Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had metaphorically shaken a large fist , impotently , at some looming energy-field , and got on with his work , his work . |
| 2 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 3 | Bore-hole water rarely contains a large quantity of suspended solids , but , if it contains iron or manganese in solution , the removal of these entails the production of a precipitate that has to be removed by methods similar to those given above . |
| 4 | To undertake more redistribution the government will have to increase tax rates , thereby driving a larger wedge between the price paid by the purchaser and the price received by the seller of the good or service . |
| 5 | If all the children are to be involved , is the production strong enough to support a large cast in worthwhile roles ? |
| 6 | Isolating stallions from other horses obviously plays a large part in the aggression and even viciousness some stallions display towards mares . |
| 7 | Much more important than the Duchy was the royal household , whose financial institutions , the Chamber and the Wardrobe , not only consumed a large part of the Crown 's income but also assisted , from time to time , in national government . |
| 8 | Zanya looked out of their spaceship , but she could only see a large , boring , grey planet . |
| 9 | They are drastic pieces of legislation which should rightly occupy a large part of the time of the House . |
| 10 | When an old issue of bonds is approaching maturity , the Bank of England will probably enter the market to buy them back over a number of weeks or months , rather than waiting to the maturity date and then suddenly releasing a large amount of liquidity into the economy . |
| 11 | She came in holding a large vase of flowers and said with a smile : |
| 12 | For hand scanning , there 's the facility to ‘ stitch ’ scans together to form a larger image than the standard ‘ 4″ wide by as long as you like ’ , which is automatic , quick , and accurate . |
| 13 | The drawing suggests how separate information fields can combine together to form a large field . |
| 14 | One of the easiest methods of making your own wall hangings is by cutting dyed fabrics into angular shapes and then stitching the pieces together to form a large , striking abstract design . |
| 15 | As they left the radio station , the soldiers apparently encountered a large crowd of demonstrators who pelted them with stones . |
| 16 | The Gazco log-effect convector fire gives out up to 4 kW of heat for about 12p per hour — enough to keep a large room warm on a winter evening — and costs £570 . |
| 17 | The stone-floored basement was converted into a huge , communal changing room , one of the first of its kind , and Bernard thoughtfully provided a large leather armchair for bored husbands or partners . |
| 18 | The individual bourgeois who felt called upon to comment on public matters knew that a letter to The Times or the Neue Freie Presse would not merely reach a large part of his class and the decision makers , but , what was more important , that it would be printed on the strength of his standing as an individual . |
| 19 | He got to his fret and dusting himself down saw a large hole in the door behind him . |
| 20 | At that point , the mother came in carrying a large tray on which were the four suppers . |
| 21 | As she turned , there was a knock at the door and a young woman in SS auxiliary uniform came in carrying a large file . |
| 22 | In the late 19th century , they studied bumps on heads ( phrenology ) and if you were unfortunate enough to have a large protuberance on your forehead — well , you would n't have got as far as nice chats in the grocer 's with a friendly-going-on-gullible type like myself . |
| 23 | African states went to war with each other often enough to have a large number of captives to sell , and competition among the slave traders encouraged this and pushed them into searching aggressively for slaves among their neighbours or else finding themselves enslaved by their better-equipped rivals . |
| 24 | In this , academic qualifications obviously play a large part , but close attention is given also to the applicant 's personality and non-academic interests and attainments based on information supplied by the candidate and by the confidential referee . |
| 25 | In this , academic qualifications obviously play a large part , but close attention is given also to the applicant 's personality and non-academic interests and attainments based on information supplied by the candidate and by the confidential referee . |
| 26 | If the base drive of the switching transistor was suddenly removed a large induced voltage would appear between the transistor collector and emitter , causing permanent damage to the drive circuit . |
| 27 | She does not discuss de Beauvoir 's philosophical writings in the same depth , though unsurprisingly devotes a large section to the writing and reception of The Second Sex . |
| 28 | One need not mechanically check a large number of triangles to see that some of what holds of one will hold of all . |
| 29 | This is particularly true when only median summaries have been applied to a fit ; inspection of column 3 of figure 9.7 , for example , reveals that the residuals from the 3R smooth alone contain a large number of zeros . |
| 30 | Binnerton manor obviously had a large number of freeholders , including some members of the nobility and gentry who probably never set foot in the place let alone attended the manorial court . |