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It is necessary to have a comparator: They only half believed us and were none the more friendly (ie they were not more than 'half-friendly'!) (better, as you imply, read as 'far from being friendly'). One uses 'far from being' as a quantifier without any need for a comparator.
used to describe something that is almost the opposite of something else: She insisted that, far from being easy, it would be a difficult period for all concerned. These terrible employment practices are far from being isolated cases. Far from becoming more easygoing with age, he seems to have done the opposite.
10 kwi 2015 · very different; far from coming to an agreement. (Alludes to the distance between the north and south poles. Typically: be ~; become ~; grow ~.) Mr. and Mrs. Jones don't get along well. They are poles apart. They'll never sign the contract because they are poles apart.
9 gru 2020 · He's far from being similar to him. "being looks like" is incorrect in this case as it is passive, but you need it to be active. You could also say "He's far from looking like him". When you want to use "far from" with a verb, you must use a present participle.
15 cze 2014 · Your instincts are correct. The cited usage is very awkward. Your preference for "far from being" is fine, or you could simply say, "far from."
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High quality example sentences with “far from being” in context from reliable sources - Ludwig is the linguistic search engine that helps you to write better in English.
