Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | The homoeopathic doctor needs to obtain a large amount of information from the patient which requires a longer consultation time . |
| 2 | Whiskas Kitten Food is highly digestible , important when a small stomach has to meet a large energy need . |
| 3 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
| 4 | I I 'm certainly not My Lords er un er er an unqualified admirer of all our procedures in local Government , but I do believe that before central Government is further down the road of , of erm usurping functions which are now those of local government it has to persuade a large number of people that its own performance justifies such a course and myself I do n't believe it does . |
| 5 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
| 6 | This argument is reversed when the load has to move a large distance , because a high operating speed is then required . |
| 7 | There are ways of minimizing such distortions but , in questionnaires about child rearing especially , ‘ social desirability ’ tends to play a large part in determining the answers given . |
| 8 | The first 1,000 ports of this network have already been installed and accepted by Telefonica , which intends to introduce a large number of new network services aimed at covering the information needs of Spain 's largest companies . |
| 9 | There is the Government 's view , which seems to see a large market as an end in itself , and there is the view expressed by my right hon. Friend , which sees a large market as successful only if it improves the quality of life of our citizens . |
| 10 | Whether mechanical disintegration is regarded as acting alone or always or usually in conjunction with some chemical weathering , the fact remains that it appears to play a large part in desert weathering and is responsible for the predominance of angular broken waste material in deserts . |
| 11 | Fireflies and some fish ( usually with the help of bacteria ) have the power to manufacture their own light , but the process seems to consume a large amount of energy . |
| 12 | It is a small commercial music festival which helps to support a large free family entertainment programme . |
| 13 | If you are using brick slips to cover a large arch in the same room , the soffit can be nailed below the arch , but set back about 25mm higher , or made flush with the arch , so that brick slips can be stuck around the face , or both face and soffit , to match the main arch . |
| 14 | A sample of 225 women was selected from general practice registers to include a large number of women who had lost a parent in childhood . |
| 15 | The University continues to attract a large and increasing number of applications for undergraduate courses , thus ensuring the high calibre of entrants as the number of places increases . |
| 16 | A mathematical system is distinguished by the fact that it seeks to derive a large number of very complex conclusions from a small number of primitive propositions , employing a small number of primitive ideas . |
| 17 | May I place it on record that I know that my hon. Friend is doing his best to ensure that south Dorset continues to have a large amount of Ministry of Defence employment ? |