Example sentences of "to be the largest " in BNC.
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| 1 | AUSTRALIAN Mutual Provident was founded as a mutual life society in 1849 and has grown to be the largest life office in Australia and New Zealand . |
| 2 | It fairly claims to be the largest in Europe . |
| 3 | It is thought to be the largest British dairy farm to go green , and the conversion — for deeply held environmental reasons — is backed by sound economic logic . |
| 4 | It was also to be the largest aircraft ever built in Britain . |
| 5 | Cuckney is chairman of 3i , which claims to be the largest venture-capital organisation in the world . |
| 6 | Fish and chips are a Northern favourite and always fresh here , but for a real treat go to Harry Ramsden 's at nearby Guiseley , said to be the largest fish and chip shop in the world — and , with its plush decor and chandeliers , a very chic chippie ! |
| 7 | The settlement is believed to be the largest compensation payment the BBC has ever made , topping the £75,000 paid in April 1982 to Dr Sydney Gee , who ran a Harley Street slimming clinic . |
| 8 | This is reckoned to be the largest exercise of its type since the reforms were put forward , blood pressure started to rise , nostrils began to flare and so on . |
| 9 | C. Itoh is said to be the largest creditor , having lent Asahi Juken around ¥50 billion . |
| 10 | The Games , already destined to be the largest ever , now have to find room for the extra 3,306 competitors and officials registered by the end of last month , bringing the total to 18,306 . |
| 11 | Operation Crusader , Auchinleck 's offensive to push Rommel back out of Cyrenaica , was to be the largest armoured operation undertaken by British forces at that time . |
| 12 | A field discovered following the controversial opening up of the Santa Maria basin off California could turn out to be the largest discovered since the Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska but the most stringent efforts will do no more than mitigate an inevitable production decline . |
| 13 | m pond , believed to be the largest operating solar collector in the world , was intended to provide hot water for a nearby hotel . |
| 14 | The force is reported to be the largest of its kind and is expected to become the prototype for other parts of the country with high-tech industry . |
| 15 | The focal point of Cranswick is the village green , six and a half acres , believed to be the largest in East Yorkshire . |
| 16 | The sundial on a cottage in North End was made in the 1840s and is said to be the largest in England with its twelve ft diameter . |
| 17 | The table of tank sizes and volumes supplied is not terribly clear , however a 3′ tank seems to be the largest this filter is recommended for . |
| 18 | It will allow instant and easy access , on computer screens , to the financial reports and results of 4.5m companies in over 40 countries , and is believed to be the largest integrated online database of its kind . |
| 19 | PC World regards itself as a computer specialist , claiming to be the largest supplier of computer products in Europe . |
| 20 | Major deals over the past two years have included leasing for the new ethylene cracker ( a type of refinery ) for BP at Grangemouth , at that time thought to be the largest leasing deal in Britain , a £180m long-term facility to North West Water to finance major infrastructure projects , and a £75m deal with Fujitsu Microelectronics to fund investment in semiconductor equipment at its factory at Newton Aycliffe , County Durham . |
| 21 | Six miles north of Barnstaple the Braunton Burrows is thought to be the largest area ( 2000 acres ) of sand dunes in the country . |
| 22 | And to coincide with the temporary exhibitions , LACMA is showing its own new Cezanne , ‘ Sous-bois ’ ( c. 1890 ) , a large oil purchased last year for a multi-million-dollar sum believed to be the largest the museum has ever spent on an acquisition . |
| 23 | The newly published Annual Report on last season 's excavations by the British School at Rome at San Vincenzo al Volturno , Molise , in Central Italy , gives details of the remains of the apse of the ninth-century Carolingian abbey church of San Vincenzo Maggiore , proving the church to be the largest of its date south of the Alps . |
| 24 | The company also believes that its increasing experience of managing what is claimed to be the largest CT2 network in the world should increase its competitiveness for the future . |
| 25 | Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA 's $182.6m proposed convertible bond issue won ratings of triple-B-minus rating from Standard & Poor 's Corp , and Baa-3 from Moody 's Investors Service Inc ; Standard & Poor 's said its rating reflects the company 's dominant position in local telephone services , growth prospects , and favourable regulatory framework ; Moody 's that it believes the company will continue to be the largest telecommunications company in Chile and will benefit from a supportive regulator . |
| 26 | DEC is widely held to be the largest foreign computer company in the country , although IBM Corp 's turnover is unknown . |
| 27 | Muszertechnika Holding Rt , which claims to be the largest manufacturer , distributor and retailer of IBM-compatible personal computers in Hungary , reported a group turnover of $39m for 1992 — up from an estimated $30m in 1991 . |
| 28 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 29 | If one could select those areas where there appears to be the largest proportion of sites which seem to have been affected , they are in Hampshire , Hertfordshire and north Kent , possibly indicating that they suffered the greatest disturbance . |
| 30 | Dating from the seventeenth century , it is said to be the largest antique one-handed clock in existence . |