Example sentences of "[noun] have the [num ord] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mexico has the seventh largest oil and gas reserves in the world but the country 's comparatively recent admission to the hydrocarbon élite has proved a mixed blessing in the face of the fall in crude prices and a massive debt burden caused by extravagant , ill-managed and grandiose schemes to kick a Third World country into the twentieth century . |
| 2 | Canada has the eighth largest coal resources in the world and the eighth largest gas reserves . |
| 3 | Malaysia has the fourteenth largest gas reserves in the world at some 926 MTOE . |
| 4 | Egypt has the second largest population in Africa ( after Nigeria ) and in 1983 was the fourth largest oil producer . |
| 5 | Peru has the seventh largest tropical forest mass in the world . |
| 6 | The state had the third largest Congressional representation , and was expected to gain seats as a result of the reapportioning process due to follow the 1990 census . |
| 7 | Cricket had the fourth largest aggregate audience on television in 1988 , according to the figures of AGB Sports Watch/ BARB , but over so many hours that its audience at any one time is insignificant . |
| 8 | In terms of recoverable energy reserves India has the tenth largest coal reserves in the world while Pakistan has gas reserves almost as large as the UK , yet economic growth in both countries is hampered by recurrent energy shortages — particularly electricity — while the cost of importing oil is a severe drain on weak exchequers . |