Example sentences of "far more than the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 An implant is far more than the simple visual component . ’
2 But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system .
3 Indeed , both these companies target the corporate market far more than the professional publishing sector which , while entirely understandable , means that a great many potential users simply never hear about the products .
4 The weak intensity is caused by upward continuation through the mantle : the small-scale non-dipolar transition field is attenuated far more than the axial dipole .
5 This interrelation of various disciplines is fundamental to science : the word ‘ science ’ itself derives from a Latin word meaning ‘ knowledge ’ — a term that embraces far more than the circumscribed disciplines just mentioned .
6 These deep structural problems are cultural and political as well as economic , and will require far more than the odd adjustment to monetary or fiscal policy if we are to begin to solve them .
7 The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel .
8 In normal circumstances , this would have infuriated her far more than the clumsy attentions of Lee , but tonight a treacherous part of her soul kept hissing , ‘ Why not ?
9 In the seventeenth century the broad water of the Thames was used far more than the narrow and often bad roads for practical transport and festive occasions .
10 they 're a band you love to hate , far more than the Manic Street Preachers , who crave to be loathed but simply are n't worth the effort .
11 He needed far more than the normal ration of two parents , each with only one identity apiece .
12 For me the arts embrace far more than the visual and dimensional .
13 As you might imagine my monthly food bill has gone up quite appreciably , far more than the five pounds a month just before the programme Too Long a Winter was made .
14 He 's trying to show that the glider can be far more than the gentle flying machines they seem from the ground .
15 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 .
16 They , far more than the New English , had the ear of Elizabeth 's government and they advocated restraint in dealing with Ireland .
17 Such cases raise the question of whether both parties actually want a child : often one will want the child far more than the other , and it is important to address this issue .
18 The polar regions , the high glaciated mountains and the deserts seem to have attracted explorers far more than the equatorial and tropical rain forests .
19 This implied far more than the juridical observation that the Holy Spirit would ‘ assist ’ the Ecumenical Council .
20 The ‘ inner ’ Frida is controlled by modern society far more than the clothed Frida , who often marks her deviation from the norm by defiantly returning the gaze of the viewer .
21 This is meaning in as rich an intentional sense as one is likely to get — far more than the mere instilling of ( first-order ) knowledge with which McDowell deals .
22 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 .
23 Mr Davis said Probyn was seeking a payout of £150,000 pounds , far more than the average policy .
24 Not only does he appear in many guises — far more than the few I have mentioned here — but the Devil seems to be chief of the evil spirits .
25 In ponds and lakes , surplus phosphorus in particular , but also nitrogen , commonly from fields but also from domestic sewage , may cause tremendous overgrowth of cyanobacteria or of green algae , far more than the resident animals can possibly consume .
26 The ‘ Constantinian revolution ’ was far more than the sudden breaking out of peace over the church and demanded a drastic reconstruction of the framework of experience .
27 The social standards of housing reflect market criteria far more than the basic physical standards .
28 Although the Boundary Commission is unwilling to pre-empt the results of its county-wide review , it is understood that the focus will be on Colchester where both constituencies have far more than the ideal average of 69,000 voters .
29 It was quite apparent that he enjoyed them far more than the excellent dinner which Winnie had spent hours in preparing .
30 Hilton interprets ‘ new mind ’ or ‘ new feeling ’ as the creation of contemplation , which now demanded far more than the old Benedictine ideal where the monk did not experience God in the achievement of higher states of consciousness but in the mundane details of daily life .
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