Example sentences of "[be] far [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're far and away the most passionate sign in the Zodiac . ’ |
| 2 | The bag has been far and away the smallest in my lifetime . |
| 3 | Russell Reynolds was the last of the Big Four to enter the London market — in 1972 — but has been far and away the most consistently successful . |
| 4 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 5 | OHE is not a ‘ front ’ organisation for the pill merchants , but a proudly acknowledged agency , and is far and away the most successful PR exercise ( perhaps the only successful PR exercise ) which the industry has ever staged . |
| 6 | These accounts were entered on the official ‘ Pipe Roll ’ ; and the one survivor of these rolls from Henry I 's time , that for 1129 — 30 , is far and away the earliest royal account to survive in any European archive ; few written accounts were kept in 1130 . |
| 7 | Our present structure of central government is far and away the most important feature of the constitution not to emerge from the revolutionary settlement of 1688–1701 . |
| 8 | Kenny Milne is far and away the Scots ' best hooker and his injury robbed them of a great deal in both tests . |
| 9 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 10 | From the Col there is , in summer , a rack railway that will lift you , if you are so minded , to the conspicuous because lonely summit of La Rhune , which is far and away the most prominent mountain at this Atlantic end of the Pyrenees , even though it is no more than 3,000 feet high . |
| 11 | If there is a local one , then that is far and away the best place to go , otherwise there is no avoiding a postal order . |
| 12 | ‘ Howard , ’ he says , ‘ I think this is far and away the subtlest , most exciting … zaniest … most realizable , wittiest , sexiest … most lovable White Paper that I have ever set eyes on . ’ |
| 13 | Wherever you begin , you 're certain of a pleasant discovery round the next bend and a Fly-Drive package is far and away the most convenient and comfortable way to see all there is to see . |
| 14 | discussing the prospects of university cricket at that time wrote : ‘ The young Australian S. M. J. Woods , the present captain , is far and away the best fast bowler Cambridge has had for many years . |
| 15 | Once the connection is made ( and it must be said at this point that the parallel connection is far and away the faster of the two possibles ) a program rejoicing in the highly descriptive name of ‘ FX ’ must be run at either end of the link . |
| 16 | Today it is far and away the leading stout in Malaysia . |
| 17 | Since labour is far and away the most important cost of production in the short run , a reduction in money wages will lower the marginal costs facing the representative firm which , on the assumption of marginal cost pricing , will lead to a fall in the price of output . |
| 18 | To be a hero on the field and to aspire to the red jersey of Wales was far and away the most dashing thing you could do . |
| 19 | Something like £1,500 shared among the family , not to mention generous bequests , including £200 towards the completion of Lavenham steeple and cash distributed among the parishes where Spring owned property , virtually accounts for what was far and away the greatest personal estate owned by any commoner , or for that matter almost any peer : only the duke of Norfolk 's £4,000 topped it . |
| 20 | The press was far and away the most important section of the audience . |
| 21 | On some railroads , however , it was far and away the most important single item of freight . |
| 22 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 23 | The CGT was far and away the most powerful union federation . |
| 24 | The crash of 1974 was far and away the biggest since 1929 . |