Example sentences of "far more [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The eastern marches were seen as a means by which internal German social and economic pressure could be relieved , where economic expansion was far more feasible than competition with France and Britain .
2 A great deal of medical opinion now recognises that preventive measures and wider availability of human organs for transplant are far more useful than animal experiments .
3 This is far more effective than brush application .
4 It is true , as the UNHCR representative in Sarajevo Larry Hollingworth says , that road convoys are more accurate , carry more tonnage and are far more cost-effective than air drops .
5 They went back through the dining-room and lobby to a small office where Mrs Foster , who was far more elderly than Charity would have imagined , invited them in .
6 The electric engine is extremely efficient at converting electrical energy into movement , far more efficient than petrol , diesel or steam engines .
7 This is because electricity generation is far more efficient when demand is consistent and the fact that recharging would take place at night plus the fact that peak transport demand is generally in summer , would mean that more generating plant could operate consistently at full load thus lowering the unit cost of electricity .
8 Protein skimming does far more good than harm .
9 Public Relations is in many ways far more complex than advertising , because it functions over a wide spectrum of alternatives for a multitude of purposes .
10 Excursions into inner space are proving far more dangerous than man 's ventures into outer space .
11 Even the Cristolino river is polluted , and by something far more dangerous than mud .
12 The latter was usually given anyway , but became far more expensive if disagreement rose .
13 Trestle tables of either laminate or glass are far more suitable than wood .
14 In enclosed basins water-loading by lakes may further contribute to subsidence , though their effect will be far more ephemeral than sediment loading as they are likely to undergo repeated phases of growth and desiccation due to changes in climate .
15 Radio is far more intimate than television .
16 Infrasound is far more penetrating than ultrasound .
17 Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted .
18 Making projects is far more fun than component collecting !
19 It is far more popular than rice or pasta , and is an ingredient which is an essential item in every Cypriot store cupboard .
20 There is now a specific blood test which is far more reliable than stool tests .
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