Example sentences of "that it [verb] a large [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Further investigation showed that it had a large number of actions : so large that the trade name Largactil was coined .
2 It can be argued that community care still remains essentially sexist in that it assumes a large labour force of low-paid women to staff the formal sector .
3 But what about this : in 1853 , at Trouville , he watched the sun go down over the sea , and declared that it resembled a large disc of redcurrant jam .
4 Considering the rock at Tremadog feels so solid on a small scale , it 's rather a shame that it has a large scale tendency to become part of the scree at the foot of the crag !
5 Educational technology is a theory and a set of hypotheses ; it is a habit of mind , and a readily applicable methodology ; it is far too early to claim for it that it has a large body of accepted practice .
6 The reason for the bird 's big feet is that it needs a large shovel with which to pile up the mound of compost , earth and leaf litter in which the fowl buries and incubates its single very large egg .
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