Example sentences of "[noun sg] far " in BNC.
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| 31 | Because they were delivered door-to-door , their ‘ guaranteed ’ circulation far exceeded the others ' — 37 million compared with 7.6 . |
| 32 | To do this you will need a sturdy roof-rack that attaches to the guttering of the car , and , rather than relying on your knot-tying ability , you can buy special straps that make securing the board , mast and boom far easier . |
| 33 | It is straightforward — you paddle like hell straight at the beach and with luck and strength can get the boat far enough up to ensure dry feet when you get out . |
| 34 | The difference between this and our normal looking may seem small but it is fundamental , since the mental attitude of recognizing the active deed of directing a finger of looking to touch the building is experienced as a real extension of consciousness far beyond the limits of the physical body . |
| 35 | Somewhere between the ages of eight and 10 children 's ideas of what they want to draw become much more ambitious ; in particular , they want their pictures to be more visually realistic and for most of them this ambition far outstrips their skill . |
| 36 | ‘ I have been in exile far too long , ’ Jean-Claude told me . |
| 37 | This capability far exceeds the performance of any computational system . |
| 38 | Although for some domains the specific dictionary far outperformed the general , the overall margin , on average , was insufficient to justify their continued use . |
| 39 | Even a kiss can be like the sharp end of a wedge which has the power to pierce our body chemistry , split open our emotional equilibrium and lead desires towards the bedroom far too prematurely . |
| 40 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 41 | Many people emerge from therapy far better adjusted and able to cope with life than others who have not been compelled by illness to work through loss and learn to know themselves . |
| 42 | But the Crues eased up alarmingly in the second-half to give an out-of-touch Newry side far too much room . |
| 43 | A ship of war with its armament and equipment was costly both to produce and to maintain : even a moderate-sized naval squadron involved a concentration of expensive artillery far larger than that of any field army . |
| 44 | In his usual cold manner , Falkenhayn summed up the March results as follows : ‘ owing to the peculiar conformation we could not use these successes to bring our artillery far enough forward , and consequently the preparatory work here had to be continued . ’ |
| 45 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 46 | As the days passed I might have been telling him the truth , for I lost weight far more successfully than on any diet I have ever attempted . |
| 47 | Perhaps she was confusing Massis — as he referred to Great Ararat — with the volcano far to the south which the Turks called Sippan Dagh . |
| 48 | It can be argued that tendering will give the best result from the vendor 's point of view , as each purchaser is likely to submit his best offer and therefore in the absence of knowledge of the level of other tenders , may pay a figure far in excess of the nearest competitor . |
| 49 | The Vietnamese government had , however , agreed to increase the rate of voluntary repatriation , but between February and September fewer than 4,500 " boat people " had volunteered to return , a figure far below the target of 1,000 per month . |
| 50 | A vote for Fox became , absurdly , a vote for the Church , a vote for Orthodoxy , a vote far all the things which Lewis now ‘ stood for ’ . |
| 51 | The decision by the party to target carefully chosen areas of strength allowed them to gain a share of the vote far in excess of their opinion poll rating . |
| 52 | Flowers that enlist them as pollinators must cater for their tastes and produce a similar smell and often do so with an accuracy and pungency far beyond the endurance of the human nose . |
| 53 | When , in 1908 he challenged a white man , Tommy Burns , for the heavyweight championship of the world , he carried into the ring far more than his gloves and gear : he carried the hopes of a considerable portion of black America . |
| 54 | Flipping through the pages of a notebook is quicker than scrolling through a large spreadsheet and makes finding a location or cell far easier . |
| 55 | But it was an action far more deeply rooted in the local and social customs of Scotland than in its political traditions . |
| 56 | Wordsworth returned to France in November 1791 to find himself in ‘ a theatre , of which the stage/Was busy with an action far advanced ’ ( Prelude 1805 , ix , 93–4 ) . |
| 57 | There was no requirement for ballots before strikes , and the law allowed flying pickets to spread the disruptive effects of industrial action far and wide . |
| 58 | The Cortes had been opened in 1943 to ensure that " the contrast of opinions " remained within certain limits , but this was an action far exceeding those limits . |
| 59 | He was shaken , almost physically , by an emotion far stronger than distaste and one of which he was half-ashamed ; it seemed to him both ignoble and in itself hardly more rational than the event itself What he was feeling was a revulsion amounting almost to outrage . |
| 60 | A packed courtroom far from all seated heard the former Recorder of Teesside recall his early days in the area during his speech to mark the opening of the Middlesbrough-based court centre . |