Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] that a large " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | the university has a new duty , we are told : there is a besieging host , everincreasing , of Indians , Africans , Commonwealth people in general , Levantines , who aspire to become university teachers of English literature , and must therefore have a PhD — preferably a Cambridge one ( though it is admitted that a large proportion of them could n't hope to take the English Tripos with much credit — even if they could pass ) . |
| 2 | It is envisaged that a large proportion of the work of the external assessors will be judgmental in nature . |
| 3 | In 1975 it was believed that a large fleet of supersonic aircraft flying at altitudes up to 25 km would have a ‘ noticeable effect ’ on the ozone layer ( World Health Organization , 1976b ) . |
| 4 | Leading separatists had met with Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar in Delhi on April 17 and 19 ; on April 20 it was announced that a large number of Sikh youths imprisoned for minor offences would be released . |
| 5 | The company was , however wound up , and it was revealed that a larger number of stocks in its listings had rarely changed hands . |
| 6 | In a major study of poor families in the inner city , it was discovered that a large majority of parents saw the teacher as a person of authority whose action they were prepared to back up , especially if they saw it as strict . |
| 7 | In an earlier example it was shown that a large proportion of requests only require some attributes to be present or absent . |