Example sentences of "[noun pl] far [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |