Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] be [art] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 2 | Cuckney is chairman of 3i , which claims to be the largest venture-capital organisation in the world . |
| 3 | Muszertechnika Holding Rt , which claims to be the largest manufacturer , distributor and retailer of IBM-compatible personal computers in Hungary , reported a group turnover of $39m for 1992 — up from an estimated $30m in 1991 . |
| 4 | The authors draw attention to what seems to be a large regional variation between rates of surgical treatment for glue ear . |
| 5 | We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it . |
| 6 | Nestling in her belly-button was what appeared to be a large diamond . |
| 7 | Directing the building of what appeared to be a large fortification , Ross was clearly enjoying himself as he laughed and joked with the children , as perfectly at ease in these casual , unsophisticated surroundings as he was in the cosmopolitan offices of a smart City boardroom . |