Example sentences of "a large family " in BNC.
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| 1 | And besides he has a large family of his own already . ’ |
| 2 | He has a large family . ’ |
| 3 | As with the middle classes of Victorian England or the British colonials in India and Africa , one or two men working could maintain a large family in comfort . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'd love a large family because she knows the joys of it . |
| 5 | She likes the atmosphere of a large family . |
| 6 | She would dearly love some daughters to be able to pass her jewellery on to and , coming from a large family , she enjoys the atmosphere that plenty of children create . |
| 7 | Lippitt is the sole breadwinner of a large family . |
| 8 | They grew up loved and cherished in a large family with three older sisters . |
| 9 | In this case , a 45 year old woman with a large family had recently moved into the area . |
| 10 | The perception of high infant mortality itself was a symptom of poverty and this fuelled a continued desire to have a large family as an insurance against the death of existing children . |
| 11 | My father , the one scholar in a large family , had caught the eye of the village schoolmaster and been coached by oil-lamp in the evening for an examination offering access to that rare privilege for the children of the poor , a secondary-school education . |
| 12 | A decade ago , a small car was regarded as highly economical if it was capable of averaging 30 mpg while a large family car was regarded as having acceptable fuel consumption at 20 mpg . |
| 13 | He 's a widower and the father of a large family . |
| 14 | It must have been very hard in those days for parents with a large family and a very low income to clothe their children . |
| 15 | Although she is n't married , May is part of a large family , now three generations on , and she 's kept in touch with each generation . |
| 16 | I 've been very fortunate because it 's very like a large family . ’ |
| 17 | He and Anne had a large family of ten children , who were born between 1799 and 1817 . |
| 18 | For example , a large family shareholding which , if sold , might render a family company vulnerable to takeover , could instead be sold to an Esop . |
| 19 | We were a large family . |
| 20 | Running such a large family did n't present any problems for her . |
| 21 | The letters of Gilbert Foliot , successively abbot of Gloucester , bishop of Hereford and London in the twelfth century , are singularly revealing , because they show us not only the range of a large family circle , but the strength of feeling which could exist between distant relatives . |
| 22 | The harshness of those living-conditions , with the special emphasis on working-class housewives having to feed , clothe and generally look after a large family , was reflected by the lower standards of living , the deprivations all around , widespread poverty , with few families ever having experienced the beneficial effects of a holiday in the country or at the sea-side . |
| 23 | No woman should be expected to bring up a large family on her own . |
| 24 | Max owned a large store , and a large family . |
| 25 | By this time the reader will have noticed , and perhaps wondered … the writer is a member of a large family , yet so far only four characters have been on parade : Mum , Dad , Sam and Carl . |
| 26 | Anyhow , she set to and found the time to make one for me , even though she had such a large family to care for . |
| 27 | We used to call him Daddy Wilkins because he was the father of a large family , but they had all grown up , got married and spread about , so he was left on his own — probably not able to cook for himself which is why he went to live at Mrs Raw 's place . |
| 28 | She came from a large family of seven children , of whom she was the eldest . |
| 29 | Robert was one of a large family . |
| 30 | We have helped ourselves to a buffet , had a few drinks , watched television and played games , as though we were a large family . |