Example sentences of "the larger " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , none of the work carried out by Amnesty could continue without money and it is in this respect that sections , particularly the larger sections like the British , have a vital role to play . |
| 2 | However , one thing worth mentioning at this point is that the larger parts are not always a guarantee of an agent 's interest — quite often big roles will attract attention , but a student who has been very well cast in a smaller role may hit the mark just as effectively . |
| 3 | It is important to note that , since the system began in the late 1920s , there has never been a significant move to split up the schools for use by the separate denominations , something which would have been feasible in the larger towns . |
| 4 | Some of the larger schools , however , are comprehensives , taking in the whole range of abilities , and are government funded for their current expenditure . |
| 5 | A number of the larger Georgian pubs originally accommodated outbuildings to the rear . |
| 6 | From a vast range in many shapes and sizes , you could select the dwarf Salix lanata for foliage , the larger S. fargesii for winter twigs , and another small willow , S. hastata , for its silver catkins . |
| 7 | This philosophy , though on a far grander scale , can be observed in practice in such great gardens as Sissinghurst in Kent and Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire , where similar plants and colour combinations have been placed in walled or hedged parts of the larger garden . |
| 8 | Several of the larger equipment companies have a mail order service , which is useful if you are unable to get out to the shops . |
| 9 | These were acknowledged publicly by no less a figure than a former Prime Minister , W.L. MacKenzie King , at the communal celebrations of Lyon 's 60th birthday and his 35th anniversary of engagement in social interests , as well as those of his friend of many years ( to whom Lyon Cohen had diverted the honour of being invited to be the Member of Parliament several years before ) , Sir Samuel W. Jacobs , KC : ‘ Our friend finds himself today , ’ , commented Jacobs , ‘ the acknowledged leader of Jewry in Canada , a position acquired by years of self-denying effort … respected by his own , and also by the larger community in which we dwell . ’ |
| 10 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |
| 11 | The larger floor-standing F200 carves up to 40in high by 14in diameter ; panels up to 14in wide in lengths restricted only by material lengths or workshop walls ; and spindles up to 66in long by 8in diameter . |
| 12 | Draw a semi-circle to a radius of 255mm , then on the same centre draw another semi-circle of 665mm radius , and divide the larger semi-circle into three equal parts . |
| 13 | Personal memories : of the larger knots of passengers at reopened Templecombe than at most other stations between Exeter and Salisbury , a route far busier and better served than ten years ago ; but of travelling from Southampton to Newton Abbot via Westbury having dinner with a traveller from London to Crewkerne , the common Westbury-Taunton section way north of both passengers ' direct line being attractive because of the faster pace of HSTs . |
| 14 | The important point in the above definition is the assertion that things which differ in some common qualities do nevertheless belong to the larger class . |
| 15 | Prices are around £29 for the larger ( ALB41 ) model , and £24 for the smaller ( ALB24 ) . |
| 16 | Nearly two generations have passed since Hollywood introduced the larger format ( incidentally not 16:9 ) in an attempt to halt the then falling box office revenues . |
| 17 | Initially this left the larger machines , with consoles scattered around on the end of RS232 cables , somewhat behind . |
| 18 | In such work there is an opportunity for English to , in a sense , escape from the academy , literally to go extra-mural , and to re-establish those connections with the larger society that were originally part of its raison d'être . |
| 19 | And indeed it is , for us too , evasive and misleading to abstract the manageably limited issue from the larger one . |
| 20 | Yet General Noriega has not fallen , and evidently has sufficient funds to maintain the loyalty of the larger part of the armed forces : thanks in part , it is suspected , to the support of the drug barons of Colombia . |
| 21 | The production was first given at the Theatre Royal in York , yet it transfers very well to the larger auditorium of the Grand . |
| 22 | The problem was that the EC is split between the smaller countries which want the Commission to review a takeover when combined turnover of the two companies involved exceeds Ecu2bn ( about £1.4bn ) ; and the larger ones , like the UK , France and Germany , who think a Ecu5bn threshold is sufficient . |
| 23 | The smaller members , who would normally be defending a bid , will be able to surrender jurisdiction to the EC on any bid above the Ecu2bn threshold ; the larger ones will still adhere to the Ecu5bn limit . |
| 24 | But what of the larger question ? |
| 25 | In order to circumvent this bias to some extent , let us first burrow beneath this middle level to look at grass-roots religious sentiment which for the most part in 1922 escaped party supervision , since the latter was restricted geographically to the larger centres of habitation and their immediate hinterland . |
| 26 | A. Lunacharsky underlined the growing rift between the educational health of the larger towns and the benighted countryside , but to no avail . |
| 27 | After two or three hours , Harry say a sign indicating that Hamburg was 300 kilometres away , and he took this road as he knew Lubeck might be an alternative if no vessels for Sweden were berthed in the larger port . |
| 28 | Two monuments are common to the cemeteries : the Cross of Sacrifice , usually on an octagonal base and with a reversed Crusader 's sword on its shaft , and , in the larger cemeteries , the Stone of Remembrance upon which is carved ‘ Their Name Liveth for Evermore . ’ |
| 29 | Although the DSS is able to assist in meeting some of the costs of residents , the larger part of the costs are met from welfare funds raised by the Association , and from donations to the Home . |
| 30 | In return for a small share of the songs ' royalty earnings , the larger company takes over the day-to-day business of administering the musicians ' song catalogues while the musicians retain all copyright and control of their material ( see the ‘ self-publishing ’ section below ) . |