Example sentences of "large [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On May 20 the government deployed 630 companies of paramilitary troops — the largest ever for an election — to supplement security arrangements .
2 and large enough for a bit of extra elbow room .
3 It seemed hardly large enough for a child .
4 The huge north door , large enough for a cathedral , was closed .
5 With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life .
6 A draught whipped his bare legs , and he glanced over his shoulder , along the passage ; there was a hole in the little window beside the back door , just large enough for a hand to come through and turn the key in the lock … .
7 It was ample for a small family of four of modest intent , yet large enough for a maid and a nurse to be employed .
8 In 1915 it had been widened to seven yards , just large enough for an up- and down-column of trucks .
9 A hole is then cut in the lid large enough for the powerhead intake to go through and into the pipe .
10 Varnishes can be used direct from the container if the diameter is large enough for the brush being used , but it is better to pour the varnish into a paint kettle which has a wire stretched across the middle , so that excess varnish can be scraped off on the wire .
11 TIED PLASTIC SACKS which must be strong enough and large enough for the purpose .
12 But I think that er this er Centenary Sports Ground gon na be large enough for the public to see and this and wants to be on a smaller metal er edition that 's there for er ever and a day .
13 Before long , the baby will be large enough for the midwife and doctor to feel her position inside you .
14 Consider for example the case when Ri becomes large enough for the turbulence to be suppressed in the outer region , so that the Reynolds stress becomes small there .
15 diabolically malevolent dwarf , the chief villain of the Old Curiosity Shop ‘ … his head and face were large enough for the body of a giant .
16 1 It must be large enough for the spider to build its web in .
17 On May 7 the Slovak National Council voted 73-59 in favour of a declaration of sovereignty of the Slovak Republic , but a previous procedural decision that a three-fifths majority was required to amend the Constitution meant that the margin was not large enough for the declaration to be adopted .
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