Example sentences of "large [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though in the early days there were capacity problems at Gloucester , by and large the new arrangements have worked well . |
| 2 | By and large the evidence which Engels and his contemporaries saw as significant of the high status of women in primitive societies is often wrong or does not signify what it was believed to mean . |
| 3 | Most non-Americans do not realise how large the Civil War looms in the American consciousness , and until recently ( before Carter and Reagan ) in the South ‘ federal government was regarded essentially as a northern out fit attempting to foist liberal urban values on the stately old agrarian Confederacy ’ . |
| 4 | In general , balance between front and back-benches will always be contentious — each element wants to have a larger role — but by and large the broadcasters seem to have struck it reasonably well . |
| 5 | How large the locks seem , how appalling would be their forcing and splintering . |
| 6 | We never came to any agreement , but I can say for my part that I developed fairly firm ideas of my own on the matter during the course of such discussions , and they are by and large the beliefs I still hold today . |
| 7 | Continentals — and by and large the Celts , as you will no doubt agree — are as a rule unable to control themselves in moments of strong emotion , and are thus unable to maintain a professional demeanour other than in the least challenging of situations . |
| 8 | One sad aspect of the sexual revolution is the fact that by and large the churches have had little to contribute that is positive and constructive . |
| 9 | For the profession at large the most important thing is to be guided by the professional association and to act professionally and challenge attempts at censorship from whatever direction . |
| 10 | There were plenty of cases of unruly or difficult or dissident bishops ; but by and large the Church stood by the kings ; and in return the kings placed more and more authority and responsibility in the hands of bishops and abbots . |
| 11 | The more isolated rural Free City population gave its support to the NSDAP at an early stage , but by and large the city dwellers could give the lie to much Nazi propaganda . |
| 12 | By and large the Poles and Germans of the city had shown very early in the Free City 's existence that they could rub along together . |
| 13 | If the final shapes are quite large the painting will appear impressionistic . |
| 14 | It is a tribute to the formative power of the experience that by and large the contradiction was internalized . |
| 15 | I then noticed how large the Wrasse had grown , snatching the food from my fingers before I could offer it to my other fish . |
| 16 | If the prey were large the carnosaur could not have eaten it all at once . |
| 17 | There were a few exceptions to prove the rule , but by and large the Commons looked as if it were fighting the class war rather than debating the need for the protection of wild mammals . |
| 18 | It could be dangerous — Edward Shelley of Warninghurst died at Tyburn in 1588 for hiding a priest — but by and large the penalties were not too heavily enforced . |
| 19 | Sir , — By and large the services of practising chartered accountants to their clients are about 5% of any real value and 95% conformity to legislation — audit , taxation etc . |
| 20 | Had it been realised just how large the audience had become and how fast it was growing , greater attention might have been paid to broadcasting during 1961 to 1968 . |
| 21 | By and large the Nonconformist churches supported the war , destroying themselves as a significant political force in the process . |
| 22 | If the final shapes are quite large the painting will appear impressionistic . |
| 23 | Here , truly , one can see writ large the truth of the Canal Commission 's simple motto — ‘ the Land divided , the World united ’ — or applaud the brief laureateship of the poet Stafford who wrote , to celebrate the Canal 's opening day in 1914 : |
| 24 | By and large the original exhibition at Edinburgh has been well adapted to the diverse spaces at Kenwood , even if it has not been possible to make the large plaster reconstruction model , lent by the Museo della Civiltà Romana , Rome , still the focal centre of the show . |
| 25 | As a key is provided , and the writing tasks are controlled , the tutor will not be flooded with piles of marking however large the class . |
| 26 | A biologist who was so minded could counter by arguing that , if by and large the marriages generate the children , then marriage laws could still have been influenced by evolutionary pressures . |
| 27 | Furthermore , with subtotal damage you have no real way of knowing in advance exactly how large the scotoma should be . |
| 28 | Parliament , in short , can not be trusted ; and the referendum showed that by and large the people do not trust it . |
| 29 | And by and large the activities of church and state would be separatist . |
| 30 | Irrespective of whether a hotel is small , medium or large the basic work of the reception office is the same , selling accommodation , receiving and welcoming guests , maintaining accounting and other records , liaison with all other departments within the hotel and integrating all activities relating to the service and comfort of the guests . |