Example sentences of "and large a " in BNC.

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1 All the same , there is by and large a crucial difference here between British and American attitudes , and one that is today every bit as marked as it was in 1912 .
2 It is , by and large a convention honoured in observance although the notorious breach of it , in 1909 , provoked one of the most serious constitutional crises in modern times .
3 Fancy screws are by and large a manufacturer 's fad !
4 The second thing to say about humorous crime fiction is that you have to reconcile in your pages that sharp difference between crime , which arises from evil , and laughter , which is by and large a manifestation of good .
5 It was the war which had led to the great increase in government patronage and hence also the potential for Court influence , and this was by and large a Whig war .
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