Example sentences of "far [adj] [subord] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trident is far deadlier than cruise missiles ever were . |
| 2 | It is aimed either at the external hacker of which there are far fewer than press reports suggest or at the employee who though they have legitimate access legitimate lim limited access to a computer , nevertheless go beyond that authorization , but in order for the act to be successful , in order to get a successful prosecution , the prosecution have got to show that the access was unauthorized , and in the absence of clear codes of conduct , clear on-screen messages , that can be quite tricky . |
| 3 | It would have been far better if majority voting had applied in that instance . |
| 4 | The relative prices of timber and steel vary greatly in different countries and also the price of timber itself varies from that of rough timber , which may be much cheaper than steel , up to expensive plywoods which cost far more than steel sheet . |
| 5 | In 1985 local authorities ( England and Wales ) had a gross loan debt outstanding of 42.3bn and total loan charges for the year serviced from revenue account amounted to 5.03bn ( far more than revenue expenditure on major services such as police ( 3.3bn ) and social services ( 2.98bn ) . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's board has settled on a pay and benefits package for new chief executive Louis Gerstner , who takes up his post today , valued at over $7m : he will receive an annual salary of $2m , a one-time transition payment of $5m and a string of other incentives including a performance incentive potentially worth $1.5m a year , $500,000 long-term incentive tied to performance over three years and options on 500,000 IBM shares — far more than predecessor John Akers got . |
| 7 | The package is far more than predecessor John Akers got . |
| 8 | Their first baby , who was to cause far more than labour pains , arrived in mid-May 1939 . |