Example sentences of "[be] far [conj] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bag has been far and away the smallest in my lifetime . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Today it is far and away the leading stout in Malaysia . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The crash of 1974 was far and away the biggest since 1929 . |