Example sentences of "large [coord] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the age of 35 he had become the youngest president of the largest and most prominent synagogue in Canada ; brilliantly engineered the merging of all the philanthropic societies of Montreal ( ‘ With a view to obtaining the greatest efficiency with the least possible expense and labour , ’ — surely his own life-principle next to his religious and familial devotions ) ; and placed himself in the forefront of the social and economic battles of the period . |
| 2 | Moody and Eclipse — built by Marine Projects and distributed by Marine Secol , Britain 's largest and most caring dealer . |
| 3 | Among the largest and most fully-studied lake systems , Lake Bonney in the Dry Valleys of South Victoria Land has probably existed for over 100 000 years ( Hendy et al . , |
| 4 | It was completed in 1819 at what was then the staggering cost of £163,457 and was the largest and most imposing building in the town . |
| 5 | According to De Quincey , Coleridge had ‘ the largest and most spacious intellect , the subtlest and most comprehensive that has existed among men ’ . |
| 6 | America 's Superconducting Super Collider ( SSC ) , to be built in Texas , will be the largest and most expensive machine in the world . |
| 7 | London 's largest and most comprehensive bathroom and kitchen store . |
| 8 | London 's largest and most comprehensive bathroom and kitchen store . |
| 9 | As befits its largest city , Cardiff boasts the largest and most comprehensive institute of higher education in the Principality , with the exception of the Polytechnic of Wales at Treforest : the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education which was formed by the amalgamation of the Cardiff College of Food Technology and Commerce , Cardiff College of Education , Cardiff College of Art , and Llandaff College of Technology . |
| 10 | The poll , for the Press Association , is the largest and most comprehensive survey of the campaign . |
| 11 | Harrogate 89 was the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever , featuring more than 260 exhibitors from 14 countries . |
| 12 | We have gathered together the largest and most spectacular collection of Indian BANJARA embroidery ever to be shown in the UK . |
| 13 | From here , the grim Hazar Ustan or Thousand Pillared Palace , Tughluk ruled the largest and most powerful empire India had known since the time of Ashoka , one and a half millennia previously . |
| 14 | Boris Yeltsin , the leading radical populist and one of President Mikhail Gorbachev 's fiercest critics , was elected on May 29 as Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet , making him de facto President of the Russian Federation , the Soviet Union 's largest and most powerful republic . |
| 15 | The RSFSR , the Soviet Union 's largest and most powerful republic , on June 12 was declared a sovereign state by its Congress of People 's Deputies ( constituted in May — see pp. 37459-60 ) . |
| 16 | But first , Boris Yeltsin the man sacked by President Gorbachov as Moscow Communist Party Chief , has been elected leader of the Russian Federation ; Soviet Union 's largest and most powerful Republic . |
| 17 | Also described as Britain 's most successful industrial investment and one of Europe 's largest and most complex engineering projects , the Thermal Oxide reprocessing Plant was completed to a deadline set six years ago . |
| 18 | Hailed as Britain 's most successful industrial investment and one of Europe 's largest and most complex engineering projects , the Sellafield plant has been built to a deadline set six years ago . |
| 19 | THORP , which has been hailed as the ‘ envy of the nuclear world ’ by International Group Director is one of Europe 's largest and most complex engineering projects . |
| 20 | Treasury Economic Secretary Tony Nelson , opening a debate on Lord Justice Bingham 's report on the BCCI collapse , said the disaster was ‘ the largest and most wide-ranging fraud in the history of banking ’ . |
| 21 | With sections touching on the Spanish Luftwaffe and Training for War , this book will be snapped up by all those interested in the largest and most colourful fleet of warbirds in the world . |
| 22 | Despite the débâcle over the march , the rally had been a success and the DHAC returned to the Guildhall in late August for its largest and most successful demonstration so far , in the council chamber . |
| 23 | In the 1860s Gaskell , Deacon & Co. was among the largest and most successful chemical works in Widnes , owing to Gaskell 's commercial management and Deacon 's method of recovering chlorine for bleaching-powder manufacture . |
| 24 | Coopers has Deloitte UK , which is the largest and most influential practice outside the US . |
| 25 | Market-leading local insurers , known for their commitment to SWISS LIFE 's high standards , link up to form the world 's largest and most efficient insurance Network . |
| 26 | But what could be more important than his appointment as chairman of the largest and most prestigious funeral parlour in the city ? |
| 27 | Er , in addition if you were to walk into the headquarters there today , in their trophy case the largest and most prestigious trophy is the Moller trophy . |
| 28 | As we suggested , this applies even to the largest and most prestigious search firms . |
| 29 | That is why , from the very beginning , the Sevso saga , one of the largest and most far-reaching art scandals ever , has been treated as a top secret issue in Yugoslavia . |
| 30 | In the largest and most controversial privatization to date , the government announced on June 14 that it had sold Telecom to two United States companies , Bell Atlantic and American Information Technologies ( Ameritech ) , for NZ$4,250 million . |