Example sentences of "far [adj] than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of applications was only 65,623 , far lower than the 300,000 expected [ see also p. 38098 , whhich includes provisional figures ] . |
| 2 | The number of applications — 57,900 — was far lower than the anticipated 300,000 . |
| 3 | Opposition spokesmen claimed that the real turn-out was far lower than the official figure . |
| 4 | The same problem applies to the new proposals , which are based on compensating flocks that are far lower than the Scottish average . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | These assertions , which would of course be very difficult to demonstrate in a literal or historical sense , are justified as part of Pareto 's general scheme of the equilibrium of social systems , which rests on a social-psychological basis : ‘ The principle of my sociology rests precisely upon separating logical from non-logical actions and in showing that in most men the second category is far larger than the former ’ . |
| 8 | The Sunday market was still far larger than the daily market , though it had shrunk by 20 per cent in the 1970s . |
| 9 | Now Mr Major is expected to announce that the Trident submarines will carry far fewer than the expected 512 warheads . |
| 10 | If you were to smooth out all the material there is in the universe into a uniform sort of sea of particles , you would find that the density was just about one atom in every cubic metre , which is far better than the best vacuum that you can ever make on earth by artificial means . |
| 11 | I think we should say that we consider that that 's er , would be far better than the old commercial units . |
| 12 | That book sounds far better than the last one . |
| 13 | All were second-hand , but they were far better than the stinking rags he had been wearing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They point out that in many cases they are not only far cheaper than the same holiday bought through a travel agent , but also often offer a unique experience in leadership , endurance and community service . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When the motives are wrong the venue is nearly always far less than the best . |
| 19 | What I knew of him corrupted me far less than the false ideas I conceived . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This is half the typical findings for France , and far less than the third or more often reported from eastern Europe or from Japan in the same centuries . |
| 24 | An implant is far more than the simple visual component . ’ |
| 25 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |