Example sentences of "far more than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenya 's ‘ Harambee ’ , Ghana 's ‘ Operation Feed Yourself ’ , Botswana 's concern over water resources and the concept ‘ One Nigeria ’ are far more than political slogans . |
| 2 | But young farm workers today are part of the post-war generation of rural inhabitants who have been subjected far more than preceding generations to the cultural influences and judgements of wider society . |
| 3 | In brief , sex inequalities in relation to university education have narrowed far more than socio-economic inequalities . |
| 4 | Remember your feet have probably expanded and you might have to unlace your trainers far more than usual . |
| 5 | A visit to a museum , historical building or site of historical importance should involve far more than passive looking and listening or sightseeing . |
| 6 | While this may seem a consolidation of his European realm and role , Charles could not have foreseen that he was to strengthen the future power of the papacy far more than that of his own lineage . |
| 7 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
| 8 | The greatest number of past lives experienced by any of my patients during the course of such discovery is eight — but this does not mean that we do not have far more than that , simply that the patient chose to stop after that number . |
| 9 | Instead , that author' given us far more than that , and the consequence is that the echo of his own insistencies plagues our easy acceptance of his facts . |
| 10 | ‘ It was worth far more than that . ’ |
| 11 | At night the thermosphere of Venus cools far more than that of Mars , and reaches the low temperatures indicated in Figure 4.7 . |
| 12 | No , ’ the brief self-mocking laugh seemed to tear at this throat , ‘ I want far more than that . |
| 13 | The story , based on a novel by Edith Wharton has been called a heterosexual ‘ Death in Venice ’ , but it is far more than that ( you may equally regard it as a grown-up ‘ Sound of Music ’ ) ! |
| 14 | This ability is impaired far more than other aspects of the patient 's language . |
| 15 | Those who fought for political control after James V 's death , therefore , were fighting for far more than personal position . |
| 16 | Spiritual direction then , fully includes our humanity but is far more than personal adjustment or social adaptation . |
| 17 | ‘ Rehabilitation medicine ’ at least sounds more positive , provided that it is recognised to mean far more than physical therapy and more than helping someone to recover from a single injury or illness . |
| 18 | For Panama 's General Noriega , the week could have ended with far more than hurt feelings , after junior officers mounted a coup against him . |
| 19 | Ronald Wright 's re-telling of the fate of the indigenous people is far more than another manifestation of the popular pastime of Columbus-bashing designed to ensure that this year 's quincentennial celebrations should be suitably controversial . |
| 20 | To the north and south of the town , gripping it along three quarters of its circuit , lay nearly eleven hundred acres of open fields , far more than enough land for housing the new industrial population . |
| 21 | Far more than incipient political change , it is the random violence that makes for the sense of dread among whites . |
| 22 | In those circumstances , does he really think that a dying Parliament , a week after the Maastricht summit , should empower a lame-duck Prime Minister to use the royal prerogative to sign that treaty without any consultation with the British people whose rights will be affected far more than this Parliament ? |
| 23 | And it 's precisely because Hetfield 's gobbing has been taken into the equation , along with every other possible eventuality , that makes the truth of Metallica 's latest swagger towards that Biggest Band In The Known Universe mantle all the more remarkable : for this is fabulous , vital entertainment , far more than stage-managed hyperdrome extravaganzas ever deserve to be . |
| 24 | Far more than cold and darkness it is the lack of butterflies that makes winter dreary and interminable . |
| 25 | Madness , in fact , carries far greater stigma than simple criminality ; society fears people who are unpredictable or incomprehensible far more than those who are simply dishonest career villains . |
| 26 | There were probably hundreds of other people who needed lameducking , my sympathy , far more than those two . |
| 27 | It is people on lowish incomes in that sort of situation who will suffer far more than those on higher incomes . |
| 28 | With paperback sales of 200,000 and rising , far more than any of his previous titles , the novel was jostling in the lists this summer with Jeffrey Archer and Wilbur Smith . |
| 29 | Nodding , Wexford eyed the paying-in book over Burden 's shoulder and what he saw astonished him far more than any of Hatton 's prodigality . |
| 30 | Britain has the highest chocolate consumption in the world , far more than any other country . |