The eastern slope of Whitney is far steeper than its western slope.

But they said the 4.3 percent ridership drop on both the subways and buses in 1990 proved far steeper than anticipated.

It is far steeper and more formidable than it looks in any tourist brochure.

But its slopes rise at an angle of 1:2 - in places, far steeper than that.

But American's loss, far steeper than projections of $150 million, cast a darker shadow over the industry.

The declines are far steeper than the 5 percent decline posted by the Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks in the same period.

Orders for durable goods fell 8.5 percent, to $165.44 billion, the lowest level since August 1996; the drop was far steeper than expected.

Up along the crag we took the way, which was rugged, narrow, and difficult, and far steeper than the one before.

Yet many cities have seen far steeper increases.

The $4.3 billion decline from last year's levels is the first since 1998 and far steeper than the drop that occurred that year.