Example sentences of "be far [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But because the opportunities of the electronic records are far richer than the paper records the electronic environment will require answers to even more questions . |
| 2 | While the numbers affected by these disincentives are far greater than the membership of the underclass , the underclass is the most severely affected . |
| 3 | The differences between the Italian Renaissance and the German Hellenizing movement initiated by Winckelmann are far greater than the similarities . |
| 4 | Occasionally one comes across parents who take the opposite line , who show no interest at all in their children , and these of course are far worse than the doting ones . |
| 5 | The same problem applies to the new proposals , which are based on compensating flocks that are far lower than the Scottish average . |
| 6 | The applications of the OED are far wider than the immediately obvious uses of a dictionary . |
| 7 | Flaws in crystals at the atomic level are far smaller than the pits etched in a laser disc 's surface , so crystals can potentially pack more information into a given area . |
| 8 | To Rumi the tears are far more than a guide in the spiritual quest ; they are the very water of life . |
| 9 | The result , however , has been that the number of jobs created has been far smaller than the number of jobs lost . |
| 10 | Statistics also show that while the crime rate has increased regularly for all groups , the rise in female crime has been far steeper than the rise in male crime . |
| 11 | All things being equal therefore , the ultimate encashment value of a PEP should be far greater than an endowment plan , and provide the investor with a greater surplus after repaying the mortgage . |
| 12 | By definition , the altruistic majority must promote the reproductive success of the selfish the reproductive success of the selfish organism , the mutant , will be far greater than the altruist , and within a few generations of selfish individuals . |
| 13 | The cost transfer necessary would be far greater than the cost of the price subsidy . |
| 14 | And do bear in mind that if you do n't hit it 100 per cent , the result is likely to be far better than a less than perfect pitch . |
| 15 | I think we should say that we consider that that 's er , would be far better than the old commercial units . |
| 16 | The woman of the future would be far more than a nurse or consoler , she would have a positive religion to realize as a high-priestess of health . |
| 17 | He 's trying to show that the glider can be far more than the gentle flying machines they seem from the ground . |
| 18 | The costs of treating Richard in this fashion were far greater than the gains to be made from keeping him in suspense about his future . |
| 19 | All were second-hand , but they were far better than the stinking rags he had been wearing . |
| 20 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 21 | As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’ |
| 22 | They were far older than the Tuthanach , probably engendered by the association with the first post-Ice Age forest of the Mesolithic period , ten thousand years or so before the birth of Christ . |
| 23 | Yes , yes , I mean this year , with the formula obviously , because the number of fire calls has dropped , it impacts upon er , as I say that , I do n't know whether the actual , the cost , the differential between the number of calls that have dropped and the drop in the S S A , whether it 's comparable , and I do n't suppose they 've got a measure of the drop , in S S A terms it 's far greater than the actual marginal costs of er , not attending those er , extra , extra fire calls . |
| 24 | Their relation is far closer than the arbitrary link between signifier and signified so that in some contexts ( irony or double entendre for example ) connotative meanings are part and parcel of the denoted meaning . |
| 25 | The United Kingdom is far greater than the sum of its parts . |
| 26 | The unification of the mind is far greater than the resolving of the dichotomy alone . |
| 27 | It is important to emphasise that the impact of the Teacher Placement Service is far greater than the sum of teachers taking placement , as evaluative returns and case study evidence consistently point to the experience as a stimulus for change and the development of partnership activities . |
| 28 | The Revenue is centralising its cases on this point at claims branch and of course the value to the Revenue of fighting these cases is far greater than the value to individual taxpayers ; on the other hand , the financial risk for the individual taxpayer of being the first to take such a case before the Special Commissioners or higher , would be extremely high . |
| 29 | But it should be noted in passing that new mortgages for home-buying run at about the same level as the total volume of other types of new credit extended and outstanding mortgage debt is far greater than the total of all other forms of consumer credit put together . |
| 30 | Typically for the period the quantity of finished products is far greater than the known examples of production sites . |