Example sentences of "[noun] far [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Undoubtedly , this claustrophobia was intensified by a growing sense that critical events were taking place elsewhere in the world , events which would shape France 's future far more than the decisions of the Constituent Assembly . |
2 | Many church magazines attract a readership far wider than the congregation , so it is strategic that these be prepared as attractively as possible both in content and format to create a favourable response . |
3 | But , even within such a system the role of nations was not likely to be central because the main players in such a game would be units far larger than the states that most of the characterist , ie , separatist , nationalist agitations of the late 20th century were designed to form . |
4 | There may be a booklet on the subject , a special expert in the technical department who has sat on the relevant government fact-finding commission or a market research survey giving the latest market trends , any of which would help the journalists far more than the standard handouts . |
5 | Similarly , Margaret Thatcher 's reaction to the Brixton and Toxteth riots captured the public mood far more than the analysis of the Opposition . |
6 | Drugs often produce effects far worse than the original problem for which they were prescribed . |
7 | Such cases raise the question of whether both parties actually want a child : often one will want the child far more than the other , and it is important to address this issue . |
8 | Moreover , some of the small bodies that reach the Earth could come from regions of the PFM far colder than the region where the Earth formed . |
9 | Beyond the turn of the century , however , the forecast implies a rapid warming into conditions unseen on Earth for a thousand years or more , heralding a super dustbowl era far worse than the 1930s across the Great Plains of North America . |
10 | make the council tax far fairer than the old rates , certainly fairer than the poll tax , and much fairer than the Labour party 's proposals . |
11 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |
12 | And there are a great many people , quite sane , quite balanced , quite worthy of respect , who , in the privacy of their psyches , believe in things far stranger than the divinity of Hernan Cortés . |
13 | Rate subsidies may be equally beneficial to all socio-economic groups but there is no doubt that mortgage income tax relief has benefited the upper socio-economic groups far more than the lower socio-economic groups . |
14 | At the beginning of the play she persuades Edwy to reject offers of peace from the rebellious monks who are , in fact , her enemies far more than the king 's . |
15 | There was an unspoken religious respect for another man 's possessions far stronger than the respect for property in normal society and correspondingly more unpleasant . |
16 | The peeled-off clothes lie in a tumbled pile , and — at a velocity far greater than the usual speed of a naked mortal 's shy and shivering run — I convey her into the water , and out of the shallows . |
17 | At the same time by increasing their expenditure programmes at a rate far greater than the growth in tax revenue they have been led into creating inflation . |
18 | The Treaty of Rome , which established the Common Market , accelerated the already rapid growth of some members , so that the 1960s saw the emergence of a dynamic economy far stronger than the British , offering economies of scale in a consumer market of more than 200 million people . |
19 | The ‘ inner ’ Frida is controlled by modern society far more than the clothed Frida , who often marks her deviation from the norm by defiantly returning the gaze of the viewer . |
20 | They seem to have their origin in Judaism far more than the rest of the book . |
21 | The famous German raid on Coventry on the night of 14 November 1940 brought widespread devastation and civilian demoralisation ( such that a cordon had to be thrown round the city , and news from it heavily censored ) ; likewise , the bombing of the East End of London intimidated its inhabitants far more than the government dared admit at the time . |
22 | A cloud far smaller than a man 's hand peeped over the horizon as March began . |
23 | writes for an audience far wider than the historian of science , and although these essays may present some challenge for the uninitiated , today 's working scientist ( looking beyond the arguments about supercolliders or the effects of retroviruses on the human population ) could well profit from a dip into this book . |
24 | The polar regions , the high glaciated mountains and the deserts seem to have attracted explorers far more than the equatorial and tropical rain forests . |
25 | The social standards of housing reflect market criteria far more than the basic physical standards . |
26 | When Todd refers to the party as " a cosy totalitarian institution " , when he remarks that " fear and dread of the reality of the world imprison communist militants far more than the statutes " , he doubtless overstates his case . |
27 | Indeed , both these companies target the corporate market far more than the professional publishing sector which , while entirely understandable , means that a great many potential users simply never hear about the products . |