Imagine a desert with two pools of water separated by some distance.

试想一片沙漠里只有两个池塘，而且还相隔老远。

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As an individual country, America still leads the world by some distance.

按单国来论，美国在世界上仍然遥遥领先。

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In the last quarter of 2007 Starbucks served fewer customers than the year before in America, its biggest market by some distance.

2007年第四季度星巴克在美国的顾客远远低于去年同期。

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Austria's Andreas Matt won silver, while Norway's Audun Groenvold trailed by some distance in third.

BBC: Ski cross gold for Switzerland's Michael Schmid

In fact they fell short by some distance after starting the season well but then fading away.

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The miners say that the RSPT could push rates to nearly 60%, making Australia's mining taxes the world's most burdensome by some distance.

ECONOMIST: A government proposal exposes a rich seam of discord