Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] the largest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gordon accepted the title and became the largest land- and vineyard-owner on the island . |
| 2 | The firm expanded its activities still further under his direction and became the largest employer of labour in Oldham , the workforce rising from 400 in 1837 to 6,000 in 1870 . |
| 3 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 4 | An issue that typically divides them — and caused the largest opposition group , the Democratic Party , to split at its congress last month — is whether to compromise with the Communists or to work for their complete removal . |
| 5 | He reached into his pocket and extracted the largest coin he could find . |
| 6 | The unrest lasted for three days and constituted the largest outbreak of racial violence in the US capital since the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King in 1968 . |
| 7 | Brunel was a successful naval architect , and an outstanding builder of bridges and tunnels , to say nothing of his three great steamships , the Great Western , which sailed out of the Bristol Channel to open up the first regular passenger service between Europe and America ; the Great Britain ( see Bristol ) ; and the Great Eastern , which began its maiden voyage a few days before Brunel 's death in 1859 , and remained the largest ship afloat for nearly half a century . |
| 8 | The Communist Party came third with 14 per cent of the vote , but won the largest number ( 24 per cent ) of mayorships . |
| 9 | Legislative and local elections were held in March 1991 , when the ruling Arena lost its overall majority but remained the largest single party [ see p. 38093 ] . |
| 10 | President and congressional elections were held in December 1988 , when Pérez was elected President with 53 per cent of the vote ; the AD lost its overall majority but remained the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate [ see p. 36423 ] . |
| 11 | The Christian Democrats ( DC ) polled under 30 per cent for the first time since 1946 , but remained the largest party with 29.7 per cent and 206 seats in the Chamber of Deputies . |