Example sentences of "far more [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some will be far more involved in ‘ hands on ’ work , ie taking a close interest in their investee companies and providing management expertise as and when required , others will provide financial backing but little else . |
| 2 | But there was more to it than that : as the only daughter and elder sister to Nathan and Matthew , she had become far more involved in the running of the household , and had been witness to her mother 's frequent pregnancies , miscarriages and confinements . |
| 3 | Third , while both initiatives have been designed to facilitate the application of the rule of reason to cooperative R&D ventures , the guidelines for applying the rule of reason are far more explicit in the block exemption initiative . |
| 4 | Although there has been a growing amount of evidence that rewarding good behaviour can be far more effective in maintaining pupil discipline than punishing bad behaviour , and despite official encouragement for rewarding , there has been found to be ‘ a continuing emphasis ’ on punishments . |
| 5 | Where the school is in the wrong then full and generous apologies and expressions of concern are far more effective in maintaining good relationships than attempts to justify unjustifiable action . |
| 6 | Training based on encouragement and praise is likely to prove far more effective in the longer term . |
| 7 | Personal computers for management use is a major area of Apple usage , where planning , analysing , managing and assistance with decision evaluation have made the micro a versatile and powerful tool for managers of all descriptions , saving time and money and helping them to be far more effective in their jobs . |
| 8 | This , it was now increasingly argued , would be far more effective in the long run than any amount of sharp practice . |
| 9 | Our early ancestors lived in a world fraught with danger ; yet they were far more advanced in the art of survival than many of us in the modern world could ever envisage . |
| 10 | It has been officially reckoned by educationalists that school-leavers of yesteryear ( even at 14 ) were far more advanced in the three R's and the sciences than their counterparts of the present day who leave at 16 . |
| 11 | Octopi and squid are cephalopods , a division of the molluscs which are far more advanced in their reproductive behaviour . |
| 12 | Again , however , both the development of such services and evaluations of their effectiveness are far more advanced in America . |
| 13 | Far more limited in scope , but of immediate practical import , was the question of the re-organization of the courts . |
| 14 | During the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries there were intermittent popular revolts , but apart from that of Jack Cade in 1450 , they tended to be far more limited in scope than that of 1381 . |
| 15 | In a letter to Darlington Town Hall , John Edwards , of the Conservation Group North , wrote : ‘ The proposed replacement building would be far more impersonal in this location and the loss of the existing buildings would detract from the quality of Salt Yard and the conservation area as a whole . ’ |
| 16 | Dealers found collectors haggling harder than ever before and far more confidential in their buying . |
| 17 | Under the mature captaincy of Stephen Flannery , they have been far more convincing in victories over Sutton Manor ( 2-0 ) , Hampton ( 2-1 ) and Dr Challoner 's Grammar School ( 4-1 ) . |
| 18 | Surely a flashing red light would be far more visible in a tunnel than a static light ? |
| 19 | Mechanical disruption of tissue and microbial cells is far more efficient in our hands than enzyme methods . |
| 20 | This may be technically insider-dealing , which is far more rife in the City than people have generally been led to believe . |
| 21 | The Japanese , particularly , are bewildered by recent disappointing auction results and are now far more cautious in their acquisitions . |
| 22 | Perhaps it was newspaper speculation that the ‘ courting couple ’ were about to get married that convinced Jason it was time to turn the tide in favour of something nearer the truth and gently let everyone into their secret that it was just one big publicity stunt which , once started , was easier to carry on with than deny , and far more profitable in any event . |
| 23 | When I first met my Working Group I was astonished to discover that they were far more progressive in outlook than the members of the Kingman Committee . |
| 24 | The effect of the Famine in 1921–2 was far more crippling in the Volga provinces than in Tambov guberniia , so that one can argue either way as to whether it had a stimulating or depressing effect on the mettle of the Tambov Greens ; certainly in Samara and Saratov its vehemence blew out all hope of resistance . |
| 25 | Not only were they more cheaply remunerated — at the church 's expense , mainly — and far more experienced in the business and technicalities of administration and negotiation , but their clerical status gave them a weight which most laymen could only acquire by aristocratic connections or by ennoblement ; lay chancellors , to be of any consequence , needed political and dynastic links , which could also spell danger for the king . |
| 26 | However , forest decline was far more extensive in Germany and continental Europe than , for example , in Britain and Norway . |
| 27 | By contrast , Oistrakh on Le Chant du Monde , though not entirely at home in the Gallic idiom , is far more subtle in inflexion and seems less determined to impress . |
| 28 | Verbs are far more frequent in this passage ( 5 ) . |
| 29 | We 've got to recognise , if there was no following policy , any thief or drunk driver only has to put their toe down and drive away at speed , comfortable that police wo n't follow them and that is far more dangerous in the long run for the public . |
| 30 | Far more striking in the changed atmosphere of the 1950s is the case of Romania . |