Example sentences of "[prep] a far [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | No , I was thinking of a far worse fate Which can o'ertake you when you 're 28 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A hundred thousand people at Aldermaston is a symptom of a far greater unease about ‘ the Bomb ’ . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | He was small , wiry , Katherine noticed , and had the light , quick step of a far younger man . |
| 12 | Thomas had the vitality of a far younger man . |
| 13 | It would be certain that they would be usable for a far greater number of hours than is now practical with our known meteorological patterns . |
| 14 | This allows for a far greater sophistication of analysis because it recognises that the state and the policies it pursues may well be a result of internal conflicts within the state or due to conflicts between fractions of the capitalist class or from struggle by classes opposed to capitalism . |
| 15 | You perhaps get restoration of fishery or enhancement of amenity or enhancement of the quality of the water such that it can be used for a far wider spectrum of requirements than it was before . |
| 16 | These , with automatic fire-alarms going off inexplicably , account for a far higher percentage of calls than do fires . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Although for some years now people have been suing them for outrageous sums well beyond any amount that could ever be insured , when it came to the crunch litigants always settled out of court for a far lower figure . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Most strikers also underestimated the length of the strike , anticipating it to last for a far shorter period and the continuation of the strike was not something they enjoyed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | As a far better man than anyone in this House once said , ’ facts are chiels that winna ding ’ , even for Tory Ministers . |
| 23 | By the year end the magaine was published in full colour throughout and agreement was reached to relaunch the magazine in the Spring as a far better quality publication . |
| 24 | " Survival of the strongest " , for instance , and its tooth-and-claw ethic which became associated with Social Darwinism , is not at all what Wallace had meant by " survival of the fittest " , where fitness was defined by him as a far subtler and more complex weave of forces than mere pugnacious self-interest . |
| 25 | We would all like to hear about a far larger programme than any he has managed to announce since the Government came to office ; otherwise , they stand convicted of hypocrisy and bad faith . |
| 26 | But not too many of those who reckoned she should be pitting herself alongside the professionals recognised that she was putting herself through a far tougher ordeal by playing in a junior championship where she had everything to lose , nothing to gain . |
| 27 | They came up with a far better deal than I could have got on my own . ’ |
| 28 | But at least the Knitting Factory is blessed with a far better PA than is the normal preserve of such places — donated , apparently , by no less than Laurie Anderson — and the fragile webs of such head-in-the-oven epics as ‘ Power Failure ’ and the pulse-pummelling opener ‘ Bell ’ remain sufficiently well-spun to snag even the most neutral observer . |
| 29 | Nowadays , about a decade after publication of Children 's Minds , developmentalists write about children with a far better understanding of the importance of paying heed to children 's abilities in everyday contexts as well as experimental ones . |
| 30 | Somewhere in between are good plants for small gardens , only reaching about 2ft with a far daintier habit . |