Example sentences of "a large [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sophia went back into the house and came out again with a bowl of washing , from which she shook out a large Union Jack . |
| 2 | When the crowds stormed the Palaţul Primaverii on 22 December , they were astonished by what they found : The lavish — if ugly — real and imitation Louis-Quinze furniture ; the use of marble and gold for everyday objects ; and , most striking of all , was the presence of a large Philips colour television and videotape recorder in every room . |
| 3 | Two years ago a large building company bought up the remaining fields between the sites and the village and filled them with retirement homes . |
| 4 | A large building extension will be ready for occupation by 1996 . |
| 5 | Even more amazingly , it is currently being specified by IBM as part of a large US Air Force contract based around enhanced 3270 PCs . |
| 6 | As mayor of San Antonio between 1981 and 1989 , Cisneros , 45 , was the first Hispanic American to serve as mayor of a large US city . |
| 7 | Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials . |
| 8 | I 'm serving as a curate in a large south London parish , St Sylvester 's Betterhouse . ’ |
| 9 | McLeish thanked him gravely , feeling , as he often did with the Wilsons , that he was being enveloped in a large feather eiderdown , and , made restless by the call , went down the corridor to where he knew Catherine Crane was also in , getting her office in order . |
| 10 | Villagers in parts of South America are reputed traditionally to vacate their villages , lock , stock and barrel when a large ant army is approaching , and to return when the legions have marched through , having cleaned out every cockroach , spider and scorpion even from the thatched roofs . |
| 11 | The fireplace , of typical Victorian cast-iron , was in the centre of the left hand wall whilst on the mantlepiece was a marble clock that had been presented to my mother and father when they married in 1904 , this had a large china dog on each side . |
| 12 | The city 's Central Station incorporates a large viaduct section over Argyll Street , which is locally nicknamed the Highlandman 's Umbrella , because it provided useful shelter for the homeless and unemployed in the city . |
| 13 | Sergeant Cork made more than sure it would not enter the battle : setting off a large demolition charge , he was killed in the blast . |
| 14 | Reynard Lennon , who had left a trail of confused , temporarily disabled security droids behind him , waited in the shadow of a large rhododendron hybrid in Acropolis Park and watched the Roirbak rotor dance up from the roof , wheel around and head towards Sector 2p . |
| 15 | Doreen Johnson , warden at the Dalkeith House old folks complex said villains who made off with a large whisky bottle filled with coins were the lowest of the low . |
| 16 | Facing it is a large sluice gate and a barrage of notices stating which anglers may enter and to beware of the bull . |
| 17 | This is a large landscape portfolio of soft-ground etchings . |
| 18 | Erm , before that he was the northern sales rep. for a large controls company , he is an amateur , erm , he lives with his wife and eighteen month old son and his wife 's expecting another child next month . |
| 19 | Barratt considered it as having a very promising appearance ; " a large champion lode " , he reported to Taylor . |
| 20 | Mr Branson demanded his rival came up with a large compensation settlement for its three years of customer poaching and publicity smears . |
| 21 | It is tempting to get a large capacity sack if you know you 'll have a lot to carry , but bear in mind that it could tempt you to carry too much ! |
| 22 | Working on a tight budget , we opted for more on-board memory at the expense of a large capacity harddisk . |
| 23 | ICAO now uses a large capacity computer on which the details of every notifiable accident to a public transport aircraft with a maximum weight exceeding 5700 kilos are recorded from almost every State in the world . |
| 24 | Gastric acid was diverted into a large bore collection tube via the opened gastric cannula . |
| 25 | A large venture capital organisation , who refused to comment on individual headhunter performance , wrote that on the whole good candidates had been put forward , but that they would not know if there had been any leaks or illegal use of information by search firms . |
| 26 | Even if there are so-called ‘ gods ’ ( like stable government , a large credit balance in the building society , a new video recorder or a newly fitted kitchen ) whether in heaven or on earth , and even though there are many of these ‘ gods ’ and ‘ lords ’ yet there is for us only one God 1 Cor 8:5 , 6a |
| 27 | The room was filled with tables , knick-knacks , chairs , and a large horsehair three-piece suite . |
| 28 | It was lit by a large sash window having sixteen panes . |
| 29 | They , he built a large organ university of or |
| 30 | The residents ' lounge has chintz-covered armchairs and toning linen curtains , embossed wallpaper overpainted with cream distemper , traditional glass-topped coffee tables , a Victorian writing desk in one corner and a large colour TV set in the opposite corner . |