Example sentences of "[verb] far [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did you realise at Christmas ? ’ she asked , nuzzling her mouth into his warm neck , and thinking it tasted far better than the doughnut she had been dutifully consuming . |
| 2 | Our costs have risen far more than the increases we have put forward as a result of the devaluation . ’ |
| 3 | However , recruitment companies should provide far more than an emergency relief service and should be able to deal with all problematical staff-finding jobs in a diplomatic and professional manner . |
| 4 | When they do so , the refinancing will cost far more than the warrant yields originally suggested — around 8–10% , at current interest rates , rather than the 3–5% or less on the warrants . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Kingfisher has prospered , embracing far more than the relics of the British end of Frank Winfield Woolworth 's creation . |
| 6 | This may take some time but patience will be rewarded far more than a loss of temper . |
| 7 | The celebration of the martyr 's anniversary had grown out of the commemoration of the departed dead ; but it soon outgrew the limits of its origins and became far more than the expression of that larger family solidarity which embraced heaven and earth . |
| 8 | Individual letters mean far more than a signature on a petition . |
| 9 | To the primary teacher " teaching resources " mean far more than the school textbook . |
| 10 | As we have seen , this involves far more than the language being used ; it involves pre-existent knowledge of the world . |
| 11 | He did not believe that long discussion was of great value , rather that a considered insight or idea produced far more than a wealth of verbal expression . |
| 12 | The refusal this week by Virginia Bottomley , the new Health Secretary , to outlaw ‘ gagging clauses ’ in health workers ' contracts raises alarm about the climate of fear in British society that goes far wider than the NHS . |
| 13 | It is widely recognised that agricultural resources produce far more than a supply of raw foodstuffs . |
| 14 | The submergence of North Africa beneath the tide of Islam in the seventh century meant far more than the loss of one of the most intellectually vital parts of the Latin church . |
| 15 | They had been shocked by the dummy , which they thought far worse than the Hayling one . |
| 16 | The names differ far more than the flavors , and help to stretch these latter further apart . |
| 17 | Retailing analysts in the City believe Kingfisher will have to pay far more than the 120p a share now on offer for Dixons to have a realistic chance of winning its cash bid . |
| 18 | It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company . |
| 19 | The Church has to be the voice of the voiceless , but that means far more than the cardinal and bishops making statements . |
| 20 | Invariably the cure proved far worse than the disease . ’ |
| 21 | This and other transformations , rendered in the beautiful Technicolor of the 1940s ( which has faded far less than the colour processes of the 1950s and '60s ) , call on the state-of-the-art technology of the period , which still looks very sophisticated . |
| 22 | Using television and video effectively for teaching history , must involve far more than the passive watching that most pupils engage in when they watch television at home . |
| 23 | The theological implications of such a recognition were profound , and required far more than a change in regulations . |