Example sentences of "is that a large [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the most important feature about all these , and other , aspects of the primary socialization process is that a large part of it is unplanned and non-deliberate .
2 What appears to have happened in the last week of the campaign is that a large proportion of the ‘ Do n't Knows ’ plumped for the Conservatives , possibly in fear of rumoured Labour tax rises .
3 One reason why most IPOs are so lacklustre , the study concludes , is that a large proportion of them are ‘ growth ’ stocks : firms whose market price is high compared with its book value .
4 The result is that a large proportion of the elderly are solely dependent on the basic state pension , with supplementary benefit .
5 The disadvantage is that a large number of animals feeding in a small area will exhaust the food supply much more rapidly than would a small number .
6 The problem is that a large number of environmental black spots inevitably fall within the public sector .
7 One of his intriguing findings is that a larger proportion of uncited articles are published in the higher priced journals .
8 The most obvious is that a larger amount of time is required from the writer .
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