Example sentences of "far more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her record of her rural childhood and young adult life in Britain at the turn of the century is a fund of sociological insights and is far more fascinating to read , and incomparably better written , than practically any genuinely sociological work of the time . |
| 2 | It 's far more useful to think about plays in terms of the questions they ask us than what they tell us . |
| 3 | They were having a mission at the time and the preacher told Mother that it would have done her far more good to go to chapel than knit a quilt . |
| 4 | It may be far more powerful to live free from the past , weighed down as little as possible by how women have been perceived , or have perceived themselves , in that past . |
| 5 | We found it far more instructive to analyse balance in terms of the cross-curricular ‘ generic activities ’ of reading , writing , listening , drawing/painting , collaboration and so on which are a universal feature of primary classroom life , regardless of the curriculum labels used . |
| 6 | Because once it 's in , it 's far more expensive to get it out . |
| 7 | If his mind was too restless to maintain any hold on the spiritual , then did n't he have something far more immediate to face up to rather than to be wallowing in daily bouts of nostalgia ? |
| 8 | It seems far more reasonable to accept the great progress that Christian thinking has brought , while understanding the equally valid Christian teaching that man is a wretched sinner and needs to be changed . |
| 9 | To understand what an ocean is , it is far more helpful to see one rather than just read about oceans , and if we experience it by swimming in it or crossing it by boat , we are likely to have a much more real understanding . |
| 10 | It was obviously far more interesting to spend his time chatting up the local talent . |
| 11 | Flavoured varieties are available , but it is far more interesting to make your own additions to the basic curds . |
| 12 | A bonus was that he had been so fascinated by his earlier experience that his confidence in hypnotherapy as a whole had grown , and he was far more willing to undergo treatment than he might otherwise have been . |
| 13 | Michaels also says that other EC member countries are far more willing to put EC proposals and directives into force than we are . |
| 14 | People were far more willing to use them if they were diluted in a traditional herbal infusion like chamomile . |
| 15 | Is not it necessary to recognise that in future the Crown prosecution service should be far more willing to listen to allegations and to investigate them ? |
| 16 | The advocates of such a holistic viewpoint would have been far more willing to accept the need for preserving the complex web of natural relationships , and would thus have gravitated towards the environmentalist movement . |
| 17 | These not only keep your feet cosy and warm , but are far more comfortable to wear than layers of socks . |
| 18 | But overseas royal families are far more ready to put hand in pocket . |
| 19 | But the main problem is that it is far more difficult to teach a new spoken dialect because so many aspects of spoken production are automatic and below the level of conscious control . |
| 20 | While physical fatigue is one problem which needs careful control , boredom and lack of motivation are potentially far more difficult to combat . |
| 21 | Second , quality improvement is far more difficult to define and measure in health than it is in education . |
| 22 | The damage affected the balustrade in the painting , but neither the sky nor faces , which would have been far more difficult to restore , were affected , the Louvre said . |
| 23 | ‘ Stones have also been piled on top of them making them far more difficult to see . ’ |
| 24 | On the other hand , admissions to Tertiary Colleges are far more difficult to control . |
| 25 | Posters are far more difficult to monitor : in the past , agencies used to have their own teams of inspectors , but this is no longer done , and the only real check on the presence and condition of posters is a regular service run for the past 10 years by the Poster Advertising Bureau , which reports on the level of damage to posters , as a stimulus to the contractors to take care of their sites . |
| 26 | It is far more difficult to account for a further type of confusion . |
| 27 | The other main difference between the two species is far more difficult to explain . |
| 28 | She reported : ‘ People were also pleased to hear that it will be far more difficult to avoid paying and so they will be less likely to have to pay so much for other people 's arrears . ’ |
| 29 | It is far more difficult to approach someone to whom you do not feel at all dose and in many cases the only way to do this is by means of a third person who may be willing to ask them for their opinion of you . |
| 30 | Third , it is far more difficult to calculate the economic return to the individual on investment in health services than is the case with education . |