Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a large [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In combination , these three reasons are likely to draw the members of the European Community close together in the postwar phase ; they are also likely to open up a large divergence of views between Europe and the US . |
| 2 | Omnipotent in Dublin , the Republic have the players — Whelan , Houghton , Aldridge , Cascarino , Sheedy , O'Leary — to see off a large part of the opposition in Italy . |
| 3 | An error found at one position was assumed to apply over a large region of the workspace . |
| 4 | RUPERT Murdoch and Reed International yesterday resumed their battle to carve up a large slice of America 's publishing industry between them , by spending more than three-quarters of a billion dollars on two major companies . |
| 5 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 6 | Frequently , specialist subcontractors would be nominated by the client to carry out a large proportion of the work . |
| 7 | It also has an ‘ enable tracer ’ which cuts down the time needed to run off a large number of copies from one disc . |
| 8 | was now in a position to build up a large network of tramways centred on Croydon , which it was hoped would attract passengers and business from a wide area to Croydon . |
| 9 | The two sealing vessels that illegally hunted in Greenland waters in 1991 , the Polarfangst and the Polarstar ( see BBC WILDLIFE , October 1991 ) , have been forced to pay back a large part of their government subsidies — £50,000 and £30,000 respectively . |
| 10 | The word Resident normally implied , at least officially , a preponderance of diplomatic over administrative duties , but it was clear from the beginning that a Lugardian Resident was expected to take on a large number of purely administrative tasks . |
| 11 | The manager may be the only member of the team who is present in the office full time to fill these gaps and the responsibility of ensuring continuity for clients may make a manager reluctant to take on a large team of very part-time volunteers . |
| 12 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 13 | Bonus payments tend to make up a larger share of earnings in Japan at about one-quarter of the total giving employers more room to adjust wages in line with changes in levels of economic activity . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly , given their perception of the adult social world , drinking , whether at home when their parents were out , or illegally in pubs , seemed to make up a large part of their activities . |
| 15 | In fact , it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the main deterrent effect of monopoly policy has been not the threat of what changes might be required as a result of the MMC investigation , but the threat of having to tie up a large quantity of senior executives ' time to argue the firm 's case in the event that its activities attract a reference to the MMC . |
| 16 | But it is evident that publishers , to stay in business , need to bring out a large number of titles every year . |