Example sentences of "which [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 . |