Example sentences of "far more [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This network was far more complete than the Romans had needed , emphasising the local focus of much of Saxon life . |
| 2 | The American commanders are far more gung-ho than the politicians in Washington , and pressure mounts for an all-out attack on the enemy , including massive air strikes . |
| 3 | Plus your own gifts are far more useful than a plastic moustache , or a magnifying glass that does n't work . |
| 4 | A team of nine is far more effective than a single person in making contact with schools . |
| 5 | The introduction of new efficient and fast fumigation techniques which have been developed by Rentokil , combined with the use of insecticides compatible with airframe construction , have created an international aircraft pest-control service that is now far more effective than the previously available one-shot aerosol ‘ disinsection ’ . |
| 6 | Even so , the 37% drop in the Victorian sector is far more serious than the 9% setback that followed the 1979–81 boom . |
| 7 | But those are the two risks the police had to weigh up and what they will tell you is that one risk , a gunman on the loose , is a potential to main and kill , one is far , far more serious than the risk of causing some temporary fear and fright of little children . |
| 8 | Leaving white wines unfiltered is certainly far more revolutionary than a bit of oak . |
| 9 | Another advantage of growing tropical waterlilies is that some of the varieties open their blooms after dark , and these night bloomers are normally far more fragrant than the day blooming varieties . |
| 10 | These resemblances are far more impressive than the resemblance of clouds to weasels . |
| 11 | Shaved , shorn and bewigged , Simon Lay struts his forbidden stuff and upstages some of the girls but the deed is far more convincing than the intention . |
| 12 | Much nicer and far more refreshing than the bland oiliness of avocado and prawns , a combination which still baffles me . |
| 13 | Improvements at Rossendale Ski Centre ( near Manchester ) include an undermat misting system which is far more efficient than the old sprays that tended to take skiers by surprise , drenching them from head to foot . |
| 14 | In fact , it was far more welcoming than the bed in her flat . |
| 15 | ‘ There are other ways to control you , ways far more pleasurable than a blow . ’ |
| 16 | But it could happen with a fair deal , and it is far far far more probable than the marble statue 's waving at us . |
| 17 | It was clearly far more powerful than the subjective test the day before . |
| 18 | A blend of clove , thyme , lavender and peppermint , for example , is far more powerful than the chemist might expect of the blend ( taking into account the combined chemical constituents of the oils ) . |
| 19 | * He blamed the Communist Tudeh Party for his overthrow ; the Communists were far more powerful than the Mullahs , he said . |
| 20 | Most brands , especially in fields other than the packaged goods for which the theory was developed , are potentially far more complex than the USP theory suggests , and a USP approach limits the opportunity for giving the brand a genuine personality . |
| 21 | This requirement , it says , is far more burdensome than the equivalent requirement in the directive , which is limited to credit and financial institutions . |
| 22 | The prospect of setting yourself up for this job is far more daunting than the actual work , and once you have overcome the inertia of thinking it out and making a start , the results more than justify the effort . |
| 23 | Like all the English structures suggested above for expressing Chinese-style topics , they remain far more restricted than the normal topic-comment structure in languages such as Chinese and Korean . |
| 24 | It points out that unimmunised children run the risk of catching diseases which are far more dangerous than the injections might be . |
| 25 | Shelley was inoffensive , human , honest , humble and subsequently far more dangerous than the pathetic macho world of the Joe Strummers who inhabited punk 's general stance . |
| 26 | And the very player that I was talking about then , turns up now down the left hand side , he holds on so well , the cross again , and er again almost gets the cross in and our er colleague from the Italian service is er getting very excited a just away to my left , but er the header is wide , he can calm down a little , have an aspirin , and it 's still two one for Notts , but er Pisa they 're a danger , and to me they look far more dangerous than the Italian opponents in the last game here at Lane in this same competition . |
| 27 | What it boiled down to was : there was here , where he had friends and family , or there was London where he had a few friends and a lot of contacts , and it felt like things were happening , and where you could fill time with something no matter how mixed up and fraudulent you felt … or there was abroad , of course ; the rest of the world ; India ( to take the most extreme example he 'd found so far ) , where you felt like an alien , lumbering and self-conscious , materially far more rich and spiritually far more poor than the people who thronged the place , where just by that intensity of touching , that very sweating crowdedness , you felt more apart , more consigned to a different , echoing place inside yourself . |
| 28 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 29 | In practice , the audit is far more comprehensive than the official definition suggests . |
| 30 | The Russian Formalist solution on all these issues is far more radical than the New Critical one . |