Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [adj] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base contains about nine Snotlings but is treated as if it were a single large monster with several wounds and attacks . |
| 2 | With over 2000 licensed stores to cater for , it 's the second largest wine outlet in the country after the Co-op . |
| 3 | It is not merely a question of its vastness ( it is the second largest country in the world , measuring 9.2 million square kilometres ) , but its breathtaking grandeur : God 's own country , as the Canadians delight to call it . |
| 4 | It is the second largest Taiwanese semiconductor designer and manufacturer and a major supplier of the Taiwan personal computer industry and was chosen because of its ability to offer an entree to the Chinese-speaking markets in Hong Kong , China , Malaysia , Singapore and Taiwan . |
| 5 | Second , the Trust is a body committed to conservation on such a wide scale — it is the second largest landowner in Britain — that it also has a clear duty to ensure that it follows good environmental practice in its own affairs . |
| 6 | It is the second largest producer of nickel in Africa , the third largest producer of diamond and the fourth largest producer of cobalt . |
| 7 | It is the second largest carpet maker in Europe . |
| 8 | Under my leadership we have transformed the city of Los Angeles from a quiet , sleepy little town to the point where it is the second largest city in the United States . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We feel the rationalisation of manufacturing and distribution under a single management is overdue because it is the single largest cost centre , ’ said . |
| 10 | It was a fine large house , built in the last decade of the nineteenth century of red brick and red tiles . |
| 11 | It offered Laura and Bernard endless possibilities for decoration inside and , after more than twenty years of marriage , it was the first large house they could plan together , yet another incentive towards developing the home furnishing side of the business . |
| 12 | It was the second largest building in the city , next to the cathedral , which was much less prominent . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most characteristic British example is that in the civitas capital at Silchester , where it was the second largest building in the town after the forum and was situated close to the south gate . |
| 14 | It was the second largest fall in the country 's history , exceeded only by the 3,836 point crash on " Black Monday " in October 1987 . |
| 15 | In the later period , from the tenth century , it was the second largest city of the empire and its rich Byzantine heritage still shows this . |
| 16 | More important still , it was the only large town in Russia not ravaged by barbarian invasion in the thirteenth century , due to its marshy situation on the shores of Lake Ilmen , so it was able to expand and become wealthy . |
| 17 | It was the fourth largest abbey in the country and one of the richest . |
| 18 | But it was the single large photograph in the other half of the frame that caught Leonora 's attention . |