Example sentences of "[prep] a large [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was very taken with organization in the corporate world , and MainMan was fashioned after a large corporation although , at least in its beginning , it was anything but that . ’ |
| 2 | He was very taken with organisation in the corporate world and MainMan was being fashioned after a large corporation although in its beginning , it was anything but that . |
| 3 | A few French Commandos were making their way across the farmyard in the direction of a large barn where it appeared that someone was attempting to prepare breakfast . |
| 4 | Practice using the edge of a large brush until you can be confident about making marks you intend to put down . |
| 5 | Yet I can still detect the presence of a large lorry or bus out of the extreme corner of my eye . |
| 6 | They paddled out into the middle of a large convoy that was anchored there , attached the mines and returned to Kabrit for breakfast . |
| 7 | However , at the time the security of a large firm and a well known brand appeared to be the most sensible decision I could make . |
| 8 | ‘ Look 's like the base of a large shell or bomb , ’ replied one of the Commandos . |
| 9 | This is where shares are bought in advance of a large transaction that is known about and that will push up the price . |
| 10 | The production of such a system requires the development of a large lexicon and extraction of language information from large samples of the language . |
| 11 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 12 | We are an integral part of a large organisation and are expected to work as a team . |
| 13 | He bent down and stroked the shining plumage of a large bird that lay at his feet , trussed up with creepers . |
| 14 | The company 's planned highly parallel vector machine will consist of an array of proprietary vector processors , each the size of a large briefcase and each delivering GFLOPS performance , to get TFLOPS performance out of hundreds rather than thousands of processors . |
| 15 | All of these nuees were linked with the growth of a large pile or dome of viscous lava on the site of the Etang Sec , where the eruption first started . |
| 16 | He had been on the periphery of a large class and little attempt was being made to involve him in what was going on . |
| 17 | The combination of a large meal and physical tiredness made the thought of sleep irresistible , and she longed for her bunk . |
| 18 | A wooden mansion was quite an inviting residence : it consisted of the saloon of a large ship that must have been wrecked in the neighbourhood . |
| 19 | She watched as the boy ate ravenously , he was one of a large family and though his father was in regular employment at the copper works , he drank a great deal and kept his wife and children short of even the bare necessities of life . |
| 20 | The economic advantages of a large family or an interlocking connection of families were of course still substantial . |
| 21 | One of them , recently relieved of a large Norwegian and still visibly tense , said she 'd lost interest in food and would settle for not having all the cup handles knocked off . |
| 22 | For example , placing the blocks in the centre of a large room or out on the porch , instead of in their usual corner , can stimulate quite a different type of play . |
| 23 | duplicate popular services or products of a large business but avoid promotion and development costs ; position as a cheaper alternative . |
| 24 | He told a regional meeting of the federation : ‘ Unlike large companies , small businesses can not raise capital , they can only borrow but because of their size , they do not have the negotiating clout of a large business when it comes to dealing with a bank manager . ’ |
| 25 | They are a prodigious survival in the heart of a large city and one that can hardly weather a further intrusion of hostels . |
| 26 | Apart from anything else , this gives the individual manager the best chance of building some capital , and the problem of a large organization as opposed to the self-employed lies in the area of capital accumulation . |
| 27 | The second study is being set up by the EPA in a Georgia town which was one of a large number that volunteered to be followed while it switched to a pay-to-throw scheme . |
| 28 | There were , however , problems in coordinating the work of a large group and certain administrative and communication tasks became very difficult . |
| 29 | Cut the bread into rounds with a scone cutter to the diameter of a large ramekin or small soufflé dish . |
| 30 | The provision of a large calendar and clock in each ward can be useful in preventing this apparent disorientation . |