Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] far the good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fulke Walwyn , who kept on winning it , has by far the best record but he does not have a runner this year . |
| 2 | The Nimbus 6 and 7 weather satellites first carried the improved radiation detectors ( radiometers ) , but the solar Maximum Mission ( SMM ) satellite , designed to study sunspots at their most active , has by far the best radiometer ever launched . |
| 3 | In contrast , Watford 's teamwork and crisp passing made them look by far the better side on view at Vicarage Road . |
| 4 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 5 | The visitors had by far the better chances in the second period but they lacked the confidence to take them . |
| 6 | In Unix , it has succeeded in creating the impression that it has far more of the management , security and support capabilities in place than any of its competitors , and while this may not be entirely valid , time and again in the computer industry , winning the perception is nine tenths of the battle : in the 1970s , it was universally acknowledged among the cognoscenti that Burroughs Corp had by far the best mainframe architecture and operating software , but that did nothing to prevent the vast majority of its users migrating to IBM over time . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said that between 1984 and 1990 the United Kingdom had by far the best job creation record of the larger European Community countries . |
| 8 | And I have by far the better claim . |