Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was already enough cover for a large number of sepoys to approach very close to the enclave without being detected . |
| 2 | Argument will only grow in a large organization if it is actually encouraged , and if the example is given from the top with courteous listening and praise for differences of view . |
| 3 | Though what will happen in the next century up to 2025 , as table 5.4 suggests , we can only calculate with a large margin of error . |
| 4 | Might I suggest that this space would be far better utilised with a large picture of Terry Christian ? |
| 5 | Use pattern that is appropriate to the style and size of your home — a small sprig design looks far more at home in a Victorian cottage than a grand , formally patterned carpet that would be better suited to a large room . |
| 6 | However , the group should not be too large as this can be threatening , and people may not feel sufficiently relaxed in a large group to make a contribution . |
| 7 | To put it broadly — ignoring all the smaller points of detail — one landscape has grown up piecemeal over centuries , the other is almost entirely planned on a large scale . |
| 8 | entirely planned on a large scale . |
| 9 | They left the marketplace for a maze of streets and eventually came to a large stone two-storeyed house with a timbered roof , its exquisite carved eaves jutting out over a small courtyard beneath . |
| 10 | We were told later that the fraud was so enormous — a total of $10 million — that reconstruction was impossible , and that any money the majority shareholders could put in would soon disappear into a large hole . |
| 11 | It will probably be passed alto to a small committee of the European Parliament , but the Parliament has already voted by a large majority in favour of a ban and a further reference may be deemed unnecessary . |
| 12 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 13 | Forest survival is thus threatened on a large scale . |
| 14 | Kaolin , or ‘ china clay ’ , is formed by the decomposition of granite , and Cornwall and Dartmoor were found to have huge deposits which were soon exploited on a large scale . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This is because this form of exercise provides excellent aerobic training and is also easily supervised with a large number of people in a relatively small area . |
| 17 | The performance of the simple low-pass C-R filter is best displayed over a large range of frequency in a plot of versus . |
| 18 | This was soon replaced by a large structure in the CPR château/baronial style , with conical towers and steep-pitched roofs . |
| 19 | The most important fact to remember is that it is highly contagious and one case can very easily develop into a large outbreak unless prompt and very strict isolation of any case is done . |
| 20 | The Amiga is already supported by a large body of games software which can be easily transferred to CD-ROM for sale to CDTV owners . |
| 21 | Is he aware that the owners of those homes are already burdened by a large number of regulations and that any new regulations from Brussels should be resisted by him and his colleagues , particularly regulations on part-time workers and the implementation of a minimum wage ? |
| 22 | This common feeling , shared by the knights from the shires scattered along the Conservative back benches in the Commons , was more than mere aristocratic disdain , although if you were already seated in a large country estate it cast a different light upon the tiresome business of dealing with the Whitehall bureaucracy . |
| 23 | Thanks to the interim school-financing plan , North Forest is not burdened by a large deficit . |
| 24 | If the saw-cuts have been kept fairly close together , the waste is soon removed with a large gouge and finished by sanding — a piece of round stock approximating to the diameter of the profile and wrapped with sandpaper makes this job much easier . |
| 25 | The enormous success of the Matisse show currently at the Museum of Modern Art , New York , has coincided if not resulted in a large number of works appearing this season . |
| 26 | The effects of girls perceiving that their sex does not figure in a large part of school knowledge is immeasurable . |
| 27 | Nineteenth-century philanthropic endeavour , if inadequate and ill-coordinated , was nevertheless conducted on a large scale . |
| 28 | Both his uncle and his mother made substantial loans to the new firm , which was already engaged in a large contract for John Bibby & Sons . |
| 29 | Very often the most appropriate person to receive the samples is not a full-time member of staff and even if they are , packages of this nature are very easily lost in a large newspaper building . |
| 30 | US dollar CDs are broadly traded by a large number of institutions . |