Example sentences of "[adv] the largest [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are numerically the largest group of people at risk , they present the most complex problems and their needs have the most impact on families and communities . |
| 2 | Poverty and overcrowding are characteristic of the greater part of the Canning Town and Silvertown areas , which make up what is perhaps the largest part of unbroken depression in East London . |
| 3 | For the time being , the Dutch succeeded in retaining first place in Asian and African trade and were able to retain what was perhaps the largest share in the transit traffic to Spanish America . |
| 4 | Indeed , perhaps the largest myth to destroy is the ‘ poor relation ’ status that vocabulary has , especially when seen in comparison with grammar . |
| 5 | A fourth and perhaps the largest reason for attending to causation is that we do well to avoid the general conceptual uncertainty that must be part of an inquiry which leaves undefined any of its fundamental ideas which are open to definition . |
| 6 | Bradshaw was getting ready to go out again when he caught sight of what he later called ‘ indisputably the largest wave anybody has ever had to deal with ’ . |
| 7 | Much the largest woodpecker of the region , and the most distinctive , male being the only large all-black land bird with red crown and crest ; female and juvenile browner , female with red on nape only . |
| 8 | The third , and much the largest source , was from central government through the rate support grant , which took some account of the needs of the area . |
| 9 | No distinction is made for the Metropolitan Police , much the largest force in the country , where the Home Secretary has formal responsibility as the police authority . |
| 10 | Thus far , only the largest dam , at Sardar Sarovar , has been half-completed , and some 84 miles of canal dug . |
| 11 | This effectively means that only the largest building societies , those with assets of 100m or more , can effectively compete . |
| 12 | We have presented data which suggest that three proteins , N-Oct 3 as well as N-Oct 5A and 5B are translated from the same mRNA by alternative translation initiation ; only the largest protein , N-Oct 3 , was able to stimulate transcription from an octamer promoter under our assay conditions . |
| 13 | If we are to hold out any hope of a substantial improvement in the pay and conditions of the farm worker , therefore , trade unionism seems to offer a means of achieving these ends on only the largest farming enterprises , where plant bargaining above the AWB rates becomes a possibility . |
| 14 | These figures , emanating from the Council of Mortgage Lenders , are challenged by Janet Ford who claims that they underestimate the number of people in arrears because they rely upon cross-sectional data , drawn from the experience of only the largest mortgage lenders . |
| 15 | I think British Airways offer a fair deal erm but it 's not necessarily the largest deal , they invest a lot in in their service and what they do , and I think erm Virgin do offer generous deals . |
| 16 | The conference brought together the largest number of women organizations to date and included representatives from the following women 's organizations ; |
| 17 | The French domestic market remains to this day far and away the largest consumer of Champagne . |
| 18 | These formed far and away the largest group in the population of Europe , and it is the evidence that their numbers were expanding rapidly which offers the most substantial proof that the population of western Christendom as a whole was rising at this time . |
| 19 | Easily the largest component of the landfills he has examined is paper and board . |
| 20 | Third largest in terms of oil , it has easily the largest gas resources in the Middle East being second only to the USSR on a world scale . |
| 21 | It too had grown dramatically , having a population of over 6 million by the end of the century , and was easily the largest city in the world . |
| 22 | The existence of Dolphin Square , easily the largest erection of its kind in Europe , owed itself to the general run-down of the British Army since the end of the war . |
| 23 | The current-account deficit in the year following the March 1988 budget was to reach nearly £20 billion , easily the largest figure on record . |
| 24 | On the vertical axis is plotted the recorded rate of increase of money wage rates , and it may be assumed that the rate of inflation can be closely associated with these rates of wage change because wages are usually the largest component of costs . |
| 25 | And the striking , though perhaps not surprising fact , is that the residual ( TFP ) is usually the largest term in the identity . |
| 26 | Although newsprint ( the other major cost ) had doubled during 1972 — 5 , the Press Commission of the mid-1970s found labour was still the largest cost , at 40 — 50 per cent . |
| 27 | Starting with carbonated soft drinks [ which is still the largest sector ] the market has expanded to include mineral water , wine , beer , edible oils , cosmetics , chemicals and spirits . |
| 28 | But America is still the largest television market and Thames now has a foothold . |
| 29 | THE oldest chestnut among soccer 's cooking-the-books fraternity — and still the largest source of terrace scepticism . |
| 30 | He owns Holdenby House , Northants , once the largest house in England . |