Common Law takes little interest in the goods , which are of far less importance , and especially of far less public importance , than the land . |
| 2 | Belshaw ( 1979 ) illustrates the contradiction between research station agronomic techniques which favour planting crops in pure stands , and inter-cropping techniques which are by far the most satisfactory from the point of view of the reduction of soil erosion . |
| 3 | As a result of inflation and part repayment of mortgages most home owners have a property which is worth far more than they owe on it . |
| 4 | As a result of inflation and part repayment of mortgages most home owners have a property which is worth far more than they owe on it . |
| 5 | Finally , there 's the Acorn Archimedes A3000 , which is by far the most powerful home micro available . |
| 6 | The Open Spaces Society , which is by far our oldest environmental pressure body has for more than half a century been encouraging the continuance of the ancient practice of Beating the Bounds by parish and community councils and local groups . |
| 7 | The UK branch , which is by far the largest , will be most affected by the decision . |
| 8 | The CSA 1985 , which is by far the most important piece of legislation , in that it lies at the heart of anti-insider dealing regulation in the UK , outlines the substantive elements of insider dealing offences . |
| 9 | For example , each person aged 65 and over who lives alone and has mobility problems attracts £729 for personal social service provision , which is by far the largest component in the relevant formula . |
| 10 | In fact , the data which he cites lead one to a conclusion , which when transposed into terms closer to those used in this book , might be stated as follows : When an attributive adjective A qualifies a nominal head N , then , if we have referent-qualification ( which is by far the more common case ) the property of the adjective acts , in identification , independently of the property inherent in the noun . |
| 11 | Where they are used as the basis of inter-country comparisons , which is by far the most common use that is made of them , they predispose the results of such comparisons to certain conclusions which are usually prejudiced by unspoken theory-laden assumptions . |
| 12 | All departments would be under close scrutiny , but none more than the Department of Health and Social Security , which was by far the biggest spender in Whitehall . |
| 13 | Both made their error at the treble which was by far the most troublesome obstacle . |
| 14 | The Yak–7 was developed into the Yak–9 which was by far the most significant fighter on all Soviet fronts and by 1944 outnumbered all other types combined . |
| 15 | 72 ) and , towards that end , each of them occupied a territory on the periphery of the USSR within which a particular nationality was in principle predominant — Estonians in Estonia , Ukrainians in the Ukraine , and Russians in the Russian Republic , which was by far the largest . |
| 16 | What is of far greater importance is that the candidate should come across well on TV news programmes and should constantly be seen in favourable settings making crisp and newsworthy remarks . |
| 17 | YOUR editorial ‘ Home Truths ’ ( BT 17/8/93 ) together with map B ( BT page 2 20/5/93 ) point clearly to what is by far the best solution to our present predicament in this province ; viz re-partition . |