Unibanco and Safra would be left far behind the top two if they did not buy it, and analysts think the families that own them would probably then sell (they might do so even if they are the successful bidders).
But at this point, Microsoft has not only caught Sony but left it far behind.
While they were stuck in a tiny, shrink wrap box, Microsoft had left that box far behind.
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When I interviewed him earlier this season he told me he thought his own long injury lay-off had probably left him too far behind his rivals in the battle for forwards shirts.
Democratic leaders also say that the additional funding for No Child Left Behind falls far short of what is needed to support schools struggling to comply with the law.
Left behind, so far, is Africa, still struggling through its post-colonial period, shamefully neglected by the wealthy nations of the world.
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Massachusetts Governor - former Governor Mitt Romney left the race after falling far behind McCain in the delegate race on Super Tuesday.
The ne plus ultra of free jazz, Ayler performed the musical equivalent of speaking in tongues: he left chord changes and swinging rhythms far behind and emitted great spiritual wails and shrieks from his horn.
But according to the authors, this ratio exaggerates how far the poor have been left behind because it does not account for different inflation rates.
Initially slated to launch in the second half of 2009, a host of scheduling delays and executive departures have left the lifestyle-themed network so far behind that it hasn't announced a premiere date.
At the start of the election campaign, Mr Berlusconi trailed far behind his main centre-left opponent - Pierluigi Bersani, leader of the left-wing Democrats.
Yet should he play at Anfield on Tuesday, and in whatever position - he has so far been deployed as a lone striker, wide on the left and behind a striker - Costa predicts a taxing night for Jamie Carragher and co.
So far, they share one sentiment: a deep longing for the place they've left behind.
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