Example sentences of "large [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In that period of time we 'd have dropped from being the largest and preferred supplier to a minority supplier
2 Click Mill , an old corn mill , north-east of Dounby off the B9057 on Mainland , the largest and chief island of the Orkneys , is a fascinating survival of the type of water mill known as a Norse mill .
3 LIFESPAN is an automated software management system principally intended for the configuration control of large and/or complex software projects : it is a system for ensuring that precisely the specified software is produced and issued .
4 The risk to the firm 's image in the financial community and the industry if it is associated with adverse criticism in a large or well-publicised transaction .
5 The risk to the firm 's image in the financial community and the industry if it is associated with adverse criticism in a large or well-publicised transaction .
6 Farmers , whether on a large or small scale , faced new demands on their managerial abilities and technical skills almost every day — decisions and actions they usually had to make and take on their own .
7 There was some discussion as to hardship , but that could cut both ways according to whether a large or small part was surrendered , so that hardship was not a matter which could be taken into account .
8 The software comes in various modular sizes to suit the requirements and budgets of those with responsibility for both large or small company secretarial work .
9 Before looking at the idea that the overpricing of underwriting contracts as payment for other services it is worth noting that Marsh observed that ‘ bear ’ markets tended to lead to marginally higher excess returns to underwriters , while no large or small company effects could be discerned .
10 ( Do you concentrate on a large or small area of the brain ; if the latter , which one , if the site of the clock has not been established beyond all doubt ? ) ( a ) Do you follow one person only throughout your observation time(s) or choose , instead , a single place to see which of the family , if any , are there ? ( b ) If you choose to observe a single place , then do you study a place that is large or small , say , the front garden , a single- room , or the exit at the end of the drive ? ( c ) If it is a single room , which one ?
11 But the EQ as measured is probably telling us something about how much ‘ computing power ’ an animal has in its head , over and above the irreducible minimum of computing power needed for the routine running of its large or small body .
12 It can be done before it appears on the air , either in a private room or in a theatre , to a large or small audience ; it can be done after it has appeared by personal interview or ( as frequently in the USA ) by telephone .
13 The idea has to be made to work , commercially , in the right advertisement format — be it a large or small print ad , a poster , a TV or radio commercial .
14 Your dog could have come to you through a large or small dog charity , breed rescue or a private exchange — if you have given your dog its second ( or third … ) home , we want you to take part .
15 Large or restricted circulation ?
16 Therefore , we 're left with a certain pot and we must manage that the best way possible in providing the best education , not only for children in village schools , but in towns and every of large or medium size throughout this county .
17 We have already seen that possession of an early font is a significant indication ; an early , large or well-used graveyard could be viewed in the same way .
18 FEW CUSTOMERS BUT LARGE OR HIGH VALUE ORDERS .
19 Although Hochland is not an especially large or important province its count is one of the most valiant leaders in the Empire .
20 Critical acclaim for The Cranberries has been immediate , enthusiastic and forced upon us not just in Ireland but in Britain too , in quantities so large that entire rain forests quake at the knees at the merest mention of this band 's name .
21 Clearly the amount of potential information in any film is sufficiently large that systematic manipulation would be extremely difficult .
22 And when , just before dark , the Regent himself put in an appearance , with a larger than anticipated company , spirits rose further .
23 Backstitch a little larger than required size of buttonhole , taking a stitch into each stitch of knitting .
24 In certain instances , the length of your particular track may not coincide with a balanced pleating arrangement because of the pre-determined size of the pleats , thereby leaving a larger than usual space at one side of your curtain .
25 However , unscandalised as the people professed to be , a larger than usual number were prepared to buy the Sunday Times .
26 Male larger than male Sparrowhawk , with grey not rufous cheeks and paler grey upperparts contrasting more with black wing-tips .
27 Then , when price is low firms do not know for sure whether it was because someone cheated ( produced a larger than agreed output ) , or because demand was low .
28 Yes , because we get a larger than average slice of what is available .
29 Pre-marital conception leads to larger than average family size , even when other factors are taken into consideration : 2.6 children compared with 2.3 in the 1946 cohort .
30 If so , imagine the suffering of those poor souls subject to hay fever , of whom there seemed to be a perversely larger than average number among our guests .
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