Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] leading [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community 's leading economic indicator , combining calculations for both output and outlook , dropped to 96.1 in December , from 96.3 in November , to equal the previous lowest level registered in October 1982 . |
| 2 | Thus the retirement of Brennan , the Court 's leading liberal , offered Bush the opportunity of making an appointment which would ensure the creation of an absolute and dependable conservative majority . |
| 3 | One , Wang Jun , is tipped to become head of CITIC ( China International Trust and Investment Corp ) , the Chinese state 's leading capitalist-style company . |
| 4 | After a 10-month battle , self-proclaimed white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith , 70 , was extradited from Tennessee on Oct. 4 to face a third trial in Mississippi for the killing in 1963 of Medgar Evers , at the time the state 's leading black activist [ see p. 19771 ] . |
| 5 | Significantly , two out of three sureties for Pilkington 's payment of the farm were leading ducal retainers . |
| 6 | Significantly , two out of three sureties for Pilkington 's payment of the farm were leading ducal retainers . |
| 7 | WORLD 'S leading industrial powers have agreed on 18 joint research projects in key areas of new technology . |
| 8 | The world 's leading colonial power was Great Britain , ruling not only the biggest non-European population gathered under one sovereign government of Europeans , in India , but , formally at least , the largest colonies in area also . |
| 9 | B.A.A. The world 's leading international airport group . |
| 10 | Guinness stout is the world 's leading stout brand , accounting for around 40 per cent of the company 's beer volume . |
| 11 | Coal from the valleys of south Wales made Cardiff the world 's leading coal-exporting port . |
| 12 | Through this link and its shareholding in Christian Dior S.A. , Guinness has a shareholding interest of 24% in LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton — the world 's leading luxury goods group . |
| 13 | LVMH is the world 's leading luxury goods group , with pre-eminent positions in champagne and wines ( Dom Pérignon , Moët et Chandon , Veuve Clicquot , Pommery , Mercier , Henriot , Canard Duchêne , Ruinart ) , cognac ( Hennessy , Hine ) , luggage goods and accessories ( Louis Vuitton , Loewe ) , perfumes and beauty products , ( Christian Dior , Christian Lacroix , Givenchy , RoC ) , Haute Couture ( Givenchy , Christian Lacroix ) and horticulture ( George Delbard ) . |
| 14 | Through Guinness Brewing Worldwide , The United Distillers Group , and Guinness Enterprises ( which includes the Guinness Book of Records , ownership of Gleneagles Hotel , Champney 's Spa Resorts , the French gourmet and wine business Hediard , and through its reciprocal shareholding in LMVH , the world 's leading luxury goods group ) , comprises an unparalleled portfolio of premium quality international brands . |
| 15 | That respect has been earned over the space of a 39- year career with the firm which has seen Grants take its Glenfiddich brand and turn it from a regional tipple in the north-east of Scotland into Britain 's and the world 's leading single malt . |
| 16 | Alvin Toffler is arguably the world 's leading public intellectual . |
| 17 | The marshalling of technical capital and human resources which will make the USSR the world 's leading nuclear nation by the year 2000 is a case in point ( see Nuclear Power — A Tale of Two Systems ) . |
| 18 | Scotch Whisky … the world 's leading natural drink … can only be called Scotch if it is distilled and matured in Scotland … a natural drink … distilled in a land of great natural beauty … it takes nothing from nature which nature will not readily replace . |
| 19 | Now , the world 's leading impartial computer industry report — produced by Dataquest — has confirmed it , by placing us as the Overall Leaders for Customer Satisfaction in their annual user poll . |
| 20 | In 1911 , the nation 's leading economic journal noted : " the money wages of seamen in many ports have not altered for twenty or thirty years . |
| 21 | GATESHEAD Harrier Jonathan Edwards , the NorthEast 's leading male challenger for an Olympic track and field medal this summer , opens his season in the North-Eastern Counties Championships at Middlesbrough this weekend . |
| 22 | In Italy , Mario Segni , the country 's leading political reformer , announced the formation of a new centrist party . |
| 23 | The three new squads will be formed in addition to the Davis Cup squad , and represent the most tangible development of the Cellnet 's sponsorship since the country 's leading cellular phone network operator announced its six-figure commitment to British men 's tennis last autumn . |
| 24 | Halfords , one the country 's leading independent after-sales parts suppliers , said it was ‘ keenly aware of the EC move ’ and was keeping it under review . |
| 25 | The World Bank in Washington DC has placed an order with Reading , Berkshire-based Racal-Redac ( UK ) Ltd for 154 of its CadStar printed circuit board design packages and 57 advanced MS-DOS routers : the products will be used by participants in India 's Impact programme , set up with the help of the World Bank , to provide the country 's leading educational institutions with electronic design automation tools and other software ; Racal-Redac reckons the deal gives it some 50% of the Indian printed circuit board design software market . |
| 26 | In Hungary , the ruling party expelled Istvan Csurka , the country 's leading right-wing nationalist , from its ranks . |
| 27 | The letters pages of the newspapers , the House of Lords and the radio all resounded last month with shocked criticism of the new strategy of English Heritage , the country 's leading conservation body , published in the report Managing England 's Heritage . |
| 28 | The company 's leading monthly updated services are Whitaker 's Books in Print — on microfiche and Whitaker 's CD-ROM service , BOOKBANK . |
| 29 | THE Polish parliament yesterday approved a set of new rules placing the country firmly on the road towards a free market economy , cancelled the Communist Party 's leading political role and dropped constitutional clauses defining the country as a socialist state . |