Example sentences of "was [art] big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the bigger threat The big thing that brought them to Orkney . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | Coming straight at us was the biggest wave since Krakatoa . |
| 4 | A recent Institute of Directors ' survey of 200 successful female executives found that of the 87 per cent who claimed to have encountered career obstacles not experienced by male colleagues , difficulty with childcare , at 37 per cent , was the biggest factor . |
| 5 | He 's drug-free , he 's just been to hospital , y'know , he 's got the kids , if he goes away , the kids 'll end up in a home , which was the biggest factor really . |
| 6 | It was the biggest station I have ever seen , and served all Europe , direct . |
| 7 | The Docks Board was the biggest company in the ports industry and with its Southampton operations and its Humber and South Wales ports had secured about a quarter of the market . |
| 8 | Er they perhaps spent too much money that way , but to be fair , the Railway was the biggest Well the Railway er on amalgamation in nineteen twenty three , was the biggest company , and biggest employer in this country . |
| 9 | Who was the biggest person in sight ? |
| 10 | So on 29 October 1955 Fisher recommended to the prime minister that Bell be asked to move to York because he was the biggest person in sight and — despite his age — ‘ he might tide over for five or six years ’ ; and that Ramsey be invited to go to London , because that huge see would ‘ respond to his commanding ability ’ . |
| 11 | The organiser had hysterics , telling me I could n't cancel as I was the biggest name on the bill . |
| 12 | In the inter-war years Bugatti was the biggest name in motor racing . |
| 13 | Allegedly , I read somewhere that the killing of native American Indians was the biggest genocide in world history . |
| 14 | Last year 's competition , against Frankfurt , was the biggest participation event held in the province , with 107,000 people joining in the fun . |
| 15 | It was the biggest exercise of its kind mounted by Courtaulds , with questionnaires so far going to 15,000 employees across the whole range of operations in the UK , continental Europe , United States , Latin America , the Far East and Australasia . |
| 16 | ‘ He was n't interested in numbers , he used strategic analysis as the basis for fundamental decisions , which was the biggest change I had to get used to . |
| 17 | There were two colleges in the university , one a government institution with very able staff , mainly European in my early years , and the other Judson College , founded and maintained by the American Baptist Church which was the biggest Church in Burma . |
| 18 | The quake was the biggest tremor Erzincan had known since 1939 , when an earthquake killed 30,000 people . |
| 19 | The Augsburg White Water Rodeo was the biggest canoe stunt boat spectacle in Germany so far . |
| 20 | In 1942 , there was the biggest parade ever seen in Oxford . |
| 21 | ‘ It was the biggest mistake he ever made buying me my first board . ’ |
| 22 | It was the biggest mistake of my life and one that I really try hard to forget . |
| 23 | The former Kray henchman dashed Fleet Street scribes ' hopes for a headline such as ‘ The Silence Of The Lambrianou ’ when he said of the underworld bloodletting : ‘ It was the biggest mistake the Krays made . ’ |
| 24 | He was the biggest philanderer in Oxford . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It was the biggest response I can remember , ’ said Alan Wright . |
| 26 | That was until Norman Tebbit spotted what he believed was the biggest chance of holing the impenetrable protective layer around the bill . |
| 27 | It was the biggest body-blow the club had taken since they were dumped into the Second Division 20 years ago . |
| 28 | It was the biggest thrill for him in everything we did together . ’ |
| 29 | He said : ‘ It was the biggest sickener I 've ever had in the sport . |
| 30 | Only 14 per cent of the 1,000 people surveyed by Mintel said price influenced their choice of pub , while 26 per cent said the landlord was the biggest attraction . |