Example sentences of "[vb pp] on a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the Second World War this species was hunted , as part of a traditional subsistence economy , by Bedouin tribes but with the development of the oil industry and the introduction of modern vehicles and weapons , hunting parties organised on a large scale rapidly reduced oryx populations to such an extent that they were virtually eliminated . |
| 2 | The supply branch computing specialists used a help desk expert system at the Supply Control Centre several years ago when a new unit supply system was installed on a large number of RAF stations . |
| 3 | The court rolls show that the Forest law had been generally disregarded , and that the king 's deer had been hunted and the forest timber felled on a large scale . |
| 4 | Leachate must , however , be carefully controlled to avoid contamination of surface and below-ground drainage , though further economies can be made by recycling the leaching solution ; if such a process was applied on a large scale the widespread contamination of land and water by natural mine-leaching processes could be considerably reduced . |
| 5 | The letter was written on a large sheet of thin paper , in a flowing hand . |
| 6 | Here is Thomas 's final piece , which is presented in type because the original was written on a large piece of paper and integrated with a beautiful line drawing of the piece of wood . |
| 7 | Kaolin , or ‘ china clay ’ , is formed by the decomposition of granite , and Cornwall and Dartmoor were found to have huge deposits which were soon exploited on a large scale . |
| 8 | Forest survival is thus threatened on a large scale . |
| 9 | This was the origin of the ‘ Crewe ’ locomotive type , which was built on a large scale after the transfer of the GJR works to Crewe , in the planning of which Buddicom was deeply involved . |
| 10 | Fred Dunston ( Fritz Deutsch ) , a Youth Allyah worker and former Scout leader from Vienna , was drafted in as an organiser of the transit camp , which was to be built on a large meadow across the road from the training centre at Great Engeham Farm : |
| 11 | Built on a large aluminium chassis the new model has a substantial 430VA mains transformer with separate secondary windings which feed the two stereo channels . |
| 12 | But someone had built on a large extension to the rear and this housed the kitchen , which as Meredith was to discover , was large , modern and furbished it seemed with every kind of modern gadget . |
| 13 | In education , local government , and health the government has intervened and regulated on a large scale . |
| 14 | is a Sussex Cheddar-type cheese made on a large scale but only from the milk of a single Friesian herd . |
| 15 | These coins give no immediate clues as to their place of minting or indeed their date , for similar coinage in the name of Alexander continued to be made on a large scale for about a hundred years after his death . |
| 16 | Both these products are made on a large scale and can still be regarded as commodities . |
| 17 | Shaft mining began in the fifteenth century , and by the Industrial Revolution mining was being done on a large scale . |
| 18 | I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) that it is doubly absurd to destroy jobs in the British tobacco industry — as has been done on a large scale — if that leads not to a reduction in tobacco consumption but to the substitution of imported brands of cigarette . |
| 19 | As part of the regular tours of Lord 's , the last hour of both World Cup semi-finals ( March 21–22 ) and the final ( March 25 ) will be shown on a large screen at no extra charge . |
| 20 | Economic reasons : textbooks produced on a large scale are cheaper . |
| 21 | So an experiment was performed on a large scale using approximately 500µg of expressed protein . |
| 22 | In the Netherlands where Article 3(5) has been used on a large scale , the key element in the definition is that the handicap is external ( i.e. not arising from the farmer 's operating practices ) and permanent in the locality . |
| 23 | Microprogramming was first used on a large scale in the IBM System/360 range of computers , where a common architecture and instruction set had to be implemented on a number of different models the range with widely-varying basic hardware . |
| 24 | Artificial fertilisers ( potash , nitrates ) were not yet used on a large scale : Chilean nitrate imports to Britain had not reached 60,000 tons by 1870 . |
| 25 | The aluminium is being used on a large scale for the first time in Britain in the electrification of the Hooton to Chester line . |
| 26 | Traffic of this kind had occurred on a large scale in the period following on the October Revolution , but if there had been any ‘ bagmen ’ left by 1921–2 in the Middle Volga region , they would have been ruthlessly stamped out . |
| 27 | The following summary is based on a large volume of published information , but notable sources include Anderton and others ( 1979 ) , Hancock ( 1983 ) , Harris and others ( 1979 ) and Windley ( 1984 ) . |
| 28 | Where the parties have a continuing relationship based on a large volume of business under regular orders the most efficient way to proceed is to enter into a framework agreement which regulates the mechanism for placing orders and decides in advance the terms and conditions which will govern each order . |
| 29 | Dealers may not like to see the extent of the drop in auction prices quantified by the Sculpture Index , but it is important to remember that the figures are based on a large number of actual transactions , not a selection of retail sales . |
| 30 | There are occasions when teachers would want detailed feedback for diagnostic purposes or to evaluate their teaching , but an assessment scheme which is tightly based on a large number of criteria would compel teachers to work to them even when it might not be appropriate to do so . |