Example sentences of "have [prep] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-border banking is essentially wholesale banking and has to a large extent been dependent on euro-currency deposit growth . |
| 2 | The overall response of the British state to this twofold crisis has to a large extent been characterized by penological pragmatism : responding to developments and attempting to manage the resources crisis ‘ with no clear or coherent philosophical or other theoretical basis ’ ( Bottoms , 1990a : 4 ) . |
| 3 | Fortunately continuing research by agrochemical manufacturers has to a large extent enabled the persistent organo-chlorides to be suspended . |
| 4 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |
| 5 | For a continuously varying trait ( let us use human size as an example ) , the value of the trait in an individual is probably determined by what genes it has at a large number of genetic loci , together with the effect of the environment . |
| 6 | When told to settle down — and Emlyn Williams , who had to a large extent taken over the parental role from Philip Burton at this stage , did instruct him to do that — it clicked with something and he thought — well , why not ? |
| 7 | This division of labour by artefact type epitomises attitudes towards archaeology generally at that time , and such divisions have to a large extent persisted to this day , emphasising how artefact-based early Anglo-Saxon studies have remained . |