Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [art] large [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Similes may be dangerous , but it can be suggested that the man who produces a well-made brick makes a better contribution to housing than does the man who builds a large mansion on insecure foundations . |
2 | Editor Richard Felton , who writes a large proportion of the magazine himself , flew out to report on Shell Brazil 's initiative to fund sport and dance programmes for the street kids . |
3 | There 's an unelected civil servant in who has a large element in deciding where they are , and that is wrong . |
4 | Luke , who has a large scar from heart surgery from his throat to the left side of his body , needs regular medication to prevent fits . |
5 | Anyone who shows a large number of the symptoms listed in Table 2 should consider the possibility that they are hyperventilating . |
6 | I say their contemplation can give no-one pleasure ; they are there because their absence would be resented by the average man who regards a large amount of futile display as in some way inseparable from the conditions of that well-to-do life to which he belongs or aspires to belong . |
7 | Although the bureau manager who supports a large team of very part-time volunteers craves the injection of hours that the unemployed can offer , they equally crave stability and escape from the greater supervision needed by new staff . |
8 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |