Example sentences of "they [be] [prep] far [art] " in BNC.

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1 With 464 delegates out of the total of 1,276 , they are by far the largest bloc .
2 Although they are by far the most successful of the three clubs in recent years , Dundee United are newcomers to Tayside tension .
3 Their recruitment policy has worked very well for them and they are by far the largest outside America , although they are still having great difficulty establishing themselves in the USA .
4 The haplochromines were also extremely numerous ; indeed , they were by far the principal biomass of Lake Victoria .
5 And a strike in nickel mines in Canada a few years ago affected Britain seriously because they were by far the country 's biggest supplier .
6 Overseas guests , speakers and chaplain are an absolute must , as they were by far the most successful part of the conference .
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