Example sentences of "far [adj -er] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gold shares , though far dearer than they recently were , are still attractive to some who reckon on rising prices . |
| 2 | The object of radical legislation is to introduce a more refined and coherent form of gradation which will ensure , inter alia , that guilty defendants are not able to bargain their way into sentences which are far lighter than they deserve . |
| 3 | Rather than chase somebody and take away what little respect they have , it 's far better that they go out and maybe get lost for a few minutes and then come back , than have somebody chase them . |
| 4 | Be far better if they told us to do something sensible . |
| 5 | These bonuses , however , are not like those capriciously awarded under the STV : they are far smaller and they are shared out proportionally . |
| 6 | Just as significantly , when assessed by an independent panel of judges , most subjects appeared facially far older than they actually were . |
| 7 | The Williamses fell in love with the outside of the house at first sight and Pauline admits the condition inside was far worse than they first thought . |
| 8 | Things will seem far worse than they actually are for a few days — but once the drama dies down you 'll see you 're in a fine position after all . |
| 9 | ‘ She can be catty , I know that , but you made things far worse than they needed be , ’ Luke retorted . |
| 10 | The gaps predominate ( and probably should be far longer than they are shown here ) , the lithologies are all diachronous and the fossils migrate into the area from elsewhere and then migrate out again . |
| 11 | By using air- to-air refuelling you can keep them airborne far longer than they would normally be able to using our own internal fuel . |
| 12 | They knew now that the danger was far greater than they had estimated . |
| 13 | Children very often lost one or more parents before they reached adulthood and the chances of a husband or wife losing his or her partner before old age were far greater than they are today . |
| 14 | She took my faltering , my tortured refusals for something far finer than they really were . |