Example sentences of "are by [adv] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fats are by far the most fattening foods of all . |
| 2 | Also , since A n T m tracts are by far the most frequent examples of curved structures , the quantitative models describing sequence-dependent DNA curvature assign a relatively stronger influence to the AA/TT step ( 1,6,7 ) . |
| 3 | Although they are by far the most successful of the three clubs in recent years , Dundee United are newcomers to Tayside tension . |
| 4 | The vines surround the village on all sides , but those grown on the highest slopes , on either side of the D10 to the west of Ambonnay , are by far the most successful ; on the plain , either side of the D9 , the vineyards are noticeably inferior . |
| 5 | Cards are by far the most effective means of investigating performance of a DSP device . |
| 6 | The almost pure loessic silts are incredibly fertile , but are by far the most unstable and difficult soils to work . |
| 7 | Belshaw ( 1979 ) illustrates the contradiction between research station agronomic techniques which favour planting crops in pure stands , and inter-cropping techniques which are by far the most satisfactory from the point of view of the reduction of soil erosion . |
| 8 | Hamburger outlets are by far the most important , representing almost 80% of total turnover in the fast food market . |
| 9 | However , although the stick position and the total lack of response to the elevator are by far the most important symptoms of the actual stall , many instructors hardly mention it . |
| 10 | To put it another way , mothers are by far the most important ‘ significant others ’ so far as housework behaviour is concerned . |
| 11 | Although Pleistocene climatic changes are by far the most important in the interpretation of present landforms , it may be occasionally necessary to consider the changes of climate in the earlier parts of the Tertiary period . |
| 12 | ( Silicon and oxygen are by far the most abundant constituents in the Earth 's crust . ) |
| 13 | Young white females are by far the most common users of crisis and suicide prevention facilities , and so these findings support the possibility that crisis centres do have a preventive effect . |
| 14 | Painkillers are by far the most common drugs prescribed by doctors in Britain . |
| 15 | The criminal justice system , of course , now recognises this even more than it recognises our need for autonomy : monetary penalties are by far the most common form of penalty that it uses in its attempt to control crime . |
| 16 | While fuel duties are by far the most attractive tax and are virtually impossible to avoid , they fail to discriminate between casual users , such as city centre dwellers , and essential users , such as country dwellers who have no alternative means of transport . |
| 17 | From the table we see that cars and taxis exceed aircraft in terms of fuel expenditure per hundred passengers and are by far the least efficient of the land-based modes of transport . |
| 18 | He concluded that those authors who collaborate with others most often , are by far the least prolific . |
| 19 | He concluded that those authors who collaborate with others most often , are by far the least prolific . |