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Example sentences for "far the greater part"

  • By far the greater part of the poultry stored goes into the warehouses in the fall and begins to come out soon after the winter holidays.

  • By far the greater part of the choicest poultry was kept in small inclosures, and the flocks that laid remarkably well were usually city flocks that were given good care.

  • There were a few birds of other kinds, but fowls made by far the greater part of the show.

  • By far the greater part of the samurai belonging to a daimyo had their dwellings in their master's territory, generally in the vicinity of his castle.

  • It may be gathered from these data that the more enlightened and by far the greater part of the Japanese nation were so peace-loving, that they organised all their ways of living on the assumption of a permanent peace.

  • The truth is that by far the greater part of the house is used only on state occasions.

  • By far the greater part of the land is occupied by forests of pine, fir, larch, and birch, or by vast, unfathomable morasses.

  • By far the greater part of the estate of Castlewood had been confiscated, and been parcelled out to Commonwealth men.

  • Esmond, though partly critical, is mainly and in far the greater part creative.

  • By far the greater part of the prerogative, as it existed at that time, has remained legally vested in the Crown, and can be exercised to-day; but it is no longer used in accordance with the personal wishes of the sovereign.

  • By far the greater part of the ministers outside of the cabinet are the parliamentary under-secretaries, who have two distinct sets of duties, one administrative and the other parliamentary.

  • Now and then we note the movements in a cracking sound, but by far the greater part of them escape observation.

  • In North America alone there are probably over a hundred and fifty thousand of these glacial lakes, although by far the greater part of those which existed when the glacial sheet disappeared have been obliterated.

  • Though by far the greater part of the vegetable excrescencies termed galls, are caused by insects of the genus Cynips, they do not always originate from this tribe.

  • By far the greater part of insects always feed themselves.

  • Here too it must be borne in mind, that by far the greater part of insects feed upon different substances in their different states of existence, eating one kind of food in the larva and another in the imago state.

  • Far the greater part of their captives was anciently sacrificed.

  • To this rule, there are no exceptions; and nearly all nominatives, or far the greater part, are to be parsed by it.

  • Far the greater part of their captives were anciently sacrificed.

  • They were all Brahmans, and never were numerous; but by far the greater part of the lands of both Bitalpas and Brittiyas have been resumed by the chiefs of Gorkha, in order to increase the military establishment.

  • By far the greater part, however, of the Jhul consisted of two kinds of Lichen, the furfuraceus, and one very like the farinaceus.

  • By far the greater part of the more valuable lands of the country are no longer under the ownership of the State.

  • By far the greater part of industry is now under private control, which sets the pace for efficient operation in a hundred particulars.

  • By far the greater part of the material product is sold by the undertaker or business man, and the price is then divided between himself and the other agents of production.

  • But by far the greater part of the regicides such considerations were either overlooked or kept in the background.

  • By far the greater part of these were commissions of array.

  • By far the greater part of the estate of Castlewood had been confiscated, and been parcelled out to Commonwealthmen.

  • Such is the uniform practice of by far the greater part of the nations of Europe.

  • Hence, when it is carefully conducted, by far the greater part of the impurities contained in the cast iron may be removed.

  • Where hammers are still used, they are much increased in weight, and driven with greater velocity; but by far the greater part of the operation of drawing the bars is effected by means of rollers.

  • By far the greater part of the grain is consumed where it is grown.

  • By far the greater part of the wool of the United States, Canada, and Europe is of this class.

  • By far the greater part of the crude rubber comes from the Amazon forests.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "far the greater part" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    both know; close watch; drove along; far back; far more exceeding and eternal weight; far north; far off; far the greater part; far west; farewell dinner; farinaceous food; farm animals; farm crops; farm hand; farm house; farm machinery; farmyard manure; faro bank; farther away; farther south; large salt; modern maps; not likely; procure abortion; quite easily; said poor