Example sentences of "[vb pp] be a large [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Also included are a large green enamelled blue-ground saucer dish , Kangxi marks and of the period ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–60,000 ) and a pair of yellow and blue dragon bowls of the same period ( est. £15–25,000 ; $25–45,000 ) .
2 The room in the workhouse where the boys were fed was a large stone hall , and at one end the master and two women served the food .
3 The only thing that can save the sport in the country where it was born is a large injection of prize money .
4 What such arrangements traditionally have provided is a large group of women , related to each other as in-laws and living in the same household , who operate their own quite complex social organization in which each gains significant support .
5 I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery .
6 What is now required is a large scale , well co-ordinated research programme on the products from all known kilns , many of which have been excavated but never published .
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