Example sentences of "far [subord] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , my darlings , is not Miss Abbott a finer sight by far than that tawdry tinsel fairy you wanted for our tree ? |
| 2 | The 16-day-old stand-off appeared no closer to being resolved , and negotiations on Sunday were described by the FBI as ‘ less by far than any other day ’ . |
| 3 | She would instantly see that a plastic spoon proffered in open-hearted supplication and tender humility was more beautiful by far than any thorny rose or second-hand diamond given to her with a leer of anticipation . |
| 4 | As far as pure simple enjoyment goes , I 'd say it was an expedition to a mountain called Shivling which Jim Fotheringham and I climbed in 1983 . |
| 5 | The skiing does n't stretch even as far as advanced intermediate , but reports of dedicated tuition in perfect English and high sunshine levels in a place on the same latitude as Rome make this an excellent first-timer 's choice . |
| 6 | Second , in so far as modern complex statistical studies can separate the influence of some of these factors , education is important , though not dominating . |
| 7 | The enlargement of the EC had , quite simply , come at the worst possible time so far as global economic conditions were concerned , and did not bring the dynamic improvements that had been hoped for . |
| 8 | As far as competing local production is concerned , a number of industrialists interviewed said that they had considered the possibility but stressed the superior marketing skills of Lever Bros , diseconomies of small scale production and consumer preference for imported goods as the major disincentives . |
| 9 | On the other hand , it leads to the admission that in so far as all linguistic theories are provisional and incomplete ( particularly in the sphere of semantics ) , even the best-informed linguistic analysis leaves a great deal to be desired . |
| 10 | There is nothing constitutionally mandatory about any such particular structure but , both in existing legislation and particularly so far as internal civil service organisation is concerned , such a structure is assumed and there are heavy administrative costs involved in change . |
| 11 | It has been suggested that the main controlling factor , so far as shallow marine organisms are concerned , is the 15°C winter isotherm , which corresponds pretty well with the present limit between the temperate and the subtropical marine faunas . |
| 12 | The two societies gave expression to their own dominant interests as far as possible unhindered by each other 's interference . |
| 13 | You 'll be given a fistful of them and the one that is set for you should be the first one that you do , but then the groups should pick something which is as far as possible relevant to what 's actually going on in your profession at the moment . |
| 14 | They wanted to see it happy and successful and as far as possible united . |
| 15 | As far as possible fresh and home-grown produce is used and old fashioned puddings ( the ones that do not count the calories ) are a speciality . |
| 16 | Separate day and night attendants for the lunatics were to be engaged as required , and the master was told that as far as possible fresh water should be provided for bathing each casual . |
| 17 | So the writer of police procedurals is basically faced with the task of making what is in life dull into reading that is as far as possible exciting . |
| 18 | The clearest example of referential language is scientific prose , in which the evocation of feeling is as far as possible eliminated , and the writer 's and reader 's attention focused entirely on things . |
| 19 | In general , it was apparent that as far as possible different regions of the country ( with the exception of East Anglia and the South West ) were to gain at least one designation . |
| 20 | Signed Danish is a gestural/auditive language in which Danish is spoken at the same time as signs from the Sign Language are used for all words which have a concept , and as far as possible grammatical rules [ are used ] from sign language . |
| 21 | During 1927 and 1928 , most of the South Metropolitan track was relaid and as far as possible wood-block surfaces were replaced by tar-bound macadam . |
| 22 | Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses . |
| 23 | As far as possible original characteristics have been carefully preserved , though the wall can not be seen from passing trains . |
| 24 | However , in so far as such social features are part of the meaning of utterances , they ought also to be treated in pragmatics ; yet within pragmatics , these social constraints on language usage and their systematic effects on language structure , have been very much understudied , perhaps as a result of the philosophical and linguistic bias ( no doubt reflected in this book ) towards what Buhler ( 1934 ) called the representational , and Jakobson ( 1960 ) the referential , function of language . |
| 25 | This annual service charge is an object of some suspicion as far as many would-be buyers are concerned , and in some countries there is legislation to protect buyers against developers who set the charge low initially and then raise it excessively later . |
| 26 | As far as standard neo-classical economic theory is concerned , it is of no real consequence why regional disparities emerge since there are mechanisms in an economy which will ensure that they will prove to be only a temporary phenomenon . |
| 27 | I think the approach of parents is very often really quite a simple one erm that they have a number of very well defined expectations of the school and that is as far as one individual parent is concerned , that the parents wants the child to go to the school , he wants that child properly controlled , provided that it 's done in the way in which he particularly approves , and if you have fifteen hundred different parents there might be fourteen hundred and eighty five different techniques at work here , and then he wants the child simultaneously to be successful and happy . |
| 28 | In so far as past medical expenses are concerned , the application of this subsection gives rise to no difficulty . |
| 29 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 30 | As far as public international law is concerned , the member states in question refer above all to the Geneva Convention of 29 April 1958 on the High Seas , article 5(1) of which expressly recognises the right of each state to fix ‘ the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships , for the registration of ships in its territory , and for the right to fly its flag . ’ |