Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] far " in BNC.

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1 He made an arrangement which , he claimed , would make him far richer than generals and admirals who led armies and fleets , a Trust Deed by which his assets were assigned to Trustees who made all the payments to creditors on the lines of that set up for Emma Hamilton .
2 In addition , it would make us far less likely to eat for the wrong reasons .
3 It would do us far more honour if you could succeed in obtaining a post under some other great lord .
4 What other men might say or think was nothing to him ; his detachment would carry him far above earthly matters .
5 His life would take him far away from Bray 's Buildings as the years went by , searching for adventure on the high seas , visiting in reality places his parents could only have dreamed of .
6 So we have the nine daughters of Benjamin James Titford : three died young , one remained a spinster , three were Edwardian brides , two married during the early years of the reign of King George V. Their lives would take them far apart from each other and from Curry Rivel itself — yet they would remain a close-knit family , for all the physical distance which separated them .
7 It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there .
8 We need to pay heed to the way he writes , for some commentators would lead us far astray .
9 It is sometimes salutary to imagine yourself selling your clients product from door to door when clarity and persuasion would help you far more than oratory .
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