Example sentences of "far [adj -er] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , women 's earnings on average are far lower than men 's so almost certainly women will earn a lower earnings-related component than men . |
| 2 | Caesar was probably far nearer than God for most of them . |
| 3 | In the end , Leapor proposes an explanation for marital disaffection far simpler than Swift 's : |
| 4 | It has been shown in the experimental literature on the prisoners ' dilemma game that the strategy of ‘ tit for tat ’ is a very effective and frequently chosen way of sustaining co-operation even though it is far simpler than Abreu 's strategies ( and neither subgame perfect nor renegotiation-proof ) . |
| 5 | Mikael Shields , of BBC Enterprises , said : ‘ Children are far quicker than adults at spotting and rejecting cases of racism and stoutism . ’ |
| 6 | But it was an American company , United Artists , which put together the talents of Richard Lester , a London-based American who had acquired fast-cutting wizardry on live TV shows , and a phenomenon far bigger than Cliff , the Beatles , for A Hard Day 's Night ( 1964 ) . |
| 7 | It was just that the problems were far bigger than people realized . |
| 8 | But Changez was far smarter than Anwar . |
| 9 | Bigger and far heavier than José , broken-nosed , more thug than thinker , dangerous in that his actions would be unpremeditated . |
| 10 | Although Africa 's gas reserves are far larger than Europe 's , African production is less than one-fifth of European production and in 1983 indigenous consumption accounted for less than 10% of energy demand . |
| 11 | It is measurable , albeit in units far larger than gigadealions . |
| 12 | Control of interest rates loomed far larger than control of money supply . |
| 13 | Undoubtedly , it was the great monasteries which set the style , with an importance far beyond their immediate locale ; the priory church of St Pancras in Lewes was far larger than Chichester Cathedral , and its monks major landlords . |
| 14 | ‘ Doctors , who have never been taught medical entomology and do n't know what a mite is , would be far happier if asthma were caused by cigarette smoke , pollution , plant pollen or cat fur , but few cases actually are . |
| 15 | Trident is far deadlier than cruise missiles ever were . |
| 16 | In my opinion it is far better than Coronation Street . |
| 17 | Some designs are far better than others regarding the linkages associated with this control . |
| 18 | The record companies say the price premium is justified because CDs are more durable and sound far better than tapes . |
| 19 | It would be far better if employers paid their workers a decent wage , says Tracey , 44 . |
| 20 | It was important to retain Lloyd George , not just as the man who had won the war but also as a man who could talk to the working class ; and if a revolutionary situation were to arise , then it would be far better if Unionists could call on Liberals to help resist it . |
| 21 | It would have been far better if majority voting had applied in that instance . |
| 22 | The main attraction of B&B is that it has always been far cheaper than hotels and this is still the case . |
| 23 | Italy is now looking at taking into government the reformed social-democratic communists , an injection of incorruptibility ( well , more or less , and certainly far sea-greener than Craxi 's cynical wheeler-dealer pocket-liners ) long overdue . |
| 24 | Epiphany is one of the oldest festivals in the Church , far Older than Christmas . |
| 25 | In most respects , using wave lift is far safer than cloud flying for attempts at Gold and Diamond heights . |
| 26 | Due to the technical matching of microwave power output to cavity size , to ensure an even heat pattern , the standard model has 1425W and the Gastronorm delivers 2000w which is quite clearly far higher than models in that grey area of low powered domestic equivalents which masquerade as being suitable for commercial premises . |
| 27 | They are talking of sums far higher than France , Germany or Britain seem prepared to provide . |
| 28 | But with projected sales of only 200 bikes a year , the unit cost of parts came in far higher than Le Roux expected . |
| 29 | haaland is a central defender and sundgot is an attacker ; both talented — though i value fat-frank far higher than sundgot. so two vikings at forest and three ( ! ) at oldham — so norway 's tally just keeps growing as the biggest contigent of non-english players — which is quite amazing — for years we had just the odd-player like aage hareide ( man city and norwich ) , einar aass ( nott forest — i imagine his english team-mates had some fun with his name : - ] ) and erik the viking at spurs but nowadays you need a computer to have control … |
| 30 | Lyndon Johnson had massive support in all forms of political capital , and even Jimmy Carter had commenced with big majorities in Congress and a level of popular approval far higher than Reagan 's . |