Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the near-monopoly enjoyed by solicitors was indefensible because it related only to the preparation of documents , ‘ there is a real need for consumer protection and I am far from sure that the White Paper proposals meet this need , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace , lunches were longer and boozier and I was far , far happier . |
| 3 | She 's been monitoring my progress , since I 've taken up the job again , and she is far from pleased . |
| 4 | When Ruth climbed into her bed that night Miss Beard was packing for her next day 's departure and she was far more talkative than usual , regaling Ruth with the names and pedigrees of notables with whom she might be privileged to breathe the same air . |
| 5 | And I think we 've reached the stage , where the county council said , you come to us with a new initiative , and we 're far more likely to be , bend over to help you , than , than under the present . |
| 6 | Er , I think most people now are influenced really by what they know at home er , and erm , today , yet that today they 're , they 're far more er adventurous and they 're far more prepared , prepared to erm try out new ideas and see what they like |
| 7 | Old phone books apparently make an ideal alternative to straw , and they 're far cheaper . |
| 8 | Photographers , video promo directors , copywriters , the designers of record sleeves and typefaces — all of those who labour in the field of populism — have also read them , and they are far cleverer , certainly far cannier , than the self-styled semiologists who flatter themselves that they are ‘ decoding ’ their products . |
| 9 | Yet the schools they attend are , on the whole , not as good in terms of status , teacher input and , sometimes , physical surroundings ; they make less use of the educational system beyond the compulsory school stage ; they are less likely to pass government examinations and go on to university ; and they are far more likely to end up in manual occupations , just like their fathers and mothers . |
| 10 | more patients are treated , there are far more doctors and nurses , and they are far better paid , and treatments that were rare in 1979 are now commonplace . |
| 11 | The battle at the creek had begun , and they were far too undone to go to it . |
| 12 | Even the government 's limited plans for post-war intervention aroused their opposition and they were far more opposed to the far-reaching controls advocated by Beveridge . |
| 13 | A bonus was that he had been so fascinated by his earlier experience that his confidence in hypnotherapy as a whole had grown , and he was far more willing to undergo treatment than he might otherwise have been . |
| 14 | Only one person really cared whether he sank or swam , and he was far off in Paris . |
| 15 | He was seen on the campaign trail running around throwing a football , and he was far more convincing than similar efforts by the labouring Bush . |
| 16 | ‘ And it 's far better to get it out on the table , and to discuss it , even if you disagree than to find yourself nagging later . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And last , Harley 's royalty is already agreed and it 's far too low . |
| 18 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
| 19 | In this Authority that one proposition stands to lose some fifty teachers to schools and it 's far worse in many other districts . |
| 20 | ‘ And it 's far too many . ’ |
| 21 | It 's much smaller than its competitors in Bath or Cheltenham , and it 's far less reliable than them . |
| 22 | This reassures me that the band are clear about what they are trying to do , and it is far easier for me to get excited by someone coming in with a plan and an idea . |
| 23 | The ‘ traditional working class ’ is Britain 's newest minority and it is far too small by itself to elect a Labour government . |
| 24 | Cobalt blue is a pure blue , lacking the greenish undertone of previous artists ' blues like azurite , Prussian blue and indigo and it is far less expensive than the natural ultramarine , extracted from lapis lazuli , used by artists in earlier centuries . |
| 25 | It is relatively easy to legislate against CFCs — but they may persist in the atmosphere for 100 years , and so will continue to build up ; and it is far harder to suppress N 2 0 production . |
| 26 | Hypochondria is thought to be a result of repressed emotions and secret fears , and it is far more likely to develop in families where there is a preoccupation with illness , or in people who have a great deal of contact with invalids as children . |
| 27 | But it could happen with a fair deal , and it is far far far more probable than the marble statue 's waving at us . |
| 28 | Postwar economic growth , especially in the past decade of celebration of free enterprise and markets , has generated a more or less universal acquisitiveness , and it is far from evident that in circumstances in which the desires which have been aroused can not be gratified , or their pursuit breeds disillusionment , socialism , historically grounded in the labour movement , does or can now provide a new direction . |
| 29 | ‘ Besides , you look so well in it , and it is far too large for me . ’ |
| 30 | The answer is now clear , and it is far from platitudinous ; indeed , as we shall see in the next chapter , it is fundamental to an understanding of the modern world . |