Example sentences of "the [adj -est] [noun] [vb base] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Harrogate , three of the largest hotels have been in receivership , with many others fighting to survive . |
| 2 | The largest increases have been to women aged 20–24 ; about 4 in 10 of their births were outside marriage in 1989 , more than four times the proportion in 1971 . |
| 3 | There have been substantial population losses in the more industrialized and urbanized regions , including the South East , North and North West , while the largest gains have been in the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands . |
| 4 | I also could point out , again , the shameful irony that the most dramatic advances for women have been almost entirely confined to the industrial world ; that the worst declines have been in poor countries among those very women whose work creates the wealth that buys us our freedom . |
| 5 | Most claims for SHP are still made in Scotland and the north-east of England , but the sharpest increases have been in the south-east and south-west , where claims have risen ten-fold or more . |
| 6 | In the main , the biggest improvements have been in child health and the process of childbirth . |
| 7 | Rates have fallen in all regions but the biggest drops have been in regions with the highest rates . |