Example sentences of "[noun pl] far [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet most modern models of language , from Saussure 's onwards , give a fuller and more coherent account of it than traditional grammar ever did , and therefore offer the possibility of describing the linguistic features of texts far more exactly than was possible with the rag-bag of grammatical and metaphorical terminology on which criticism has traditionally depended . |
| 2 | Hopefully you will also be raising money through sponsorship to help selected projects in countries far worse off than our own . |
| 3 | Ralph Berger has also found that subjects woken from REM sleep report colour in their dreams far more frequently than people do when asked about their dreams during the day — even subjects who claimed never to dream in colour . |
| 4 | In order to benefit from favourable international developments , indeed in order to avoid falling victim herself to the volatile diplomacy of the period , Russia had to mobilize her resources far more effectively than she had under Peter 's predecessors . |
| 5 | More importantly , they adapted to the conditions far more effectively than Gavin Hastings ' band of teetotallers . |
| 6 | The processors themselves are linked by a mesh of point-to-point connections , which carry localised traffic between co-operating processors far more efficiently than a shared bus . |
| 7 | Children these days stay over at each other 's houses far more often than they did 20 years ago . |
| 8 | She had allowed him to come too close , to penetrate her defences far too easily as it was this evening . |
| 9 | It is clear that one of the reasons why the companies were prepared to invest so much in the provision of housing for their workmen was because they could influence employees living in company houses at the pit gates far more effectively than those living in a more mixed community several miles from their place of work . |
| 10 | Large chains can keep track of shoppers ' preferences daily , enabling central merchandisers to predict selling trends far more accurately than the average store manager could hope to do . |
| 11 | One final aspect of microbiology which we can learn from novels far more effectively than from textbooks is the symptomology of disease . |