Example sentences of "far more [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat Yot had never been entrusted with such responsibility before but she had become a friend of the family ; to Bernard and Laura loyalty and energy mattered far more than experience . |
| 2 | In fact the Report immediately makes clear the Committee 's view that English involves far more than lucidity and fitness to a specific purpose , in that it is also potentially a powerful force for national cultural enrichment , and even international cultural ascendency : |
| 3 | BUYING a computer system for a single hotel or restaurant , or for a chain of units , involves far more than ordering and taking delivery of powerful foxes loaded with clever software . |
| 4 | It is sometimes salutary to imagine yourself selling your clients product from door to door when clarity and persuasion would help you far more than oratory . |
| 5 | Discipleship is far more than initiation into a particular congregation or even accepting the terms of membership prescribed by a particular denomination . |
| 6 | I thought Speed and mcAllister faded far more than strach . |
| 7 | The relative prices of timber and steel vary greatly in different countries and also the price of timber itself varies from that of rough timber , which may be much cheaper than steel , up to expensive plywoods which cost far more than steel sheet . |
| 8 | In 1985 local authorities ( England and Wales ) had a gross loan debt outstanding of 42.3bn and total loan charges for the year serviced from revenue account amounted to 5.03bn ( far more than revenue expenditure on major services such as police ( 3.3bn ) and social services ( 2.98bn ) . |
| 9 | IBM Corp 's board has settled on a pay and benefits package for new chief executive Louis Gerstner , who takes up his post today , valued at over $7m : he will receive an annual salary of $2m , a one-time transition payment of $5m and a string of other incentives including a performance incentive potentially worth $1.5m a year , $500,000 long-term incentive tied to performance over three years and options on 500,000 IBM shares — far more than predecessor John Akers got . |
| 10 | The package is far more than predecessor John Akers got . |
| 11 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 12 | Their first baby , who was to cause far more than labour pains , arrived in mid-May 1939 . |