Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK has had an inadequate competition policy framework for far too long . |
| 2 | The whole community has been living in fear for far too long , menaced equally by both sets of paramilitaries . |
| 3 | From all the reports and markings Leeds were the better side by far . |
| 4 | Although microfilm will remain for the foreseeable future by far the more acceptable medium of preservation , as a versatile aid to the scholar the computer image is far in advance . |
| 5 | Following revelations about British Gas 's contribution to the destruction of Ecuadorean rainforest [ see ED 48 ] , new information has come to light concerning far larger concessions held by the company in Gabon . |
| 6 | The amphibolite bands and lenses are more or less biminerallic , with hornblende by far the most abundant mineral , often occupying more than 75 per cent of the rock , and with feldspar as the other mineral present . |
| 7 | The parchment was illuminated : an Englishman stood waist-deep in an ocean of scalloped rills , drawing a galleon of far greater tonnage than any ship Kit had ever sailed in as if it were a child 's toy boat ; he was pulling it towards a pair of islands , like pease puddings , smoking from their rounded summits on the pretty dish of the sea , garnished with sea creatures : one had a spiralling tusk and frilly fins , another a crocodile 's saw-toothed snout . |
| 8 | And finally , as ‘ Leggy Mambo 's ’ opening song ( ‘ Now ’ ) suggests , Cud appears to be poised on the brink of far wider recognition . |
| 9 | And finally , as ‘ Leggy Mambo 's ’ opening song ( ‘ Now ’ ) suggests , Cud appears to be poised on the brink of far wider recognition . |
| 10 | You 've managed to dodge meeting the boys at the sharp end of this exercise for far too long . |
| 11 | Lord Halsbury was Lord Chancellor for far longer than any other during the last hundred years . |
| 12 | All this invested the work of the Committee with far greater significance than its members might have anticipated . |
| 13 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 14 | ‘ My father died some months ago and , as for me , I can find work from far more rewarding customers . ’ |
| 15 | Lord Healey said last night that Mr Major must blame himself because ‘ he went into the ERM at far too high a rate ’ . |
| 16 | It has been mentioned that at Coniston most of the work by far was done under tutwork . |
| 17 | 35 years of Disney magic , imagination and expertise have gone into making this self contained world of fun and fantasy by far the greatest and most dazzling amusement centre in Europe . |
| 18 | And , as the biggest zone by far was Europe , he would begin there . |
| 19 | Canadian Black Diamond Cheddar ( the straightforward one , not the wine-cured variety ) is without question by far the best Cheddar now generally available to the British public . |
| 20 | A quarter of a million pounds has been the motive for far worse crimes than the one you contemplated . |
| 21 | But you could go to a campsite for far less ! ’ |
| 22 | If the waiters were curious about the room being in darkness they neither said nor did anything which indicated it ; they had been in the hotel business for far too many years now to be surprised by the antics or activities of the guests . |
| 23 | While the ideology is appropriate , it enables choices to be made on the basis of far less analysis and with much greater urgency , which certainly seems to be a move in the right direction , even if the choice made is not always the best one in the circumstances . |
| 24 | The fundamental problem faced by US business was that rivals in Europe and Japan were accumulating capital at a far faster rate ( figure 10.4 ) and were doing so on the basis of far lower wage costs ( table 10.5 ) . |
| 25 | Even lower inflation is just a consequence of far higher unemployment . |
| 26 | Flexibility within the classroom , the hallmark of the gifted teacher , must find a place in far more of our schools . |
| 27 | Very large window areas allow for broad sweeps of display which grab the eye from far away , as they do at Waterstones ' even grander premises round the corner in Union Street . |
| 28 | The end of the B version depicts hell and heaven in far more conventional terms , allowing these conventional limits to dominate the parameters in which Faustus 's actions may be interpreted . |
| 29 | By his mid 20s , Mike was earning around $40,000 , but paying tax on far less . |
| 30 | Their most spectacular coup by far was the discovery of Rommel 's headquarters . |