Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , we could decide the question of whether a motorway should be built solely by considering whether landowners , whose property is to be acquired , will be properly compensated ; but to do so would be to ignore a large number of other important interests . |
| 2 | If graduated tests are to have a large measurement component then it seems that , as things stand at present , a significant number of girls will be disadvantaged . |
| 3 | If your organization were to inherit a large amount of money , outline and discuss areas in which investment in information management and information technology would make the most difference to the outcome of your project . |
| 4 | One of the aims and functions of a high-fibre diet is to sustain a large bulk of semi-fluid matter in the stomach , and to produce more soft and bulky faeces . |
| 5 | The aim of the study is to help a large civil engineering consultancy firm determine their longer term strategy for training their technicians in the use of computers as an aid to design . |
| 6 | The one thing that does not seem to work in these situations is to use a large pop-up fished over the bed of baits . |
| 7 | I had hoped to be writing a birth report about how wonderful it is to use a large pool of warm water in labour . |
| 8 | The logical extension of avoiding multiples of 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 , etc. , is to use a large prime number . |
| 9 | The first is to generate a large number of test items designed to indicate the supposed social or attitudinal attribute . |
| 10 | The aim of statistics is to represent a large amount of data by a few simple parameters and the mean of the Normal distribution is one of the most important of these . |
| 11 | The aim of statistics is to represent a large amount of data by a few simple parameters and the mean of the Normal distribution is one of the most important of these . |
| 12 | The first requirement is to have a large number of potential projects from which to select and then to select those which will produce the best returns on the resources available . |
| 13 | The first requirement is to have a large number of potential projects from which to select and then to select those which will produce the best returns on the resources available . |
| 14 | No doubt , the latter 's first act is to pay a large insurance premium on a burial policy . ’ |
| 15 | The idea was to provide a large proportion of the teacher 's training on the job . |
| 16 | My brief was to provide a large painting of London with the Thames and the Richard Rogers Lloyd 's building somewhere in view , to fit a space that was large , long and thin in one of the client 's boardrooms at the Royal Mint . |
| 17 | One effect of this strategy was to create a large number of internal refugees — some reports estimating that some 150,000 Cambodians were displaced during 1990 , either by being forcibly moved in to the interior by SOC troops , or by fleeing from Khmer Rouge attack . |
| 18 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |
| 19 | Dana had travelled from Berlin to Salamanca on an old motor bike that was to play a large part in our lives both in Spain and in England . |
| 20 | To see my starved self as beautiful was to dissipate a large part of this confusion : I was , literally and metaphorically , in perfect shape . |
| 21 | The English response to these manoeuvres was to raise a large army for the invasion of Scotland . |
| 22 | This was to stake a large claim to moral originality , and it is a work that has earned the right to be revered and detested . |
| 23 | At first Wolff 's duties were to manage the yard and provide engineering skills ; but later , through his links with the Jewish community in Britain and Hamburg , he was to bring a large amount of business to the yard . |