Example sentences of "[prep] be the large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historically the Blackburn Perth has the distinction of being the largest flying-boat of the biplane era to serve with the RAF . |
| 2 | At the time of construction the bridge had the distinction of being the largest swing bridge in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Greenpeace has accused British industry of being the largest polluter of the north-east Atlantic region , and the UK government of licensing the destruction of rivers and seas . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the tragedies we have to deal with is the large numbers of young Scots who leave school unable to read , write or add up . |
| 5 | The annual wage formed of course one of these nourishing streams , but it was far from being the largest . |
| 6 | In that period of time we 'd have dropped from being the largest and preferred supplier to a minority supplier |
| 7 | The health survey we took part in was the largest of its kind ever undertaken in Britain . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It fairly claims to be the largest in Europe . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was also to be the largest aircraft ever built in Britain . |
| 12 | Cuckney is chairman of 3i , which claims to be the largest venture-capital organisation in the world . |
| 13 | Fish and chips are a Northern favourite and always fresh here , but for a real treat go to Harry Ramsden 's at nearby Guiseley , said to be the largest fish and chip shop in the world — and , with its plush decor and chandeliers , a very chic chippie ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | C. Itoh is said to be the largest creditor , having lent Asahi Juken around ¥50 billion . |
| 17 | The Games , already destined to be the largest ever , now have to find room for the extra 3,306 competitors and officials registered by the end of last month , bringing the total to 18,306 . |
| 18 | Operation Crusader , Auchinleck 's offensive to push Rommel back out of Cyrenaica , was to be the largest armoured operation undertaken by British forces at that time . |
| 19 | A field discovered following the controversial opening up of the Santa Maria basin off California could turn out to be the largest discovered since the Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska but the most stringent efforts will do no more than mitigate an inevitable production decline . |
| 20 | m pond , believed to be the largest operating solar collector in the world , was intended to provide hot water for a nearby hotel . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The focal point of Cranswick is the village green , six and a half acres , believed to be the largest in East Yorkshire . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The table of tank sizes and volumes supplied is not terribly clear , however a 3′ tank seems to be the largest this filter is recommended for . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | PC World regards itself as a computer specialist , claiming to be the largest supplier of computer products in Europe . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Six miles north of Barnstaple the Braunton Burrows is thought to be the largest area ( 2000 acres ) of sand dunes in the country . |
| 29 | And to coincide with the temporary exhibitions , LACMA is showing its own new Cezanne , ‘ Sous-bois ’ ( c. 1890 ) , a large oil purchased last year for a multi-million-dollar sum believed to be the largest the museum has ever spent on an acquisition . |
| 30 | The newly published Annual Report on last season 's excavations by the British School at Rome at San Vincenzo al Volturno , Molise , in Central Italy , gives details of the remains of the apse of the ninth-century Carolingian abbey church of San Vincenzo Maggiore , proving the church to be the largest of its date south of the Alps . |