Example sentences of "far more [adj] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found it far more instructive to analyse balance in terms of the cross-curricular ‘ generic activities ’ of reading , writing , listening , drawing/painting , collaboration and so on which are a universal feature of primary classroom life , regardless of the curriculum labels used . |
| 2 | A bonus was that he had been so fascinated by his earlier experience that his confidence in hypnotherapy as a whole had grown , and he was far more willing to undergo treatment than he might otherwise have been . |
| 3 | Michaels also says that other EC member countries are far more willing to put EC proposals and directives into force than we are . |
| 4 | But overseas royal families are far more ready to put hand in pocket . |
| 5 | now surely it 's far more difficult to get oxygen down deep ? |
| 6 | Yet businessmen said it was far more important to reduce Interest Rates . |
| 7 | He seemed far more concerned to take money off the rich — especially if they happened to be Muslim . |
| 8 | Well I dare say but it 's far more dignified to play golf . |
| 9 | Psychiatric research has found that children who are deprived of physical demonstrations of love are far more likely to manifest behaviour problems and to grow into emotionally unbalanced adults , unable themselves to give or receive any kind of love or warmth . |
| 10 | The skilled negotiator is far more likely to say things that reveal what he or she is thinking , intending and feeling than the less skilled , who reckon that to expose such things is naïve . |
| 11 | Where the Children 's Bureau had now advanced from restraint to diversion as a treatment for masturbation , Isaacs was giving a brief account of Oedipal conflict and advising parents that they were ‘ far more likely to do harm by rushing in to scold or correct than by leaving the child to deal with it himself — in a general atmosphere of calm goodwill ’ , and was citing Dr Ernest Jones in her support . |
| 12 | Instead it is far more likely to resemble organizations that neither the practicing manager nor the management scholar pays much attention to today : the hospital , the university , the symphony orchestra . |
| 13 | These data clearly indicate that ‘ suggesting ’ , the more involving way of idea-having , is far more likely to win support . |
| 14 | When the Newmanites metamorphosed into the NAP in 1979 , they quickly adopted a political agenda far more likely to win allies — and donations — than their neo-Trotskyist rantings . |
| 15 | ‘ Evidence seems to suggest that young drivers are far more likely to have accidents , which is not surprising because they are very inexperienced , ’ he says . |
| 16 | This intent requirement is , of course , an alternative to the objective conditions , on which the prosecutor is far more likely to place reliance . |
| 17 | On the other hand , a high-class interior designer would be far more likely to regard quality as a goal that could not be compromised , and might regard a single dissatisfied customer as a threat to future business . |
| 18 | The children of mums who smoked during pregnancy were far more likely to show signs of hyperactivity , suggesting that fetal exposure to tobacco can be linked to later developmental problems . |
| 19 | In fact , on second thoughts , would it not be far more sensible to invite Emilia to come to Cambridge ? |