Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy , which aimed to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , provoked caste-based violence across northern India ( although it received a large measure of support in the predominantly low-caste south ) and provided an issue around which Singh 's opponents within the Janata Dal could coalesce . |
| 2 | Further investigation showed that it had a large number of actions : so large that the trade name Largactil was coined . |
| 3 | It can be argued that community care still remains essentially sexist in that it assumes a large labour force of low-paid women to staff the formal sector . |
| 4 | But what about this : in 1853 , at Trouville , he watched the sun go down over the sea , and declared that it resembled a large disc of redcurrant jam . |
| 5 | Considering the rock at Tremadog feels so solid on a small scale , it 's rather a shame that it has a large scale tendency to become part of the scree at the foot of the crag ! |
| 6 | Educational technology is a theory and a set of hypotheses ; it is a habit of mind , and a readily applicable methodology ; it is far too early to claim for it that it has a large body of accepted practice . |
| 7 | The reason for the bird 's big feet is that it needs a large shovel with which to pile up the mound of compost , earth and leaf litter in which the fowl buries and incubates its single very large egg . |
| 8 | In fact once it reaches a large size , or starts to breed , territoriality will almost certainly make private quarters a necessity — it is relatively peaceful in relation to its size , but — and this applies to many other Central American substrate spawners — it is unreasonable to expect a fish with a natural breeding territory of 10 or more feet in diameter to share a tank with anything else . |
| 9 | MIND is now a large ‘ direct-care ’ organization , that is , it receives money in grants from NHS and local authorities to provide some of the elements of the total service described in Chapters 7 and 8 , and it employs a large number of staff to support and enhance the work of the volunteers . |
| 10 | It was called the Eel and Boot and it had a large sign outside with a welly covered in slime and an even slimier serpentine creature peering irritably out of the top of it like Ridley Scott 's alien in one of its earlier manifestations . |
| 11 | Mason 's was one of the largest machine-works in North Sydney and it had a large labour force . |
| 12 | It is very easy to use with on-screen help and it uses a large type font , you can also change screen colours . |
| 13 | This scheme — which was widely adopted by colonial administrations right across the continent — killed two birds with one stone : it both raised money and it produced a large labour force which had previously been occupied with growing food for their families . |
| 14 | Like York , the old walled city centre attracts many tourists , and it has a large cattle market and a cathedral . |
| 15 | In the south of the parish is Ashington Wood , and field examination of this shows that there are no ridge and furrow earthworks inside , so it was never part of the open arable fields , and it has a large bank and ditch surrounding it , characteristic of medieval woodland boundaries . |
| 16 | A good habitat for rabbits , and it held a large number . |
| 17 | The department is one of only four in the UK offering a taught Masters degree in Landscape Architecture , and it supports a large programme of postgraduate research . |
| 18 | Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | That administrative reality is important , because it played a large part in determining what things are like now . |
| 20 | Suppose , for the sake of argument , it happened to be the case that marriage weakened the power of a priest to influence his flock , say because it occupied a large proportion of his time and attention . |
| 21 | My preference is the white worm culture because it provides a large range of worm sizes for fry feeding . |
| 22 | The Uruguayan agreement consisted of a barter arrangement ( Soviet oil for Uruguayan wool ) , which suited Montevideo since it had a large surplus of wool and a shortage of foreign exchange . |
| 23 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 24 | Rugby was even worse , as it involved a large amount of physical contact , and there was nowhere on the field you could hide and no playing position which kept you out of harm 's way . |