Example sentences of "far [adj -er] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rest assured , they have seen far hairier clients than you ! |
| 2 | So , elephants can hear far lower sounds than us , while mice cut off below 1000 hertz but can hear sounds as high as 100 000 hertz . |
| 3 | But to say truth , I trust this border to you with a far lighter heart than I trust the east march to Dunbar . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I had a far happier childhood than you did , from the sound of it . |
| 5 | A far better policeman than you . |
| 6 | It was as though everyone had dashed off on a far bigger , far better story than they had covered in their lives . |
| 7 | Ther airfields would be put to far better use and it would put an end to the police harassing us |
| 8 | But frankly when people marry it 's often a far better thing if they do n't love each other . |
| 9 | Magnus has a far better time than I do . |
| 10 | They came up with a far better deal than I could have got on my own . ’ |
| 11 | If Sid chose to hang on , he could now sell his shares for around 85% more than he paid — a far better deal than he would have got buying the market as a whole . |
| 12 | She 'll be a far better mother than you 're capable of being . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She 'll make a far , far better mother than you ever could . ’ |
| 14 | But er you 'll be in a far safer position if you actually produce your licence on the twenty fifth of October . |
| 15 | But er you 'll be in a far safer position if you actually produce your licence on the twenty fifth of October . |
| 16 | I am quite aware it would take a far wiser head than mine to answer such a question , but if I were forced to hazard a guess , I would say that it is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty of our land apart . |
| 17 | I 've known teachers go on to other posts in the private sector without any trouble after far worse things than you will ever be accused of . |
| 18 | Emily climbed down from the cab and stood looking uncertainly around her , World 's End was a far worse place than she could ever have imagined . |
| 19 | They always have some excuse , but Russia has far worse facilities than we have and how many players have they got in the top fifty ; three men and three women ? |
| 20 | ‘ In fact , I would say I now have a far stronger squad than I had last year and it is n't costing as much . ’ |
| 21 | Slicker though Swansea were , Harlequins gained more than enough possession through their dominance at the line-out and the innumerable penalties to have expected more from the game — certainly New Zealand 's All Blacks will drive a far harder bargain when they play Swansea on 21 October . |
| 22 | She sensed him wanting to release a far greater fury than he dared . |
| 23 | We have probably less debts maybe than some of the other authorities in Wiltshire , and Thamesdown has a far greater debt than ours . |
| 24 | We greeted the tiny whitewashed cottages of the ‘ natives ’ with far greater fervour than we had shown over Windsor Castle . |
| 25 | If ‘ community care ’ is not to result in increased impoverishment and dependency for women care-givers ( with all the possible long-term adverse consequences for their own old age ) , then employment and social security policies and the provision of ‘ community care ’ services have to be integrated to a far greater extent than they are at present . |
| 26 | Now that is to paint a far wider duty than I had been er er er thought and indeed er those who follow these matters have suggested that 's rather wider than the than the er secondary legislation here before us actually provides for . |
| 27 | The ICAA has also organised many exhibitions , bringing Christian art to a far wider audience than it experienced previously . |
| 28 | Across the range , the car is now a far quieter place than it issued to be , with better sound-proofing , new carpeting and a smarter roof lining . |
| 29 | He is a far finer figure than I arm — as fine a man as you are a woman ! |