Example sentences of "[art] large [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French refused to take part in the project because Dassault was not to receive the largest proportion of the contracts and , in June 1992 , Germany decided that , since the threat from the Warsaw pact was gone and she was unlikely to participate in out-of-area conflicts , she had no more use for the aircraft . |
| 2 | Domestic US investors form the largest part of the holders of the US$ CDs issued in London , probably accounting for around three quarters of all holdings . |
| 3 | It was very much a local affair with the town 's voluntary groups playing the largest part in the proceedings . |
| 4 | Easily the largest component of the landfills he has examined is paper and board . |
| 5 | For instance , Davis and Huttenback ( 1987 ) argue that British political and social elites , along with merchants , particularly those based in London , received the largest share of the benefits available from the Empire , while successfully avoiding a full share of the associated tax costs . |
| 6 | Nevertheless InterCity cheerfully reveals that the VIP/first-class/full-dining trains contribute by far the largest share of the special-trains earnings — 50 per cent — compared with the 23 per cent from private charters , 18 per cent by standardclass charters , and 5 per cent by the steam market . |
| 7 | The largest changes in the densities were not , however , associated with marked variations in serum gastrin concentrations ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 8 | First , the largest excursions of the eyes were only around 10 degrees . |
| 9 | The largest group on the roads , especially following an outbreak of peace , were soldiers and sailors ; they made up , for example , a third of all migrants passing through Lichfield in 1692 . |
| 10 | Over 3,000 people participated in what was reported to have , been the largest meeting since the days of the Land League . |
| 11 | There were several reasons : most immediate , perhaps , was the need for uninterrupted production as war orders from Europe mounted ; secondly , the large size of the corporations and the new degree of union strength made it difficult to recruit the many thousands of strikebreakers for full-scale industrial warfare ; third , government pressures put the corporations on the defensive ; and finally , the entry of the United States into the war created a need for national unity . |
| 12 | The large majority of the mothers believed in smacking ; only 17 per cent disapproved on principle . |
| 13 | Although character and aesthetic ideals differentiated Williamson from post-war society more radically than the large majority of the participants in the conflict , an analysis of his work helps to explain why other idealists and embittered individuals at all levels of the movement should turn to fascism as a solution to the problems of British society in the inter-war years . |
| 14 | Although the DSS is able to assist in meeting some of the costs of residents , the large part of the costs is met from welfare funds raised by the Association . |
| 15 | Production centres for window glass and glass vessels are , at present , few and far between , beyond the large glasshouse in the civitas capital at Caistor-by-Norwich . |
| 16 | These muscles are under the control of postural reflexes which ensure a level of tonic continuing activity almost all the time ( unlike , for instance , the large muscles in the arms and legs ) . |
| 17 | The large time-of-flight of the ions disperses them according to their energy : highest-energy ions arrive first in the atmosphere and are seen at the lowest latitudes . |
| 18 | Beyond these lay the large realms of the Avars , who were Tartar tribes unified under a ruler known as the Chagan . |
| 19 | The middle classes led a host of new national movements — the large ones of the Germans , poles , Magyars , Italians , but also now including a host of smaller peoples : Irish , Schleswig Danes , Czechs , Slovaks , Croats and Ruthenians . |
| 20 | The large proportion of the impressions made to what they see , how they visualize you , so if you look a mess you 're backing on the wrong foot , you give , you 're getting off to a bad start straight away and be aware of hidden signals that you 'll give your emanating . |
| 21 | The large question of the limits upon royal power will be discussed in a later chapter , but it can be said now that , although the Crown put pressure upon both Houses , they were capable of obstinacy and independence . |
| 22 | Given the large differences in the rates of excise duties in the member states , it is likely that reaching agreement to harmonise these rates will prove to be extremely difficult . |
| 23 | Abandoning the kitchen , she wandered across the large living-room to the windows . |
| 24 | Angular shapes that are letter-like march determinedly across the large fields of the paintings of Paul Pagk , a thirty-one year old Englishman . |
| 25 | The large gap between the bassoons and the next woodwind part above is filled by the brass . |
| 26 | How can you use your descriptions of place — a room , a garden bench , the large cupboard under the stairs , a lift in a block of flats — to create a mood strong enough to sustain your story ? |
| 27 | The harbour at Wick is fronted with Telford-designed buildings , beautifully proportioned , the little dormitory windows of the west coast herring lassies high above the larger windows of the managers ' and traders ' rooms , warehouses and storerooms below . |
| 28 | Thirdly , I am using greater quantities of paint , not simply because of the larger scale of the paintings . |
| 29 | For the larger builder with an accounts department , or at least the assistance of a bookkeeper , all financial transactions will be recorded on a regular basis and in a systematic manner . |
| 30 | Again , the police ( who had only a marginal role in enforcing the new order , and who sometimes perhaps accepted it with less than utter enthusiasm ) were more likely to have diverse tribal allegiances in the larger settlements nearer the cities or in strategically more significant places . |