Example sentences of "[noun pl] far [adj] than [art] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Drugs often produce effects far worse than the original problem for which they were prescribed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The polar regions , the high glaciated mountains and the deserts seem to have attracted explorers far more than the equatorial and tropical rain forests . |
| 10 | The social standards of housing reflect market criteria far more than the basic physical standards . |
| 11 | 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 . |