Example sentences of "far [adj] than [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strongest impetus , he said , comes from museums ' reassessment of their role in society which the profession sees as far broader than even a decade ago . |
| 2 | Their skills in running clinics and providing comprehensive PHC is far broader than just ‘ mini ’ doctors . |
| 3 | At the lower end of the scale the items may be far shoddier than even the cheapest village or nomadic rug ; at the higher end , one can find work of the most outstanding calibre and sophistication . |
| 4 | This is entirely understandable since repeating familiar , and previously sufficiently successful , behaviour patterns is far easier than constantly modifying your behaviour to suit differing circumstances . |
| 5 | When Safdarjung arrived from Persia , Aurangzeb was still Emperor and Delhi was still the richest , most magnificent and most populous city between Istanbul and Edo ( Tokyo ) ; with its two million inhabitants it was far larger than either London or Paris . |
| 6 | If the customer has taken the trouble to complain ( which is far better than not complaining — the Profitboss would never know about lapses in service otherwise ) , the Profitboss takes the trouble to respond . |
| 7 | The basic health of the British economy is far better than ever it was . ’ |
| 8 | Despite the fact that the contribution from the Ukraine is far smaller than originally envisaged , fifteen institutions in all agreed to lend pieces from eighteen ancient cultures ranging from the Neolithic to the Byzantine . |
| 9 | The UK 's reserves of lowland peat bogs are far less than previously thought , according to a new survey by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee ( JNCC ) — the scientific umbrella group for the government 's three national conservation agencies in England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 10 | Satellite studies of the Amazon rainforest by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) show that the area being felled each year is far less than previously estimated . |
| 11 | But last year 's event raised far less than previously and organisers say the public are looking for a fresh approach . |
| 12 | Schools in mid , north east and north west Essex resort to excluding pupils far less than elsewhere in the county . |
| 13 | Over the past few months , for instance , our Government has single-handedly ensured that the new directive on efficiency standards for boilers ended up far weaker than initially proposed by the commission . |
| 14 | A pub , like any other old building , is far more than just its principle facade , or its four walls . |
| 15 | It is far more than just an accidental entrance to your home . |
| 16 | Second , when prayer is seen as a conversation with a very dear friend , we begin to understand prayer as far , far more than just asking God for a hand-out . |
| 17 | It seemed to her a precious gift , far more than just an alleviation of present discomfort . |
| 18 | The American influences on English Nonconformity were far more than just catchy songs , the taking of collections during services , ‘ American organs ’ and individual communion cups . |
| 19 | This hospital , said the chaplain , ‘ is far more than just bricks , wood and plaster , we are talking about a family — a community of nurses , doctors , auxiliary staff , domestics and patients — ‘ a team ’ . |
| 20 | But OALD is far more than just a dictionary . |
| 21 | But Seefeld is far more than just a place to swing your mashie niblick . |
| 22 | For to say that Jesus was a ‘ rightful king ’ means far more than it might simply in today 's world — far more than just a legitimate inherited position as head , symbolic or otherwise , of a secular state . |
| 23 | Art means far more than just learning to draw and paint . |
| 24 | The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series . |
| 25 | I see education as far more than just training you to go out and do a job , and I think the whole learning process , whatever you 're learning , matures you into being capable of taking responsibilities and learning other things , and I think arts subjects do that just as well as science subjects . |
| 26 | However , night workers will never perform their job as efficiently as they would during the day , for the master clock controls far more than just our cycle of sleeping and waking . |
| 27 | Their lives were far more than just hard . |
| 28 | The number of individual schools developing their own non-sexist and anti-sexist initiatives is increasing continuously , and most tackle far more than just the official curriculum , aiming to provide verbal and physical ‘ space ’ for girls , to tackle careers and option choices and to involve parents . |
| 29 | It 's far more than just a place to drink ; it 's the social and conversational heart of any Irish village . |
| 30 | Still , the Carolingian Renaissance in the mid-ninth century touched far more than just a select clerical few . |