Example sentences of "far [det] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is aimed either at the external hacker of which there are far fewer than press reports suggest or at the employee who though they have legitimate access legitimate lim limited access to a computer , nevertheless go beyond that authorization , but in order for the act to be successful , in order to get a successful prosecution , the prosecution have got to show that the access was unauthorized , and in the absence of clear codes of conduct , clear on-screen messages , that can be quite tricky . |
| 2 | As to the price of the ‘ Samson ’ , Goldner will not specify , only saying that it is ‘ far , far less than $10 million — I could have bought that , plus another important picture for that amount ’ . |
| 3 | These young men represented a different kind of leader from those we have so far considered ; the Burma from which they sprang had been influenced by the West far less than India , and only a tiny middle class had assimilated Western education . |
| 4 | IBOA members in Britain fully realise this situation and have taken it on board in recent years by accepting pay settlements which were far less than increases in the Retail Price Index . |
| 5 | I enjoy the company of extrovert performers far less than people who just sit and talk . |
| 6 | Through a ‘ deal ’ with Keynes at the Treasury , the financial implications of the report involved only an extra 100 million per annum from central government , far less than Beveridge himself had initially estimated . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But she would have taken more pains than I ( and far more than Roger ) not to hurt them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Everyone has problems — some far more than others . |
| 12 | Now more people have a stake , with some owning far more than others and most owning none at all . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 : |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Indeed , by 1933 Danzig needed Poland far more than Poland needed Danzig . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In this respect experiences matter far more than appearances . |
| 23 | The pulling power of the local working men 's club and Newcastle Brown Ale , will constitute far more than Wilko has to offer . |
| 24 | Your personality and style and what you can do matter far more than letters after your name . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Discipleship is far more than initiation into a particular congregation or even accepting the terms of membership prescribed by a particular denomination . |
| 29 | The facts that everybody should know about British Aerospace are far more than statistics . |
| 30 | The crash has hurt banks far more than companies . |