Example sentences of "[vb mod] be the largest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Results have been derived for the modulus of the polyethylene chain ( which , because of the smallness of the unit cell , should be the largest chain modulus available ) varying from 256 GPa to as high as 380 GPa . |
| 2 | One sofa measuring eight by four foot must be the largest country house sofa in captivity . |
| 3 | With John going to Wildenrath , Lindsey decided it was as good a time as ever to be converted onto his aircraft and in October John converted Lindsey onto the Corsair , and in doing so , Lindsey went from 230hp in the ‘ Me 108 ’ to 2,400hp in the Corsair , a horsepower-leap that must be the largest anyone flying warbirds has ever done . |
| 4 | The alternative focus to the harbour in Saint-Jean is the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste , which must be the largest of all the Basque churches . |
| 5 | The sample size must be the largest required for any of the required estimates or tests . |
| 6 | It 'll be the largest in Europe — 16 acres . ’ |
| 7 | In an action which could be the largest personal injury case in legal history , they claim that these pharmaceutical companies which include market leaders Roche and Wyeth , and Halcion manufacturer Upjohn , failed to warn doctors and consumers of the possible side effects — which may include long-term brain chemistry damage — of seventeen different drugs . |
| 8 | In a rural area the college may be the largest employer ( albeit a proxy one ) for miles around . |
| 9 | Now the CEGB is faced with defending its desire to construct a PWR at what may be the largest and most acrimonious public inquiry yet held in Britain . |
| 10 | A mortgage may be the largest financial commitment you will make in your life , but that does n't mean it has to ruin it . |
| 11 | It was unlikely that countries like Brazil , China and India , which would be the largest consumers of energy in the future , would succumb to international treaties or conventions limiting energy use at the cost of economic development . |
| 12 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 13 | This is especially true in the Republic of Ireland where Roman Catholicism would be the largest religious denomination and where the local chapel would be lovingly maintained by the faithful . |
| 14 | It was an exciting prospect , the new cruisers would be the largest and most sophisticated vessels ever commissioned by the Department with a top speed in excess of 20 knots and such innovations as stabilizers , gyro compass and an automatic pilot . |
| 15 | Two days later Sharon announced that work had begun on what he hoped would be the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank , Avneh Hafetz , near the town of Tulkarm . |
| 16 | At a cost of at least $1,900 million , the implementation of UNTAC would be the largest and most costly operation in the UN 's history . |
| 17 | Such a debt-for-nature exchange would be the largest of its kind to date . |
| 18 | That would be the largest temperature increase since the last ice age , around 10,000 years ago . |
| 19 | Under Article 28 ( a ) of the Convention the Assembly of the Organisation was to elect the Maritime Safety Committee from the ‘ governments of those nations having an important interest in maritime safety of which not less than eight shall be the largest ship-owning nations … |
| 20 | The new firm will be the largest in the UK with a fee income of more than £143m . |
| 21 | If the Russians do arrive on this scale it will be the largest single wave of what Israelis call aliya ( literally ‘ ascent ’ ) since the immediate post independence years in the early 1950s , a heady return to the heart of the Zionist idea at a time when the country — still fighting the Palestinian uprising , on a permanent war footing and its economy slipping into recession — is far from ready . |
| 22 | America 's Superconducting Super Collider ( SSC ) , to be built in Texas , will be the largest and most expensive machine in the world . |
| 23 | The latest Gallup survey suggests that neither the Conservatives nor Labour will have an outright majority in the new Parliament but that the Conservatives will be the largest single party . |
| 24 | Liphook 's youth set-up this year will be the largest ever : league cricket for Under-11's , Under-13 's and Under-15's in the Rother Valley League and Under-13 's 15 's and 17's in the Two Counties League . |
| 25 | ‘ Mine will be the largest sand castle . ’ |
| 26 | The 12,000 crowd expected in Sheffield will be the largest the Coopers have ever played in front of but the publicity that would accompany Olympic success for Great Britain could make Ian into hockey 's first Gazza-figure . |
| 27 | If we carry on at that rate , and growth is actually accelerating , we will be the largest private motor insurer in two years . |
| 28 | When the Andy Warhol Museum opens next year , it will be the largest institution dedicated to a single artist , eclipsing , in terms of wealth and quantity of works , both the Rodin Museum in Paris , and the Henry Moore Foundation . |
| 29 | The architect is Takahiko Yanagisawa , who has built museums and cultural buildings in the centre of Tokyo he has also been commissioned to build the New Metropolitan Museum in Tokyo , which will be the largest museum in Japan . |
| 30 | In many areas the local authority will be the largest customer for a whole range of suppliers . |