Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] be [art] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rooms are claimed to be the largest on offer in London , averaging 50 sq metres . |
| 2 | Very few pagan cemeteries were in use throughout the period , and those that were tend to be the large examples in eastern England which may have been centralised depositories , not belonging to individual settlements . |
| 3 | Municipal incinerators were found to be a large source of dioxins . |
| 4 | The company also believes that its increasing experience of managing what is claimed to be the largest CT2 network in the world should increase its competitiveness for the future . |
| 5 | The force is reported to be the largest of its kind and is expected to become the prototype for other parts of the country with high-tech industry . |
| 6 | Due to injury the brothers will be unavailable to participate in what is expected to be the largest inland dinghy championship in Ireland for several years — the Heineken GP14 Inland Championship at Lough Erne . |
| 7 | C. Itoh is said to be the largest creditor , having lent Asahi Juken around ¥50 billion . |
| 8 | The sundial on a cottage in North End was made in the 1840s and is said to be the largest in England with its twelve ft diameter . |
| 9 | Dating from the seventeenth century , it is said to be the largest antique one-handed clock in existence . |
| 10 | This is reckoned to be the largest exercise of its type since the reforms were put forward , blood pressure started to rise , nostrils began to flare and so on . |
| 11 | It is thought to be the largest British dairy farm to go green , and the conversion — for deeply held environmental reasons — is backed by sound economic logic . |
| 12 | Six miles north of Barnstaple the Braunton Burrows is thought to be the largest area ( 2000 acres ) of sand dunes in the country . |
| 13 | Roy Clements wanted it for his collection which is thought to be the largest in Britain . |
| 14 | Warning , this is a government health warning , there is going to be a large bang . |
| 15 | In particular , there is bound to be a large amount of work involved in buying a number of small annuities over the years and it may be difficult to get the appropriate advice at the time . |
| 16 | The settlement is believed to be the largest compensation payment the BBC has ever made , topping the £75,000 paid in April 1982 to Dr Sydney Gee , who ran a Harley Street slimming clinic . |
| 17 | It will allow instant and easy access , on computer screens , to the financial reports and results of 4.5m companies in over 40 countries , and is believed to be the largest integrated online database of its kind . |
| 18 | Six chemical companies and a property developer have agreed to pay damages of $207 million in what is believed to be the largest settlement of a court case over a toxic waste dump . |
| 19 | The dam was planned to be the largest of its kind ever built , creating a 600 km-long reservoir , and displacing around 1,000,000 people from their homes ; its total cost was estimated at 57,000 million yuan . |