Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be the largest [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | m pond , believed to be the largest operating solar collector in the world , was intended to provide hot water for a nearby hotel . |
| 2 | A fresh scandal , believed to be the largest loan fraud ever uncovered in Japan , was revealed on Aug. 13 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | AUSTRALIAN Mutual Provident was founded as a mutual life society in 1849 and has grown to be the largest life office in Australia and New Zealand . |
| 5 | C. Itoh is said to be the largest creditor , having lent Asahi Juken around ¥50 billion . |
| 6 | Six miles north of Barnstaple the Braunton Burrows is thought to be the largest area ( 2000 acres ) of sand dunes in the country . |
| 7 | Major deals over the past two years have included leasing for the new ethylene cracker ( a type of refinery ) for BP at Grangemouth , at that time thought to be the largest leasing deal in Britain , a £180m long-term facility to North West Water to finance major infrastructure projects , and a £75m deal with Fujitsu Microelectronics to fund investment in semiconductor equipment at its factory at Newton Aycliffe , County Durham . |
| 8 | If one could select those areas where there appears to be the largest proportion of sites which seem to have been affected , they are in Hampshire , Hertfordshire and north Kent , possibly indicating that they suffered the greatest disturbance . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | PC World regards itself as a computer specialist , claiming to be the largest supplier of computer products in Europe . |
| 12 | Although the banking sector continued to be the largest purchaser of these Treasury bills , some were purchased by the M4 private sector ( i.e. the UK private sector excluding banks and building societies ) ( see Table 6.4 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Cuckney is chairman of 3i , which claims to be the largest venture-capital organisation in the world . |