Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [prep] [art] large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately continuing research by agrochemical manufacturers has to a large extent enabled the persistent organo-chlorides to be suspended . |
| 2 | On shores composed mainly of shingle the amount of erosion performed by waves depends to a large extent on whether they are constructive or destructive . |
| 3 | How far the glider rolls over into the beginning of the spin depends to a large extent on the amount of yaw present . |
| 4 | Violence accounts for a large proportion of this increase . |
| 5 | It has to be recognised that the construction industry consists of a large number of businesses which are mainly small . |
| 6 | As fluorescent light comes from a larger area the light is more diffuse and therefore produces less glare , and the flickering that was associated with the early form of fluorescent lighting should not be experienced now . |
| 7 | Alongside the parish church of St James and embowered in trees , the beck discharges in a large waterfall from an artificial lake above in the grounds of Ingleborough Hall , long the home of the Farrer family and now a special school . |
| 8 | Put salad leaves into a large salad bowl . |
| 9 | Given the detailed lexical information used in the ANLT a morphological processor leads to a large reduction in storage space required . |
| 10 | The overall response of the British state to this twofold crisis has to a large extent been characterized by penological pragmatism : responding to developments and attempting to manage the resources crisis ‘ with no clear or coherent philosophical or other theoretical basis ’ ( Bottoms , 1990a : 4 ) . |
| 11 | The credibility of alternatives depends in a large measure on three factors : a new perspective on disruption and disaffection ; support for teachers ; a re-alignment of current resources . |
| 12 | It begins gently at first , a pipe bridge , a lattice canal footbridge and an arched cable bridge , and then develops in earnest as sliproads flail through the air , the M6 crosses , the Birmingham to Lichfield railway passes through and ever more sliproads arc over until the canal passes into a large box tunnel with two towpaths below the A38M Aston Expressway before emerging into the relative simplicity of Salford Junction below the M6 . |
| 13 | Pop looms as the largest thing in our lives , but as something we 've lost control of . |
| 14 | This is because increasing the proportion of left handers in the overall population by shifting the criterion to the right takes in a larger segment of the RS — distribution , but this segment constitutes a changing proportion of the number of individuals to the left of this criterion ( i.e. the left handers ) . |
| 15 | 1 a polymer molecule consists of a large number of identical monomer units strung together in a chain ( linear polymer ) or in some other geometrical arrangement , which may be quite a complicated three-dimensional one . |
| 16 | Our club membership consists of a large number of ‘ Taffs ’ , so we have been shocked and horrified that the W.R.U . |
| 17 | Dimensions — The Clio feels like a larger car to drive because it has the longest wheelbase and widest track in its class . |
| 18 | Arthur comes from a large Elderslie family and is the last of his brothers and sisters to retire . |
| 19 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |
| 20 | We believe that the protection of a healthy and attractive countryside depends to a large extent on the rejuvenation of towns as attractive places in which to live and work . |
| 21 | A significant element in its declared purpose was the better exchange of ideas between librarians and commercial producers , particularly because the commercial production of audio-visual teaching media accounts for a large proportion of programmes . |
| 22 | For the case for having any political authority rests to a large extent on its ability to solve co-ordination problems and extricate the population from Prisoner 's Dilemma type situations . |
| 23 | BGS work in Colombia consists of a large mineral exploration project , the Pacific Coast Precious Metals Project , which was completed during the year . |
| 24 | As we have explained above , we are imagining that the economy consists of a large number of geographically separate markets or islands . |
| 25 | On the whole , there is very little variation between Authorities in the amounts per head allocated on the basis of total population figures , although Westminster provides a striking exception ; the very large amount for Westminster derives from the large daytime population , since all provision for library expenditure for commuters is transferred to their place of work ! |
| 26 | Put egg yolks into a large bowl and whisk lightly . |
| 27 | This is a penalty that Yugoslavia pays for the large share of its foreign trade which it carries on with countries having inconvertible currencies . |
| 28 | Its versatility depends to a large extent upon its structure , a knowledge of which is vital if we are to make the best use of glass . |
| 29 | Such coasts are often fronted by large shingle beaches , derived from the destruction of the cliffs , and the erosion of the cliff depends to a large extent on the protection afforded to it by the beach . |
| 30 | Whether it is more difficult than selling only to the domestic market is a debatable point , but success depends to a large extent on the attitude and approach of the firm and the personal qualities of the salespeople — not every salesperson is suited to such a task from the point of view of understanding and empathy with the foreign market concerned . |