Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process of manufacture inevitably leads to a certain loss of spontaneity in the design but , as compensation , makes it possible for far more technically exacting compositions to be achieved . |
| 2 | There was no mention of hair , though Rufus knew hair could persist intact for far more years than those bones had been in the grave , and there was nothing about clothing . |
| 3 | But the sociologist of religion is interested in far more complicated questions than merely who would call themselves Methodist , Muslim or Mormon — or the proportion of each faith that attends a place of worship each day or week or month , or commits suicide in a particular year . |
| 4 | More reliable by far are the eight states ruled by parties classified by the CPSU as ‘ Vanguard Revolutionary Democratic ’ : Afghanistan , Angola , Benin , Congo , Ethiopia , Kampuchea , Mozambique and Yemen ( Aden ) . |
| 5 | It stank to high heaven of salt-fish and shit , the aforementioned by far the more offensive . |
| 6 | Dutch painting thus suggests a vision of interiors more revelatory by far than that of ‘ taste ’ . |
| 7 | The voyage from Van Diemen 's Land to Sydney on the Mary Ann , with his wife , children , servants , and the remains of his baggage proved to be a ‘ tedious and uncomfortable ’ one ; different by far from Gould 's first , joyous , passage to New South Wales six months earlier . |
| 8 | On the other hand it was a very swift descent from the heights of a collectorship to the rank of a common gauger for a man who had friends among the voting freeholders , and some of those friends at once moved to his aid , their resolve strengthened by Carrick 's complaint that while five supervisors were dismissed , the other four were quickly reinstated in their rank and only he remained reduced , while , according to Carrick , at least one of the lucky men had been guilty of far more serious omissions than himself . |
| 9 | It seems apparent that this was a very long process in the Sussex area ; some scholars have argued that the Germanic groups stayed much more distinct for far longer than their counterparts elsewhere in the new England . |
| 10 | Cash-flow manipulation is symptomatic of far deeper problems in the organization , problems which the Profitboss takes action to avoid . |
| 11 | On a cold day you can keep your whole body warm with far less clothing than you may think . |
| 12 | Blacks were subject to far more drastic inequalities than were Catholics , therefore civil rights made far more difference to blacks than to Catholics . |
| 13 | Products such as highly-priced porcelain will be subject to far higher quality controls than run-of-the-mill household earthenware . |
| 14 | On the other hand , private bailiffs are subject to far less control and scrutiny . |
| 15 | More dangerous by far are the carbon dioxide ( from both sources ) , the oxides of nitrogen from the cars , and the oxides of sulphur from the power station , that fall on distant countries . |
| 16 | All attempts by the parents to have a Lydia or a Charles would be doomed to failure : one Lydia just lived to see her first birthday — the first two years of life seeming to be the most dangerous by far for the poor little infants — and the next passed away at the age of three , baptised at St John 's but buried by the Baptists of Badcox Lane . |
| 17 | It was too dark by far . |
| 18 | Further criticism came from foreign commentators who found his espousal of Western ideas too selective by far , taking him to task for his autocratic style , for underpinning his regime with the repressive Savak security apparatus , his sybaritic leisure-image — notably featuring snow and sun at St Moritz — and his failure to uproot corruption in his entourage . |
| 19 | And then — and this was more sinister by far — or is the Castle affecting her ? |
| 20 | The unit costs associated with the fire service rose substantially ( as did those for the police , which are harder to recover on a consistent basis over time within the GRE system , but responsible for far more expenditure ) . |
| 21 | But if Labour 's leaders misplayed their hand in the last week , Paddy Ashdown 's behaviour was more damaging by far . |
| 22 | To damn fat by far . |
| 23 | She would instantly see that a plastic spoon proffered in open-hearted supplication and tender humility was more beautiful by far than any thorny rose or second-hand diamond given to her with a leer of anticipation . |
| 24 | This , and most of what follows , is regulated by the Representation of the People Acts , the most important by far of which is the 1983 Act , ( ‘ the 1983 Act ’ hereafter ) . |
| 25 | Two broad themes were apparent : first , there was a growing recognition that elderly people were mentally and physically capable of far more than had been previously assumed , and that it was medically and socially possible for them to maintain an independent and active life . |
| 26 | language is capable of far more subtle ways of metaphoric expression than the stock grammatical ways . |
| 27 | But it was capable of far more sophisticated applications , giving swift updating of average salaries and enabling Personnel Management to compare one company within the Group with another . |
| 28 | Dundee United mastered the elements better than their opponents and had in Ferguson , Scott Crabbe and Paddy Connolly lively players who continue to give the impression that Jim McLean is not far off having a team capable of far better than has been seen from his club in recent seasons . |
| 29 | I thought of the chessplayers in the Park , where we sat for so many hours , the chessplayers , more various by far than the pieces they wielded ( the players not erect , not regulated , but mumbling , shambling , rhomboid ) . |
| 30 | Unfortunately the substance of the tale is too thin and familiar by far . |