Example sentences of "who [vb -s] a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similes may be dangerous , but it can be suggested that the man who produces a well-made brick makes a better contribution to housing than does the man who builds a large mansion on insecure foundations . |
| 2 | Editor Richard Felton , who writes a large proportion of the magazine himself , flew out to report on Shell Brazil 's initiative to fund sport and dance programmes for the street kids . |
| 3 | There 's an unelected civil servant in who has a large element in deciding where they are , and that is wrong . |
| 4 | The title derives from the nickname of the hero , who has a large butterfly ( Fr. papillon ) tattooed on his chest . |
| 5 | Luke , who has a large scar from heart surgery from his throat to the left side of his body , needs regular medication to prevent fits . |
| 6 | Anyone who shows a large number of the symptoms listed in Table 2 should consider the possibility that they are hyperventilating . |
| 7 | I say their contemplation can give no-one pleasure ; they are there because their absence would be resented by the average man who regards a large amount of futile display as in some way inseparable from the conditions of that well-to-do life to which he belongs or aspires to belong . |
| 8 | Although the bureau manager who supports a large team of very part-time volunteers craves the injection of hours that the unemployed can offer , they equally crave stability and escape from the greater supervision needed by new staff . |
| 9 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |