Example sentences of "have a [adv] large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pedestal basin generally has a slightly larger washing area than a wall-hung basin ; it does n't need such a secure fixing , and the supporting pedestal hides the plumbing , but it can only be installed at one height . |
| 2 | the labour market has a significantly large union sector , the non-union sector clears continuously ( at levels heavily influenced by social security benefits ) . |
| 3 | It also has a very large appetite , as you have found to your cost , and may attack smaller or less aggressive species ( and fishkeepers ' fingers ) . |
| 4 | A characteristic of such an organization is often that it has a very large board . |
| 5 | The Chart model has a far larger lexicon , however , containing 4,000 lexical items . |
| 6 | But the government is now talking to Cathay Pacific Airways , which has a far larger fleet , and is investigating the possibility of using redundant British cross channel ferries for larger groups . |
| 7 | A quail or a mouse also has a relatively large amount of light coloured , ‘ fast ’ , muscle ( white meat ) and hence are forced to use energy in short bursts only to avoid build up of the toxic byproduct of anaerobic respiration , lactic acid . |
| 8 | This latter component has a relatively large value and sets the — 3db point in the bass region . |
| 9 | The new shop has a much larger travel section . |
| 10 | People spend a lot of time thinking about things which are beneficial to themselves ; consideration of welfare and the environment has a much larger element of unselfishness in it . |
| 11 | Forster 's main concern is emotional freedom , and he has a much larger idea of it than Jane Austen . |
| 12 | Your PC will allow you to save larger designs than this , as it has a much larger memory capacity . |
| 13 | However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance . |
| 14 | Schools , of which no survey has been published , may have a particularly large number of lead pipes , despite the risk to children . |
| 15 | We do have a very large proportion of holiday accommodation and second homes , which are concentrated in certain parts of the county . |
| 16 | I do n't suppose , said Grimble to himself , that we need have a very large turkey … ( e.2 ) |
| 17 | In some cases quite small adjustments in the two values during the process of such negotiation will have a very large effect on the amount of development charge finally assessed . |
| 18 | ‘ The charter will potentially have a very large impact on small firms because it is about more regulation . ’ |
| 19 | True , the industrial economies still account for 76% of world exports and their currencies dominate international financial markets — so the economic policies of the old industrial giants do have a disproportionately large influence on the world economy as a whole . |
| 20 | It is unusual among oil producers both in being a democracy and in having a very large population on which to spend its wealth . |
| 21 | This , therefore , showed the company to have a much larger credit turnover figure than was actually the case . |
| 22 | I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after . |
| 23 | In order to plot ROC curves for individual films it is necessary to have a relatively large number of responses in each category . |
| 24 | If these economies are also those with existing substantial disparities in regional prosperity then the transition to monetary union might well serve to aggravate the relative position of the latter , in that any reduction in national income arising from the processes outlined above is itself likely to have a disproportionately large effect on the disadvantaged regions of those countries . |
| 25 | ‘ It would certainly seem reasonable for someone in his position to have a fairly large sum to hand , ’ he said . |
| 26 | In Russia the posol'skii prikaz , which employed fewer than twenty clerks at the beginning of the seventeenth century , had almost twice as many by 1701 : it also had a remarkably large number of interpreters and translators . |
| 27 | Barnsley Junction had a particularly large signal box erected near the top of an embankment . |
| 28 | In order to implement its duties , the JAC relied upon local committees , each of which had a much larger membership than the parent body : ten nominees from the LCC education department , two headteachers , four employers , four workers , and ten persons nominated by the central JAC for their interest in adolescent welfare . |
| 29 | St Richards was fun and strict , with not enough to eat and high academic standards ; I developed a crush on the assistant matron who had a phenomenally large chest ; I liked her because she used to sit on the ends of our beds and talk to us before we went to sleep . |
| 30 | It has also been claimed recently that Proconsul lacked a tail , as do extant hominoids , and that it had a relatively larger brain than comparably sized monkeys ( Box 2 ) , and there is now little doubt that Proconsul is phylogenetically linked with the Hominoidea . |