1.   Demonstrations were the largest since the war.

2.   But the increase, the largest since last December, was largely confined to energy and food.

3.   His military campaign, the largest since the end of the Bosnian war, threatens to ignite a wider conflict in the Balkans.

4.   The exercise was the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

5.   The deficit was the largest since the government separated financial accounts from the services category in last January.

6.   The drop, the largest since late October, reinforced perceptions that rising demand from construction companies will keep inventories lean.

7.   The jump in retail inventories was the largest since January.

8.   He predicted that the homecoming, the largest since the beginning of year, would be the first of many over the next few months.

9.   It is to be the largest since April when all the main unions brought the country to a standstill.

10.   The August gain in industrial production was the largest since an identical increase in December.