Example sentences of "far [adj] [subord] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gold shares , though far dearer than they recently were , are still attractive to some who reckon on rising prices . |
| 2 | Biarritz remains a tremendously solid , lordly town , far wealthier than anything else in this part of France . |
| 3 | Planning a new fitted bathroom is far easier than you ever imagined . |
| 4 | The two radical solutions were described in such extreme terms that the middle ground was made to seem huge and inviting , far larger than it actually was . |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Oliver will forget me in a month , and will probably marry someone who 'll make her far happier than I ever could ! ’ |
| 6 | As Hunt puts it , far straighter than anyone else has ever dared do , ‘ They seemed to be of the opinion that their drivers should n't be paid . |
| 7 | This is a very special breed , the smallest of those of the Channel Islands , with some unusual features and a remarkable ability to adapt to extreme climates , especially those far hotter than it ever experienced on the island of its isolated development . |
| 8 | Just as significantly , when assessed by an independent panel of judges , most subjects appeared facially far older than they actually were . |
| 9 | That would have shown the object to be far older than it really was , if the dodge had not been detected . |
| 10 | We need to know far more than we currently do about the organised abuse of children — and we need to find out from survivors , both child and adult . |
| 11 | ‘ Most think they need far more than they actually do . |
| 12 | Furious , she glared at her half-empty wine glass , realising that in her abstracted mood she 'd drunk far more than she normally allowed herself to drink . |
| 13 | So be bold in your plans and even if you do n't accomplish them all , those you do achieve are probably far more than you ever dreamed possible anyway ! |
| 14 | All in good time you will have a bed partner and let me tell you , you will care for her far more than you ever could for this one . |
| 15 | I enjoy going out to buy something , having saved up for it , far more than I ever did when my favourite phrase was ‘ charge it , please ’ . |
| 16 | Erm sh because apparently if they do go in an office , they 'll find these are far slower than anything else they would ever work on , |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman 's synthetic protestations about unemployment would carry a little more conviction if he were not so determined to advance policies which , by introducing a national statutory minimum wage , by embracing the European Commission 's social action programme and by imposing a jobs tax on employers , would make unemployment far , far higher than it otherwise would be . |
| 18 | Things will seem far worse than they actually are for a few days — but once the drama dies down you 'll see you 're in a fine position after all . |
| 19 | But his 1971 season was ruined by an uncompetitive March 713 and by the beginnings of his reputation as Hunt-the-Shunt , including a spectacular accident at Zandvoort which looked far worse than it actually turned out to be . |
| 20 | erm ba basically i i I do n't think it 's that bad and I mean obviously he , he 's making the picture , I would say he 's making the picture out to be f far worse than it actually is because he , he is taking an extreme sort of left point of view so to speak . |
| 21 | Britain 's attachment to her colonies , past and present , was far stronger than her recently acquired Brussels Treaty links with her historic rivals across the Channel . |
| 22 | She took my faltering , my tortured refusals for something far finer than they really were . |