Example sentences of "large [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collectively these various banking centres make the ECM one of the largest money markets in the world . |
| 2 | ICL is a big company with a big ambition — to become one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world . |
| 3 | The annual COMDEX/Fall is the largest computer show in the world . |
| 4 | LVMH is the largest champagne company in the world with consumption of Moët et Chandon being more than double that of its nearest competitor . |
| 5 | These figures make Kaohsiung probably the third largest guitar factory in the world , after Sammick in Korea and Fuji-Gen Gakki in Japan . |
| 6 | ICI 's pharmaceuticals business is already , in effect , the 15th largest drug company in the world , ahead of such renowned outfits as Wellcome and Germany 's Schering . |
| 7 | Pharmaceuticals production : ICI is the 15th largest drug company in the world |
| 8 | Figure 38 The Sceptre with the Cross , a component of the British Crown Jewels , incorporating the Star of Africa , at 530.20 carats the largest cut diamond in the world ( Crown Copyright ) . |
| 9 | A strike beginning in late April had reportedly halted production at the El Cerrejon coal mine , the largest export mine in the world . |
| 10 | By the time he became vice-president of International Creative Management , one of the largest talent agencies in the world , he represented not only a host of illustrious American stars — Helen Hayes , Mary Martin , Arlene Dahl , Maureen Stapleton , Ruth Gordon , Carol Channing , Lillian Gish — but most of the leading actors of the British theatre , including Laurence Olivier , Ralph Richardson , John Gielgud , Rex Harrison , Peggy Ashcroft , Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave . |
| 11 | From Cuba to Japan is a long leap , and the ‘ economic difficulties ’ of the largest ELT market in the world are not to be compared with those of other countries . |
| 12 | The KGB is certainly the largest intelligence organisation in the world and is divided into five separate directorates . |
| 13 | MD Foods of Denmark is the fourth largest dairy business in the world , bringing us Lurpak butter and cheeses , including the ever popular Danish blue . |
| 14 | This is currently being undertaken in Britain , which has the fourth largest telephone system in the world . |
| 15 | The deal has already transformed its corporate profile ( Staley now contributes a third of group profits ) and made the group the largest sweetener manufacturer in the world , with a raw material base in corn as well as in cane and beet sugar . |
| 16 | After leading its sector in hectic growth , Saatchi 's became the largest ad agency in the world . |
| 17 | Long before Buckmaster 's eyes had turned to politics and he 'd become the youngest MP in the Commons , leaving Morgan to run the largest security organization in the world . |
| 18 | But if his empire fails this time it will join the record books as the largest business collapse in the world . |
| 19 | Who else has got the largest record collection in the world ( well , OK , the BBC , but who apart from them ) ? |
| 20 | Table 3.8 draws on these figures to show the sizes of the largest bond markets in the world and to give an international context to the sterling bond market . |
| 21 | Then there 's the famous Black Forest Railway with its 45 tunnels , lots of museums and old mills , a stunning waterfall at Triberg and the largest cuckoo clock in the world at Schonach . |
| 22 | The London Underground is the second largest metro system in the world . |
| 23 | Prince Finubar watched his home city become the largest trading port in the world and was happy . |
| 24 | For many years , the Peruvian catch of anchoveta was the largest volume fishery in the world , peaking in 1970 at 12.28 million tonnes . |
| 25 | Cuckney is chairman of 3i , which claims to be the largest venture-capital organisation in the world . |
| 26 | The site was in the news again this week when a Cleveland county councillor dubbed one unfinished building ‘ the largest climbing frame in the world . ’ |
| 27 | It is important that something happens soon , otherwise it will just become the largest climbing frame in the world . |
| 28 | One source of information lies buried deep within the voluminous papers of the Baldwin Locomotive Works , Philadelphia — at one time the largest locomotive plant in the world — located at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania . |
| 29 | Malaysia has the fourteenth largest gas reserves in the world at some 926 MTOE . |
| 30 | The Netherlands swiftly became the largest gas exporter in the world and despite importing almost all its other fuel , managed to become a net energy exporter and even occasionally to make a profit on the energy account . |