Example sentences of "[prep] a far " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I was thinking of a far worse fate Which can o'ertake you when you 're 28 . |
| 2 | Less valid is the use of common salt , which will thicken even very weak solution , giving the impression of a far higher concentrate without adding anything to the performance . |
| 3 | ‘ William , It Was Really Nothing ’ had a backbone made of a far more substantial nature . |
| 4 | A hundred thousand people at Aldermaston is a symptom of a far greater unease about ‘ the Bomb ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ The obvious symmetrical properties of sea shells indicate the operation of a far deeper principle in nature than previously thought , one that could have far reaching implications for Science in general . ’ |
| 6 | Objective investigation of phenomena formed only one aspect of a far wider approach , the greatest emphasis being centred consciousness and mind as the underlying reality . |
| 7 | A bulging section provides the crux and allows access to rock of a far more amendable angle in the form of a large slab — hidden from the foot of the cliff . |
| 8 | The plaza was a place for nocturnal meetings , although the majority were of a far simpler , far older kind than two men planning international espionage . |
| 9 | The ‘ compunctions of conscience are in general of a far more fleeting nature ’ . |
| 10 | The definition of papal infallibility ( even in its rather restrained terms ) and of papal supremacy over the Church by the Council of 1870 merely formalized the pinnacle of a far larger system , theoretical and institutional , of monarchy . |
| 11 | Urban development does not , unfortunately , keep itself within strict chronological order , so that a geographically direct descent of the Royal Mile skips disconcertingly in and out of a far from direct historical sequence . |
| 12 | Shortages of labour in the immediate post-war period meant that this pattern of female industrial employment was not reversed overall , although it was in traditional basic industries , and any discussion of production post-1945 has to take account of a far larger North Shields female employed proletariat than had existed pre-War . |
| 13 | He was small , wiry , Katherine noticed , and had the light , quick step of a far younger man . |
| 14 | Thomas had the vitality of a far younger man . |
| 15 | Embarrassed at having seduced the daughter of a friend , and now encumbered with the threat of a far more intense relationship than he 'd bargained for ? |
| 16 | So we return to Shklovsky 's early principle that art refreshes our sense of life and experience ; but the principle is now stated in the form of a far more coherent , complex and far-reaching theory . |
| 17 | It was concluded from the responses that the majority ‘ considered that the benefits which the present system had provided should not be discarded in favour of a far less obviously secure form of validation ’ . |
| 18 | The difference between these two values might be very substantial , particularly where development of a far more valuable character than had been anticipated in 1947 took place . |
| 19 | Rapid changes in the European Community itself — progress towards the Single Market , creation of the Social Charter , greater economic integration , the prospect of a far larger membership — all offer enormous opportunities , if only we will seize them . |
| 20 | Instead of getting worked up about who is or is n't in the Queen 's Honours List why not demand the scrapping of a far more cynical honours system University Honorary Degrees . |
| 21 | A driver used to more power and rubber might expect to find himself in trouble if he attempted to maintain his normal pace with the cheapest Fiesta , but such is the confident poise of the car that it offers handling and grip of a far higher order than the tuned-for-economy engine can justify . |
| 22 | I certainly Mr Chairman welcome this paper erm and I know today that I think possibly the main reason being erm , I could be deemed also been through and through today responding to our local issue and that maybe due to May fever , I do n't know , erm , in really accepting acknowledging as I have done in the past your efforts , erm the county surveyor 's efforts for this part of Suffolk I do again bring to your attention and I do n't think is being critical in that the Barnet by bypass is part of a far bigger jigsaw and that jigsaw I say not |
| 23 | At first , close up , it seems very dirty and sullen and yet dignified , large and powerful in its presence until it becomes loud , hurrying up and down the tracks with a frenzied passion , and then , just as we see it disappearing beyond the horizon it seems like a far off star or ‘ comet ’ silently entering another world . |
| 24 | Be that as it may , this work , heavily reliant on repetition and never straying far from the home key , cried out for someone to nurture its more lyrical passages , to shake its often delightful phrases , to exploit its contrasts ; in short , for a far more imaginative approach than that brought by Harry Christophers . |
| 25 | While there may be some truth in this analysis — a revolution from above — it fails to account for a far deeper malaise in Soviet society : a crisis of morale . |
| 26 | Show debut for a far reaching British mower |
| 27 | As such , Hitler had become in a way the projection of national aspirations to greatness which reached back into the imperial ambitions of the Wilhelmine era , and which in added strength under Nazism had found an echo among much of the German population , not least as a compensation for a far greyer reality . |
| 28 | These , with automatic fire-alarms going off inexplicably , account for a far higher percentage of calls than do fires . |
| 29 | Li Po is leaving the world of men for a far more perfect world but there is in his poem nonetheless the idea that he might have wanted both of these worlds , but he has lost one of them ; thus he is chastened . |
| 30 | Whether you are late or early it is wise and makes for a far pleasanter experience to be polite and pleasant to everyone you come in contact with , both before and after the interview . |