Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject of English stress has received a large amount of attention , and the references given here are only a small selection from an enormous number . |
| 2 | An earth tremor measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale has shaken a large part of Britain including Oxfordshire , causing people to flee their homes as chimneys collapsed and windows cracked . |
| 3 | Turnbull admitted it has formed a large part of forwards ' practice where the pack try to shift as many as 16 others , which concentrates the mind wonderfully on body positions . |
| 4 | Over the years Skarsnik has amassed a large collection of Dwarf beard scalps which he displays on long wooden stakes driven into the mountain side . |
| 5 | Specialization in weaponry has attracted a large following in the West . |
| 6 | He has shot a large moth and pinned its body to the ceiling . |
| 7 | The National Library has seen a large number of retirements and new appointments during the year , including new departmental structures and staffing levels , leading to the overall number of permanent and temporary posts being increased . |
| 8 | Clark ( 1990 ) has recently referred to the ‘ myth ’ of the Anglo-Norman scribe and has collected a large number of comments from early in the century up until very recently from the work of distinguished scholars , in which attested forms are typically said to be ‘ Anglo-Norman ’ and therefore rejected . |
| 9 | Fortunately , she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow £45,000 . |
| 10 | This system , which is discussed in detail by Montgomery and Wallace leads to a fairly high number of accesses required to retrieve records from a well-aged file , i.e. one that has had a large number of additions or deletions since it was last loaded . |
| 11 | But this particular branch has got a large area stretching out like , as far as . |
| 12 | Nikko Systems Center , subsidiary of Nikko Securities Ltd , has bought a large NCR 3600 parallel processor from NCR Japan , for trading system purposes : the value of the order is $2.15m and the new system is to run a system based on the Sybase database , supporting a network of Sun Microsystems Inc stations . |
| 13 | Daimler-Benz , for example , has bought a large site on Potsdamer Platz , in the heart of the new Berlin . |
| 14 | The woman talking has raised a large family and needs state resources as her basic income . |
| 15 | Anne had been born and brought up in Bellerby in North Yorkshire , a member of the Metcalfe family which has played a large part in keeping this tradition alive . |
| 16 | As everywhere else on earth , climate has played a large part in the distribution of species , as have vegetational changes , which are the direct result of climatic variation . |
| 17 | I am sure you are all aware that Royston is an important cog in the Athletico jigsaw and his recurrent knee injury has played a large part in our poor results this season . |
| 18 | Britain has played a large part in that . |
| 19 | Sue Curnow has played a large number of parts in the theatre and on television in both England and New Zealand . |
| 20 | Our squeamishness in the presence of our prey animals , our inability to look them in the eye , has condemned a large number of our pigs to nastiest existence imaginable . |
| 21 | The horror depicted in Kafka 's Metamorphosis , in which a man awakens to discover that he has become a large insect , invites comparison with the norms of women 's existence — her passages from childhood to puberty , from mature womanhood to menopause and old age ; her experience of pregnancy . |
| 22 | Interest in sources of power in organizations has stimulated a large literature within that particular combination of sociology and psychology known as organizational theory . |
| 23 | ‘ Sir Patrick has spent a large part of his life living in Africa and we are an African company , so to speak , ’ says Cluff . |
| 24 | Pitch and enveloping , it still manages to thunder along now that Dean Garcia has binned a large chunk of the previously dominant rhythmic backing tracks , thanks to drummer Monti , whose role in the group was always criminally hidden before . |
| 25 | There has been a surge of field studies in the Himalayan-Tibetan region since the late 1970s and this has generated a large body of published work . |
| 26 | The question which these cases raise concerning the proper forum for protecting the employment rights of government employees has generated a large volume of litigation , and the resulting law is complex and unsatisfactory . |
| 27 | Insiders say he has transplanted a large tract of greenery into the leaderene 's speech , which will dwell on her commitment to saving the world from global warming . |
| 28 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 29 | The pollution claims have been given credibility by the Colombian health ministry , which has declared a large area around the mind " uninhabitable " because of the accumulation of toxic waste . |
| 30 | Has influenced a large number of the world 's breeds . |