Example sentences of "[verb] a large [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such claims involve a large pinch of special pleading , especially by the property-casualty firms which are lobbying hard for concessions before their rules are released in June . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Bleek 's relationships involve a large number of bedroom scenes which for too much of the time seem to present the women as carnal accessories passively accepting his attentions . |
| 3 | Buying decisions often involve a large number of people , particularly in the case of a public authority where a purchasing committee may be involved in a major purchase . |
| 4 | This cautionary tale produced a moment 's silence , as all those present contemplated the awful prospect of having to rewrite a large chunk of a book from memory . |
| 5 | Together with differential rotation , this causes a large amount of mechanical energy and magnetic flux to pass through the surface . |
| 6 | A workshop introduced by members of the Outwrite Collective put forward a resolution ( endorsed by the final conference plenary ) that ’ noted the failure of the conference to attract a large representation of Black women and women with disabilities ’ and committed Women for Socialism to ’ developing links and discussions with Black women 's organisations , to increasing Black women 's involvement at all levels , to developing links with other women 's and feminist organisations internationally , and to discussing a future women 's federation ’ . |
| 7 | The author does a sterling job in painstakingly assembling a large corpus of evidence from a vast variety of sources , taking us through a welter of contemporary descriptions and extrapolating what are almost invariably convincing conclusions from the visual evidence . |
| 8 | To deal with these issues in democratic decision-making , we shall need a large dose of economics and a fair helping of political science . |
| 9 | Vacillating individuals , requiring constant reassurance , would evidently need a large supply of chickens and of the benge oracular material . |
| 10 | ‘ It would need a large number of men , ’ he points out , ‘ who would have to stay until the job is done . |
| 11 | It was an oddly cold-blooded act to coax a large sum of money from someone she had no intention of marrying to buy a house she did n't intend to live in . |
| 12 | They played a key role in the original establishment of the Labour Party , and provide a large proportion of the party 's funds today . |
| 13 | More than a hundred members of the legislature are simultaneously part of the executive and they provide a large phalanx of obedient support for cabinet initiatives . |
| 14 | One of the reasons behind this seemingly illogical situation in such an over-populated area is that councils are not legally allowed to take into account small sites ( aptly termed ‘ wind-full ’ sites ) that may have become derelict or vacant which actually provide a large amount of free land . |
| 15 | They opened the door and entered a large expanse of silence . |
| 16 | Japanese chemists have synthesised a large number of isoprenyl and isoprenoxyl derivatives and tested them against animal models . |
| 17 | By contrast , industrial unions cover all workers within a particular industry and general unions are completely inclusive in terms of their recruitment , representing a large number of different industries and occupations . |
| 18 | This document read as follows : That we , as representing a large number of the women compositors of Edinburgh , feel that a question affecting a considerable body of women should not be settled without these women having an opportunity of giving expression to their views . |
| 19 | The graph also gives an economical means of representing a large amount of information in an implicit and flexible format , and provides a record of the input information should further checking become necessary at a later stage . |
| 20 | The multielement regional geochemical dataset , which covers a large part of the country , pointed to several areas of potential mineralisation , hitherto unknown , including three areas in Scotland in which particulate gold is associated with pathfinder elements , and gold is associated with arsenic in altered metasediments . |
| 21 | This covers a large portion of flat land and could take the largest planes available , even by today 's standards . |
| 22 | The Cartiera excavation site covers a large expanse of land behind an oil refinery , and dates to 171 BC . |
| 23 | Rachel 's Dairy has grown slowly from selling pots of cream in local shops to a distribution network that covers a large chunk of Britain . |
| 24 | However it is easily identified by the large black blotch that covers a large proportion of its upper body and dorsal fin . |
| 25 | The brand covers a large number of DOC vineyards . |
| 26 | This umbrella term covers a large number of different therapies , which concentrate strongly on the ‘ wholeness ’ of a person and their potential for good . |
| 27 | A traditionally-shaped single-ply black scratchplate covers a large area of the body ( Bakelite then , plastic now ) , secured by correctly-positioned mounting screws , and a finger-rest ( so the player can thumb-pluck the strings ) situated at a slight angle below the G-string , by the end of the neck . |
| 28 | Father Richard Yeo , a Benedictine monk whose parish covers a large area of north Suffolk and south Norfolk is leaving Bungay after seven years . |
| 29 | The scheme , launched by Michael Howard in May , has so far attracted a large number of national and other contractors , and has been given widespread support from both Government and consumer associations . |
| 30 | The government showed itself willing to accept a large number of amendments of detail and a few of substance affecting boundaries as long as they could maintain the principle of a two-tier structure . |