Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 2 | The theory is that the household rubbish will soak up the ill effects of the nasty stuff the not — so accidental practical result is a large cost saving . |
| 3 | Craven is a large contracting laboratory which carries out tests for international chemical and pesticide firms . |
| 4 | More commonly it will perform the SPIT and HISS display , especially if its tormentor is a large dog or an aggressive human being . |
| 5 | The gentoo is a large penguin , standing over sixty centimetres tall and is more like the king penguin in its habits , preferring to come ashore on sandy beaches and establish ‘ rookeries ’ up on nearby hillsides . |
| 6 | Ferndean Manor was a large old house in the middle of a wood . |
| 7 | Loretta 's bedroom was a large room on the top floor of her maisonette in Islington . |
| 8 | The result was a large number of takeovers and mergers . |
| 9 | The writing of GCE was a large enterprise , based on the work of the survey of English Usage . |
| 10 | Remaining in the car was a large dress-shop bag , made of thick , strong paper with some kind of dark blue lacquer coating and a picture of a woman in unidentifiable national costume . |
| 11 | ‘ Foreign ’ just meant that the car was a large luxury saloon of a kind she 'd never seen before . |
| 12 | Completed in 1869 , it is privately owned and in its heyday was a large linen warehouse , built of Scottish sandstone and designed in opulent Venetian Renaissance style . |
| 13 | At the entrance to the village and immediately on the right-hand side was a large house with a high wall round it . |
| 14 | At the side was a large gateway having two massive pillars from which hung double gates , each measuring some six feet in height by eight feet in width and constructed of heavy matchboard . |
| 15 | A pink pillar-box hat was perched precariously on her head , and pinned to its side was a large artificial purple flower . |
| 16 | To one side was a large white screen , to the other a wall of milky glass . |
| 17 | The safe being a large cabinet with a fine wire-mesh door to keep flies off fresh food . |
| 18 | The Heath is a large area of downland common , where the local golf club has its course , the local cricket team plays , and the racing stables exercise horses . |
| 19 | Internal audit is a large and significant part of the financial control of many organizations . |
| 20 | The rectus abdominis is a large flat muscle which joins the sternum ( breast bone ) to the pubic bone . |
| 21 | My cat is a large tabby tom . |
| 22 | That the arbitrageur can lend money at the riskless rate of interest appears sensible , but it is more questionable to assume that he or she can borrow at the riskless rate ( although if the marginal arbitrageur is a large financial institution , the assumption may be reasonable ) . |
| 23 | As many commentators have observed , a change in attitude is a large part of what the Act is about . |
| 24 | Derngate is a large flexible multi-media venue , playing host to a wide variety of art forms — drama , opera , ballet , classical and light music — and is also available for conferences and seminars . |
| 25 | Each machine is a large protein molecule , put together under the influence of a particular stretch of DNA . |
| 26 | The voluntary sector is a large employer of ACE schemes and now relies heavily on it for its funding . |
| 27 | Close to the mill is a large and attractive half-timbered mill house , which is still inhabited , as well as a substantial dove cote , dated 1741 , which stands taller than the mill itself . |
| 28 | Given that they are working with a small sample and that the likelihood ratio test is a large sample test , ADD do not consider the evidence to be strong enough to reject the null hypothesis . |
| 29 | If it was really wet and the oncoming vehicle was a large lorry , we were sprayed with a glutinous mud which windscreen-wipers only managed to smear further ! |
| 30 | The public bar was a large L shaped room , one half of the L obviously having been a separate snug before the modernisation . |