The phrase "far rather than" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing a preference for one thing over another. Example: "I would far rather eat pizza than broccoli."
Just 109,000 such SMETS2 meters have been installed so far, rather than the 23m expected by now.
Sequoia is betting so heavily on YouTube that it has provided all of the company's financing so far, rather than bringing in other firms, as is common.
But the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court ruled recently that the law allowing the machines provided improperly for some profits to flow to the horse racing industry, including $28.2 million so far, rather than to education.
In the case of Spotify, it's really to hold attention so far rather than to monetise.
In summary, there are ugly yellow weeds so far, rather than green shoots, as far as industrial production is concerned.
It reflects the historical trajectory of the philosophical discussion thus far, rather than any principled distinction among different levels of analysis of measurement.
Updated at 4.52pm BST 3.46pm BST Monbiot: We desperately need something that makes things far far better, rather than better than they might otherwise have been.
And rail workers would far rather negotiate than strike.
I'd far rather work than hang around the house – even though there are days when I can hardly get out of bed".
Fashion Statement rather approves of the development: we'd far rather see Sarah Brown than another underdressed Geldof offspring.
In the 21st century, under Putin, Russia again strives to unite all who despise liberal democracy and resist the West, but now it does so from the far right rather than the far left.
