Example sentences of "far [adj] than [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of applications — 57,900 — was far lower than the anticipated 300,000 . |
| 2 | Opposition spokesmen claimed that the real turn-out was far lower than the official figure . |
| 3 | The same problem applies to the new proposals , which are based on compensating flocks that are far lower than the Scottish average . |
| 4 | make the council tax far fairer than the old rates , certainly fairer than the poll tax , and much fairer than the Labour party 's proposals . |
| 5 | Certainly , the social psychoanalysis of the oral aspects of the cultural superego seems far easier than the corresponding attempts to analyse pre-Oedipal oral superego elements in the development of the child where the crucial phenomena have occurred long before the acquisition of language , and where analytic ‘ reconstructions ’ are more likely to reflect the theoretical expectations of the analyst than they do the reality . |
| 6 | The Sunday market was still far larger than the daily market , though it had shrunk by 20 per cent in the 1970s . |
| 7 | Now Mr Major is expected to announce that the Trident submarines will carry far fewer than the expected 512 warheads . |
| 8 | Oh a great help to sandwiches and a sit down meal at dinner at table with the family , it was far better than a dry sandwich eaten in the barn . |
| 9 | I think we should say that we consider that that 's er , would be far better than the old commercial units . |
| 10 | All were second-hand , but they were far better than the stinking rags he had been wearing . |
| 11 | Even with the cost of detailed research , a set of reconstruction drawings of a site is usually far cheaper than a physical reconstruction ; in any case , such detailed drawings are generally needed as preparation for a physical reconstruction . |
| 12 | Extra financial resources might also be needed in the short term to establish a workable transfer system , though in the longer term a fast transfer system could work out far cheaper than the existing system : a Special Hospital or Regional Secure Unit place costs double that of a place in an ordinary mental health unit and quadruple the cost of a hostel place . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Argive krater is far smaller than the Attic amphora ; and it looks as though Athenian artists preferred to monumentalise vase-painting rather than venture into the new world of free painting . |
| 15 | What I knew of him corrupted me far less than the false ideas I conceived . |
| 16 | The Japanese , champions of new product development , spend far less than the British on hiring market researchers , relying instead on information obtained by their own managers who get out and talk to dealers and customers . |
| 17 | Nor was its misfortune unique , for Norwich , the capital of East Anglia , returned a moderate 40 per cent under £2 , far less than the adjoining countryside , yet within a dozen years the worsted manufacture commenced a decline that was to contribute largely to the total of more than 500 unemployed males , and altogether upwards of 2,500 destitute persons by 1570 . |
| 18 | In fact , the ‘ discrimination ’ or even ‘ oppression ’ , against which champions of various Soviet nationalities abroad protest , is far less than the expected consequences of the withdrawal of Soviet power . |
| 19 | But a share is something far more than a mere contractual right in personam . |
| 20 | You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice . |
| 21 | The advanced study of History demands far more than a retentive memory for facts or an ability to describe fluently the course of an historical event . |
| 22 | In simple terms , skin is far more than a superficial covering for the body ; it is a living , breathing organism . |
| 23 | Plainly a lot to ask of anyone — far more than a momentary invasion of privacy , which can be bad enough — and it is an argumentative point that paradoxically makes self-sufficiency sound humble rather than arrogant . |
| 24 | Your determination to ‘ get it right ’ will impress far more than a false sense of confidence or a reluctance to admit you could do with assistance . |
| 25 | But the world of the transcendent is far more than an ecstatic journey . |
| 26 | So , you see , we owed her far more than an occasional box of chocolates could repay . |
| 27 | An implant is far more than the simple visual component . ’ |
| 28 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |