Example sentences of "[art] large [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the largest of the Roman basilicas until its destruction in 1823 . |
| 2 | The largest of the lower castes was the Vahumpura , which numbered perhaps six per cent of the Sinhalese population . |
| 3 | The group will be one of the largest of the new consortia now emerging in Lloyd 's and will insure up to $10m for each risk , with a ceiling of $25m for catastrophes in one zone . |
| 4 | Science and Engineering is the largest of the eight Faculties in the University both in terms of student and staff numbers and in the size of its research budget . |
| 5 | This Company was not only the largest of the four groups , it was actually the largest railway system with the exception of state systems in the whole world , with a route mileage of 7,790 , ( excluding Irish Lines ) . |
| 6 | At present , Dr Ting is running L3 , the largest of the four experiments on LEP , the biggest accelerator at CERN , Europe 's particle physics laboratory near Geneva . |
| 7 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 8 | It 's the largest of the twelve islands in the Dodecanese , it 's the major eastern outpost of Greece , it 's stunningly beautiful and one of the most idyllic places in the Med . |
| 9 | Guy urged the horse over to the largest of the mean shelters and dismounted . |
| 10 | The largest of the nine stones into which it was shaped , the largest Star of Africa ( 530.2 carats ) , was mounted at the head of the Sceptre with the Cross , the second , a cushion-shaped stone of 317.4 carats , was incorporated in the front of the Imperial State Crown ( see Frontispiece ) , displacing the Stuart sapphire , and the third and fourth were mounted in the consort 's crown . |
| 11 | She was brought in when it was discovered that the largest of the two rings , in Penzance , had contact with other rings throughout the country and many of the perpetrators had been in prison . |
| 12 | In any case the flunkey , y'pripio , was moving again , leading us to the largest of the cloud-soft couches , where a man was reclining . |
| 13 | This is the largest of the wholesale markets , and its existence has revolutionized banking business . |
| 14 | The largest of the three newcomers was in front and the other two followed him , as though under orders . |
| 15 | The latest figures from the Home Office show that the largest of the 60 seizures of the drug made up to the end of June this year was 40 grammes in Nottingham . |
| 16 | In Germany the parliamentary faction of the largest of the ruling parties , the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , on Feb. 12 voted to make its approval of the treaty dependent on the passage of an amendment to the country 's Basic Law ( constitution ) to restrict the right of asylum . |
| 17 | The man holding Connelly 's arm pushed it forward , forcing it down onto the largest of the electric rings , holding it there . |
| 18 | This is because the barn is often the largest of the non-domestic buildings of the farmstead and the large volume which it encloses offers many options for the creation of a comfortable and characterful dwelling . |
| 19 | The way was now wide enough for two people to walk abreast and the largest of the loose stones had been thrown aside . |
| 20 | Ellmau is the larger of the two resorts and there is plenty to appeal to all tastes . |
| 21 | Even more innovative , and with the larger of the two galleries at his disposal , Brian Griffin , takes as his subject that rudest of all four-letter words work . |
| 22 | The larger of the two chips fits in the main processor socket , the smaller in the coprocessor socket . |
| 23 | A small brown object was lying on the ground near the larger of the two windows . |
| 24 | They spread the maps on the floor of the larger of the two bed-chambers and Caspar pointed with a podgy finger to the Fire Country where Reflection had set up her Court . |
| 25 | The figures for the London Boroughs present several problems of comparison : the estimates for both education and socio-economic deprivation refer to the entire Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) , rather than to the individual Boroughs ; the estimates based on population density and for transport and recreation redistribution should be the larger of the two figures presented for comparative purposes , in order to include the provisions for the Metropolitan Police ; finally , where relevant , we have added average expenditure assessments for the Greater London Council ( GLC ) to each London Borough , in order to obtain total figures . |
| 26 | The larger of the two culverts is a 500 metre long 1.65 metre diameter concrete pipe which runs parallel to the bypass between the mineral railway bridge and Lasswade Road . |
| 27 | The larger of the two chimpanzees stood upright and grasped the bars of the cage . |
| 28 | ‘ I am called Hope , ’ said the larger of the two girls , tossing back her hair . |
| 29 | Also , for the same case , we determine the sign of the elements of A which multiply the larger of the two coordinates from eqn ( 6.4 ) . |
| 30 | The secondary market is by far the larger of the two markets . |