Example sentences of "[verb] far [det] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he created far more than he is ever given credit for … ’ |
| 2 | If the agouti finds one , it is likely to find far more than it can eat at a single sitting . |
| 3 | We need to know far more than we currently do about the organised abuse of children — and we need to find out from survivors , both child and adult . |
| 4 | A fox in a chicken run , faced with such an unnaturally generous supply of food , will release its instinct to kill until all the birds are dead , and it has far more than it can possibly cope with . |
| 5 | Frank had suffered far more than me . |
| 6 | I have said far more than I should have already today . |
| 7 | He worked for the team and scored far more than he missed . |
| 8 | In the advanced capitalist countries as a whole the share of consumption declined far less than it did in Japan in those exceptional years — between 1952 and 1973 it only slid down from 62.9 per cent of GDP to 59.5 per cent . |
| 9 | They get far more than they bargain for . |
| 10 | She gave Roman Dana 's message in a monotone that revealed far more than she knew . |
| 11 | There is no doubt that most people in Britain eat far more than they need , and probably more than is good for them . |
| 12 | Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated . |
| 13 | Food Giant claims we 're all spending far more than we need to when we shop at the well-known supermarkets . |
| 14 | Harmony is compromise in many cases , some countries doing far more than we do in the UK — full-range blood tests , for example . |
| 15 | Edie was the kind of lady who understood far more than she was prepared to discuss . |
| 16 | His troubles in 1971 , however , were not just the March and his propensity for accidents : the fact was that he was now an experienced F3 driver , known to be quick , but by the nature of the formula was racing against a lot of people who were just beginners and knew far less than he did about the sport . |
| 17 | This can mean that a subscriber can be charged far more than he should be and I gather that some regions even add in the hours that trainee engineers work as well . |
| 18 | For to say that Jesus was a ‘ rightful king ’ means far more than it might simply in today 's world — far more than just a legitimate inherited position as head , symbolic or otherwise , of a secular state . |
| 19 | I have no doubt that by voting for the Bill and for the Conservatives ' record of achievement the arts will prosper far more than they would under the dogmatic , doctrinaire , interfering and bureaucratic solutions proposed by Labour . |
| 20 | As many of those benefits go to people who do not need them , that spending does far less than it could to relieve poverty . |
| 21 | However , as currently drafted it does far less than it should to contribute to that solution . |
| 22 | However , as currently drafted it does far less than it should to contribute to that solution . |
| 23 | Furious , she glared at her half-empty wine glass , realising that in her abstracted mood she 'd drunk far more than she normally allowed herself to drink . |
| 24 | He had lost far more than her . |
| 25 | ‘ Most think they need far more than they actually do . |
| 26 | If we need any prisons — we certainly need far fewer than we have — it is around that miracle they should be designed . |
| 27 | Iago can take a stand with every appearance of confidence : Yet from that firm-sounding position he lapses into uncertainty — ‘ I speak not yet of proof ’ ( ironically true ! ) — but an uncertainty that suggests far more than it states , with its rash of words for perception and deception ( ‘ look ’ , ‘ observe ’ , ‘ wear your eye thus ’ , ‘ not … secure ’ , ‘ abused ’ , ‘ look ’ , ‘ know ’ , ‘ see … pranks ’ , ‘ show ’ , ‘ conscience ’ , ‘ keep't unknown ’ ) . |