Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] largely [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But the same thing is meant by both , for a simple reason : the legal conceptualisation of these relationships was largely a matter of clothing fact with right .
2 The confessional and moral articles were largely the work of the constitution 's architect , the then prime minister Eamon de Valera .
3 Gordon Kirk 's chapter ( 1.1 ) points to the variable controls over the curriculum from the centre that marked earlier historical periods ; the post-war tradition that curriculum matters were largely the subject of professional decision-making and the gradual reassertion of central influence and control over the curriculum since the mid-1970s .
4 These meetings were largely an opportunity for Harold Wilson to use me as the wall of a fives court against which he banged the ball .
5 From her account males did not often share their food with others , and the feeding of children was largely the mother 's responsibility .
6 These remarks were largely the product of hindsight and of their experiences in office from 1969 .
  Next page