Example sentences of "[noun prp] was the big " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burmah Castrol was the biggest casualty , shedding 13p to 690p . |
| 2 | With something like 1,000 people , Bodmin was the biggest town ; Helston was barely half this size , and Launceston , its importance notwithstanding , was not much better . |
| 3 | In the inter-war years Bugatti was the biggest name in motor racing . |
| 4 | Telstar by the Tornadoes was the biggest hit for Britain 's first independent record producer , Joe Meek . |
| 5 | Hereford 's cup defeat at Bath was the biggest blow of the weekend … there 's not much to chose between the bottom pro league and the top amateur table these days … |
| 6 | Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen — in which case she would stand , self-confessed , as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place . |
| 7 | In the post-war years the pools dividends soared and by 1973 , the firm 's golden jubilee , Littlewoods was the biggest pools firm in the world . |
| 8 | Cleveland was the big David Bowie stronghold — he 'd broken in Cleveland whereas he had n't in New York and places like that . |
| 9 | Birmingham was the biggest mass murder in British legal history . |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia was the biggest contributor , with Germany , Japan , Kuwait , South Korea and the United Arab Emirates also major contributors . |
| 11 | The significant sequel to the collapse of Lord Leverhulme 's schemes in Lewis was the biggest emigration in the history of the Western Isles . |
| 12 | Within a year , Boy George was the biggest pop star in the world . |
| 13 | Most people had their own Agricultural and Produce Show and the main one for the Mackenzies and the Keiths was the big Gore Show . |
| 14 | On one level I suppose climbing the south-west face of Everest was the biggest and most complete expedition , but in spite of our being successful , one member of the team died on the second summit attempt . |
| 15 | You know , he said just for the eh , erm , friendly he had when he was in the , in the Air Force , he was flying in and one of the properties in America was the big fat ladies they 'd pull the chain sitting on the loo and those loos there and it was |
| 16 | The company soon took off , so that by the time of his death Butterley was the biggest industrial concern in Derbyshire and one of the greatest in the country . |
| 17 | Kendal had long been the second most important wool town in the country : Carlisle was the biggest town in the Border Marches . |
| 18 | The worldwide workstation market grew 9.9% last year to reach $9,540m , International Data Corp reckons : the Framingham , Massachusetts-based research outfit judges that Sun Microsystems Inc took 38% by value , Hewlett-Packard Co had 17.4% , Digital Equipment Corp 11.1% and IBM Corp 7% ; DEC was the big loser , dipping 14.5% by value and 3.6% in number of units shipped . |
| 19 | The Augsburg White Water Rodeo was the biggest canoe stunt boat spectacle in Germany so far . |
| 20 | Wick was the big prosperous town and Thurso a little village just being developed by the wealthy for residences ‘ whose whereabouts a Wick man can scarcely discover on the map ’ . |
| 21 | Hollywood was the biggest carnival he had ever seen and he was like a box of fireworks set off all at once . |