Example sentences of "[verb] the large number " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of the financing of overseas subsidiaries is also a key factor , given the large number of UK companies that have maintained substantial foreign currency borrowings ( particularly dollar ) and sterling cash deposits . |
| 2 | The LA 's message is an important reminder to operators , given the large number of tachograph analysis bureaux . |
| 3 | Given the large number of mats , I mixed direct distribution to street-dwellers with ‘ subs ’ of between 10 and 100 from hostels , shelters and outreach organisations , all within a four-mile radius of central London . |
| 4 | It was one of the main reasons for the move and already has proved its worth with V.I.P. customers being able to see the large number of ranges fully displayed . |
| 5 | However , the effectiveness of the Trade Boards Act is uncertain since the capacity of the Board of Trade to inspect and supervise the large numbers of small workshops , still less the women out-workers , was extremely limited . |
| 6 | The remainder were infected mainly with M avium intracellulare , reflecting the large number of samples received from patients with HIV disease . |
| 7 | The greatest concentration of employment can be found in Glasgow City District , reflecting the large number of grain distilleries , warehouses , blending plants and offices located there . |
| 8 | For those universities producing the largest numbers of theses , it was considered that personal visits to their libraries for examination of the consultation records was desirable , so as also to study storage conditions , ease of access , and to discuss regulations on access , loan , and copying with the relevant library staff . |
| 9 | Voters in these constituencies would choose between whichever two candidates had won the largest numbers of votes in the first round . |
| 10 | Chatichai Choonhaven [ see p. 39007 ] , drawing its support largely from Chart Thai ( Chatichai 's old party ) and from Sammakkhi Tham , the air force 's protégé party which had won the largest number of seats ( 79 ) in the March election , but disintegrated with the collapse of the Suchinda government . |
| 11 | The Polytechnic 's case for retaining teacher education was based on four main arguments : that it was the only public sector institution of higher education in the Principality which provided the full integration of teacher education with the remainder of the higher education system ; that the proposals would leave the largest education authority in Wales employing the largest number of teachers , without involvement in teacher education ; that the Polytechnic had already stopped recruiting for the Certificate of Education course , in line with the DES policy of seeking an all-graduate profession , and in September 1976 had attracted the largest number of teacher-training students with a minimum of two GCE A levels in the Principality ; and that the Polytechnic was being called upon to make a disproportionate sacrifice because it would have to drop its Dip.HE/BEd. programme which was a basic component of a newly developed integrated system of degree courses . |
| 12 | This figure does not include the large numbers of younger men , children and females who were employed as knitters and seamers . |
| 13 | Booth described the large number of charities established by religious bodies in London in increasing numbers from the 1860s . |
| 14 | The Polytechnic 's case for retaining teacher education was based on four main arguments : that it was the only public sector institution of higher education in the Principality which provided the full integration of teacher education with the remainder of the higher education system ; that the proposals would leave the largest education authority in Wales employing the largest number of teachers , without involvement in teacher education ; that the Polytechnic had already stopped recruiting for the Certificate of Education course , in line with the DES policy of seeking an all-graduate profession , and in September 1976 had attracted the largest number of teacher-training students with a minimum of two GCE A levels in the Principality ; and that the Polytechnic was being called upon to make a disproportionate sacrifice because it would have to drop its Dip.HE/BEd. programme which was a basic component of a newly developed integrated system of degree courses . |
| 15 | Even if the Tories lose their overall majority , Mr Major is almost certain to seek to form a minority Government if he has the largest number of seats . |
| 16 | Of all British cities Glasgow has the largest number of council flats in high blocks : 33,600 in blocks of five or more storeys ( almost twice the total of its nearest challenger , Birmingham ) , the majority resulting from a compressed ‘ burst ’ of construction in the 1960s . |
| 17 | It also has the largest number of overseas companies listed . |
| 18 | Which country has the largest number of people employed in manufacturing ? |
| 19 | Write a program , using the instruction set given in Figure 1.5 , to find the largest number and put it in location 150 . |
| 20 | These were purchased on price and availability , to provide the largest number of users with a standard machine for basic word-processing , which had been identified as the major requirement for Garden users . |
| 21 | Fibreglass mock-ups were built to provide the large numbers of aircraft which lined the numerous military bases across Pearl Harbor . |
| 22 | The third group of problems related to the task of trying to rehabilitate the large number of elderly long-stay patients with intractable illnesses . |
| 23 | Prisons , such as Preston and Portsmouth , which had been closed as civil prisons since the 1930s , had to be re-opened to contain the larger numbers . |
| 24 | The block plans were thoroughly examined in the press , and although this part of the competition attracted the largest number of entrants , it had the least bearing on the final outcome . |
| 25 | In any event , Canary knew that the only possible solution to create the large numbers of Japanese aircraft was to remanufacture AT–6s and BT–13s to the proper configuration . |
| 26 | Ayr , Irvine and Kilmarnock Academies could each lay claim to having had the largest number of scholars who went on to great things but , before these grander seats of learning were established , several small , seemingly totally inadequate schools had produced a succession of men of whom the county can be proud . |
| 27 | This technique may also provide valuable information on the pathogenesis of cerebral embolism , and our case shows the large number of apparently symptomless emboli that may arise in such patients . |
| 28 | And the table shows the large numbers of women currently using what the World Fertility Survey dismissively ( and inappropriately ) calls ‘ inefficient ’ methods of contraception . |
| 29 | KPMG Peat Marwick audited the largest number of private limited companies ( 213 ) , followed by Coopers & Lybrand ( 164 ) , Touche Ross ( 141 ) and Ernst & Young ( 140 ) . |
| 30 | The orders for civil aircraft alone could not sustain the large number of smallish firms that comprised the industry . |