Example sentences of "far more [subord] [noun] " 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 | But she would have taken more pains than I ( and far more than Roger ) not to hurt them . |
| 3 | It is easy to see his point , especially on the basis of the USA direct response market in which he mainly worked : Americans , far more than Europeans , expect to be sold a product , in advertising as anywhere else . |
| 4 | It is a measure of the importance we now attach to sport , that although few either know or care who the latest Minister of Sport is , we pay our national team bosses far more than members of the Cabinet . |
| 5 | Everyone has problems — some far more than others . |
| 6 | Now more people have a stake , with some owning far more than others and most owning none at all . |
| 7 | Of course , both police and military prefer to achieve their ends without the use of coercion , and some succeed in this far more than others . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | Thus although the term ‘ Messiah ’ simply meant ‘ the anointed one ’ , or ‘ king ’ , the concept of kingship it implied involved far more than concepts of kingship do today . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Drab and perhaps a little the worse for wear , sedate in unpretentious boards or cloth , they are cherished far more than copies reclothed and bedecked in elegant calf and morocco . |
| 12 | ‘ We ought none of us to lose sight of the fact that human beings count far more than institutions or procedures or precedents , and we ought always to be willing , given justification , to sacrifice the latter to the former . ’ |
| 13 | Indeed , by 1933 Danzig needed Poland far more than Poland needed Danzig . |
| 14 | Secondly , the championship itself was especially rich in first-class drivers : Ferrari , his chief rivals , had Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni as its main drivers ( with Reutemann filling in for the grievously injured Lauda at Monza ) , and Lauda , far more than Hunt , was at the very peak of his form , the peak of Lauda 's form being , together with Alain Prost 's , the summit of racing artistry . |
| 15 | If Madeleine was enjoying herself with her ‘ Pogo ’ , he could enjoy himself with Cora-Beth , who probably cared about him far more than Madeleine ever had . |
| 16 | In this respect experiences matter far more than appearances . |
| 17 | The pulling power of the local working men 's club and Newcastle Brown Ale , will constitute far more than Wilko has to offer . |
| 18 | Your personality and style and what you can do matter far more than letters after your name . |
| 19 | Indeed it was the Flemings who were the main target of his attack , far more than England 's older French enemies ( 43 , pp.3–6 , 15 , 53–5 ) . |
| 20 | Warnaweera , with fast off-cutters , and Muralidharan , with more orthodox off-spin , have both turned the ball far more than England 's specialist spinners , Phil Tufnell and John Emburey . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Discipleship is far more than initiation into a particular congregation or even accepting the terms of membership prescribed by a particular denomination . |
| 23 | The facts that everybody should know about British Aerospace are far more than statistics . |
| 24 | The crash has hurt banks far more than companies . |
| 25 | But Anna ca n't accept the use of the word ‘ love ’ because it means too much for her ; far more than Vronsky could ever understand . |
| 26 | Let's face it , it 's usually good photographs that attract walkers to a specific place and often convey far more than words can . |
| 27 | He knew the cruelty she was going to witness over the next three months would be agony for her because , for some reason , she trusted animals far more than humans , but , like a nurse looking after animals in a vivisection clinic , he could n't prevent her pain , only alleviate it as much as possible . |
| 28 | Hunter , far more than Allon , was in a very small minority . |
| 29 | In our age Pound , far more than Eliot or Yeats , is such a poet . |
| 30 | At first sight , Luke , far more than Matthew , seems to be concerned to set the events of Jesus ' birth in a historical setting . |