Example sentences of "far more [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems far more reasonable to accept the great progress that Christian thinking has brought , while understanding the equally valid Christian teaching that man is a wretched sinner and needs to be changed . |
| 2 | The advocates of such a holistic viewpoint would have been far more willing to accept the need for preserving the complex web of natural relationships , and would thus have gravitated towards the environmentalist movement . |
| 3 | But the main problem is that it is far more difficult to teach a new spoken dialect because so many aspects of spoken production are automatic and below the level of conscious control . |
| 4 | Third , it is far more difficult to calculate the economic return to the individual on investment in health services than is the case with education . |
| 5 | However difficult it is to measure short-term effects of library instruction , it is far more difficult to measure the long-term effects of the instruction given . |
| 6 | It may indeed be far more important to get the underlying analysis right than to spend time and effort on refining financial calculations , although the dangers of using incorrect discount rates need to be remembered . |
| 7 | Darlington 's Conservative MP , Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is far more important to get the valuations right rather than fulfil time limits set down by local councils . ’ |
| 8 | It is far more desirable to develop a style of advertising that fits the brand and has a relevant built-in attention-getting effect — in other words advertising that is original and unusual , not just technical fireworks . |
| 9 | And Neva 's heart began to fail her ; she thought , " That knight is far more worthy to find the keys than I am . " |
| 10 | You are far more likely to use a method regularly and properly if you feel it is the right one for you . |
| 11 | On rare occasions an experienced tiger will kill a wild buffalo or gaur , the Asian wild ox , weighing up to a ton ( 1 tonne ) , but it is far more likely to tackle the young of the larger and powerful species , including elephants and rhinos . |
| 12 | They are far more likely to exceed the quota , and having been brought up they must now forfeit their new-found surplus and be brought down . |
| 13 | Large libraries were just as likely as small ones to want more training officers ' time , even though they were far more likely to employ a designated training officer ( or someone who devoted at least a quarter of their time to training ) . |
| 14 | She is far more likely to obey the rules if you discuss them with her , so that she knows why you make them . |
| 15 | This means our mailings to advisers are far more likely to reach the person they are intended for . |
| 16 | Less skilled negotiators are far more likely to match a proposal with a counter proposal . |
| 17 | It is not simply a matter of the harm done by passive smoking but it is an accepted fact that the children of smokers are far more likely to adopt the habit themselves . |
| 18 | A teenager who feels she has a share in making family policies is far more likely to accept the need to give and take , balancing her wants and needs with those of her parents . |
| 19 | He 's far more likely to catch a chill standing about at a show or in the hunting field than after a bath , as long as you take the right precautions . |
| 20 | However , where exclusion from school is concerned it would be reasonable to suppose that parents are far more likely to question the decision in view of its implications . |
| 21 | The irony is that once we no longer desperately need another person but really enjoy life for its own sake we are far more likely to make a satisfying relationship . |
| 22 | Researchers in the 50's showed that children from middle-class families were far more likely to gain a place at grammar school than the children of the working-class and the system was not therefore providing equality of opportunity . |
| 23 | The shift we commend — from a stance which teachers view as authoritarian and bureaucratic to one founded on professional partnership — is not only preferable in terms of the quality of relationships within the Authority , but is also far more likely to deliver the very improvements in professional practice for which the Primary Needs Programme was established . |
| 24 | In practice , national or local restrictions ( or lack of restrictions ) on public spending are far more likely to influence the eventual figure reached than are formulae involving use and depreciation of stock , and the librarian may find that the most useful lever for increasing his estimates before his finance committee is his comparative position — in relation to comparable systems — in the league table of local authority bookfunds . |
| 25 | Another clue comes from a paper by the Japanese psychiatrist Abe who has shown that the second twin is far more likely to develop the disease if they are living with an affected twin around the time of onset , as compared to the concordance rates for twins who are living apart . |
| 26 | Twins are far more likely to share the disease than siblings of different ages . |
| 27 | Chemical weathering or salt crystallisation or both combined are far more likely to provide the cause . |
| 28 | Forcing children to acknowledge sexuality at an early age and face up to adult problems is not going to raise a generation of responsible adults — it is far more likely to breed a generation of confused and unhappy children . |
| 29 | Daniel ( 1961 ) , Anthony , Dearden and Vancil ( 1966 ) , Dermer ( 1977 ) , Rockhart ( 1979 ) , Bullen and Rockhart ( 1981 ) , and Leidecker and Bruno ( 1984 ) have all also stressed that , while it is important to identify key result areas ( which may or may not be financial ) , it is far more vital to identify the critical success factors which lead to the desired results . |