Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a large [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To help provide a sharper focus to current policy debates , and in preparation for a larger study of the effects of teacher education , this project will establish an up-to-date database on the nature of a range of approaches to initial teacher education . |
| 2 | Around mid-afternoon , I had a report from Ballymena that the large police station in the town had been ordered to clear its cells of ordinary prisoners in preparation for a large number of arrests . |
| 3 | The only opportunity for a large increase in revenue was thought to lie in the Gatwick Express non-stop service introduced in May , featuring air-conditioned stock on the half-hour journey from Victoria to Gatwick every fifteen minutes ( and powered on a push-pull basis by Class 73 electro-diesels ) . |
| 4 | Each is supported by parliamentary , industrial and media lobbies , and makes the best use of political trends , economic factors , technological change , and the rush of world events to reinforce its case for a larger share of the national cake . |
| 5 | There would be no excuse for a large order from Neil Kinnock : John Major took delivery of 10 boxes last December . |
| 6 | It has close to it a park that provides pasture for a large herd of deer and wild goats . |
| 7 | It is the base for a large measure of individual and social mobilization to activate , extend or defend those rights , not simply in the political sphere but more generally in the areas of cultural , economic and social life . |
| 8 | Its RTnet-OSI V 3.0 networking software suite has been enhanced to include expanded support for a larger number of X25 wide area and Ethernet local area connections . |
| 9 | Whatever the answer to such a question , examples can be produced that cast doubt on the invariable necessity for a large number of observations . |
| 10 | This person 's manager , who had profit and loss responsibility for a large division within the company , was warmly and favorably described as ‘ non-political ’ : |
| 11 | Mr Renaudat is believed to have been arranging a deal for a large supply of arms captured by Chad during the war with Libya to be sold to the Lebanese Christians , through intermediaries in Tunis and Iraq . |
| 12 | It acts as British agent for a large number of New Yorkers offering bed and breakfast in their own homes , and can also find apartments — from studios to three-bedroom flats — many privately owned . |
| 13 | However , it is unwise to seal them off completely with tape as a large change in atmospheric pressure may cause damage to some instruments . |
| 14 | The drug is a well tolerated and suitable therapy for a large number of systemic infections . |
| 15 | The dependence on shellfish by the people of the Klasies River Mouth for a large part of their food continued for tens of thousands of years and is one of the most interesting of Singer and Wymer 's findings . |
| 16 | Is it not a fact that with 560,000 people reaching the age of 65 this year and the elderly accounting for a larger proportion of the population , national health service provision is proportionately poorer , not better ? |
| 17 | The Ladies of Scotland League was holding its fall tea in the auditorium of a large store on Tollemarche Avenue . |
| 18 | While this solution lurked in the consciousness of a large number of US citizens and was eventually to appeal to Hitler and the SS , it was not the kind of thing the Americans admitted or believed about themselves , and was certainly not the kind of solution they wished to offer to their civilised European cousins . |
| 19 | Efficient N-Oct 3 expression in vivo depends on deletion of a large portion of the 3' untranslated sequence , implying that it is likely to be a determinant of RNA instability . |
| 20 | A right-wing organization , the Boerestaat ( Boer Homeland ) , claimed that it was behind the theft of a large quantity of arms and ammunition from Air Force headquarters in Pretoria on the night of April 13-14 . |
| 21 | The marathon will result in the closure of a large number of London streets on Sunday . |
| 22 | Fruit farmers suffer when apple-tree bark is removed since the loss of a large section around the trunk will kill the tree . |
| 23 | However , he failed to point out that the same trends could equally be the result of a large variety of other factors . |
| 24 | The latter change seems to have been mainly the result of a large rise in revenues collected ( and disbursed ) by pension funds , which was partly the consequence of an improvement in pension benefits . |
| 25 | It is caused by the pooling of a large proportion of the circulating red cells by the spleen and is a major cause of infant mortality . |
| 26 | During the year to mid-1991 by-elections were held in Knowsley on Sept. 27 , 1990 ( held by Labour with an increased percentage over the Conservatives ) ; in Eastbourne on Oct. 18 , ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 37784 ) ; in Bootle and Bradford on Nov. 8 , and in Paisley North and Paisley South on Nov. 29 ( when Labour retained all four seats ; in the Scottish constituencies the SNP advanced from fourth to second ) ; in Ribble Valley on March 7 , 1991 ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 38110 ) ; in Neath on April 4 ( when Labour retained the seat despite a large swing to Plaid Cymru — see p. 38200 ) ; in Monmouth on May 16 ( when Labour won the seat from the exports — $2,500 ) ; and in Liverpool Walton on July 4 ( when Labour retained the seat and the Conservatives came fourth — see p. 38355 ) . |
| 27 | This observation was the starting point for a study of a large sample of gold-weights from three museums . |
| 28 | And a study of a large group of Scottish secondary school leavers , surveyed after taking their ‘ Highers ’ , found that ‘ the most common single method of study was ‘ exercises , worked examples , proses , translations ’ ( 73% ) followed by ‘ having notes dictated to you in class ’ ( 60% ) ' . |
| 29 | Being the recipient of a large number of offers to ‘ Pay Now Die Later ’ I asked my wife that if she ‘ Oh surprise me ’ was her reply . |
| 30 | Instead , it was felt that the principal impact would be in preventing the transfer to the car of a large number of cyclists who would otherwise |