Example sentences of "is [num] [prep] the large [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth saying that , with fifteen bedrooms , Moffat House is one of the largest hotels in this book , but in common with the others , the service is warm and personal . |
| 2 | Such a fort would also have supervised the native population centre on Credenhill , which is one of the largest sites in the area , with univallate defences enclosing c. 20 ha ( 50 acres ) . |
| 3 | The Princess Royal Hospital , with a staff of 1,100 is one of the largest employers in Telford . |
| 4 | The main component is of type M , and is one of the largest stars known . |
| 5 | It is one of the largest companies in this Malaysian state , where cut-and-run logging is expected to exhaust the primary rainforest by the end of the decade . |
| 6 | The Duchy of Cornwall , where Charles had promised to apply the lessons of organic agriculture , is one of the largest estates in Britain , about 130,000 acres in all , of which the greater part is on Dartmoor . |
| 7 | With the strength of CAMRA as a consumer movement , I welcome the return of the Party Seven into the off-sales world , which is one of the largest sections of the industry , as the large breweries are forcing the £2 pint upon tenant landlords and others , and people turn elsewhere to seek their alcoholic enjoyment . |
| 8 | The research is being carried out in the North West as this region is one of the largest providers of local authority unstaffed homes . |
| 9 | The Salvation Army is one of the largest providers of social services in the UK . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend has vividly described the features of the Croydon education and training service , which is one of the largest services for adults in the London area . |
| 11 | The region of the emotions is one of the largest countries of the transcendent world . |
| 12 | The research will explore the impact of GIS on local government as this is one of the largest groups of users . |
| 13 | The Faculty has an extremely high level of research activity , and is one of the largest recipients in Britain of ESRC and other Research Council funds . |
| 14 | This is one of the largest exhibits at the Centre and special permission has been sought from the Department of Transport to allow operation over the Trust 's lines . |
| 15 | This is true in other academic areas , of course , but English is one of the largest earners , since books in this area can be hopefully addressed to ‘ general readers ’ , in a ritual recognition that there is a world elsewhere , as well as to students ( though I suspect they are mostly read by teachers ) . |
| 16 | Jardine Wines & Spirits , a joint venture between United Distillers , Moët Hennessy and Jardine Matheson , is one of the largest spirits operations in Japan . |
| 17 | Now it is one of the largest exporters in the world — exports jumped by 514 per cent in the decade between 1975 and 19857 . |
| 18 | Cetus is one of the largest constellations in the sky , but by no means one of the richest . |
| 19 | Virgo is in the Zodiac , and is one of the largest constellations in the sky . |
| 20 | Education is one of the largest consumers of public money : the total expenditure on education in 1989–90 by central and local government in the United Kingdom was an estimated 24.1 billion , some 14% of the total spending on all services . |
| 21 | Clothing is one of the largest sectors of UK industry and is particularly important in Northern Ireland , where total employment in the industry represents a substantial proportion of all those employed in manufacturing . |
| 22 | The US is one of the largest markets for birds , usually snatched when young from their nests in the jungles and rainforests of Africa , South America and the Far East . |
| 23 | He says the increase in food prices is one of the largest items fuelling inflation . |
| 24 | LASMO is one of the largest holders of gross acreage in the UK North Sea . |
| 25 | Hosts : Ruminants Site : Small intestine Species : Bunostomum trigonocephalum sheep and goats B. phlebotomum cattle Distribution : Worldwide Gross : Bunostomum is one of the larger nematodes of the small intestine of ruminants , being 1.0-3.0 cm long and characteristically hooked at the anterior end . |