Example sentences of "be [num] [prep] the large [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | A walk around the PAS warehouses is like a trip back in time , with all the parts stored floor to ceiling in tea chests — quite apart from all the aircraft spares this must be one of the largest gatherings of tea chests in the world ! |
2 | That must be one of the largest settlements of Palestinians . |
3 | Australian Mutual Provident executives were yesterday believed to be mounting plans for a takeover which could be one of the largest acquisitions made in the British life insurer sector . |
4 | It is claimed to be one of the largest projects ever funded by the British government 's aid programme . |
5 | ‘ Wiggy ’ was however a first class businessman and , under his leadership , Goddard 's grew to be one of the largest garages in the area . |
6 | It will be one of the largest plants of its kind in the UK and will provide enough energy to service about half of Portsmouth ( 100,000 people ) . |
7 | Henry VI had intended this building to be one of the largest churches in the land . |
8 | Further , we have recently been awarded the lead position in the privatisation of YPF , the Argentine state oil company , which will be one of the largest privatisations ever done in Latin America . |
9 | And er , if and when it 's published , there will be millions of words , I mean there are now , and I do n't how large it is now , it 's impossible to tell how large , erm , but just a couple of years , for example , amounts to over a quarter of a million words , so if you run that back to nineteen sixty nine , you see it is going to be one of the largest books ever written . |