Example sentences of "[adv] far [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of the expansion of higher education through the provision of extra places and additional institutions , the demand was still far greater than the supply . |
| 2 | By the end of the fifties , Washington had agree to help improve the Iranian armed forces more rapidly , but American military aid was still far less than the Shah wanted . |
| 3 | In practice materials generally only reach a small fraction of their theoretical strength before they break and so the release of strain energy is usually far less than the energy which would be provided by an equivalent weight of explosive . |
| 4 | This meant a huge rise of £1¼ billion in public-sector wage settlements in 1979–80 and drove inflation up far higher than the Callaghan government had ever done previously . |
| 5 | By the time it arrived , and the plans were clearly far more than the government could afford , winning the election took priority over admitting to economic reality . |
| 6 | Disadvantages : If there 's a last-minute emergency , you may find yourself without a sitter ; you have to watch out that neither side abuses the bargain you 've made by going out far more than the other . |