Example sentences of "for a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recipe is sufficient for a bird of 5kg/10lb or under ; double the recipe for a larger bird and treble it for a very large turkey . |
| 2 | The second difficulty is the inevitable paradox that lenders with the strictest criteria can afford to offer cheaper credit than those whose looser criteria demand higher rates to pay either for a larger proportion of bad debt or ( more often ) for costlier instalment collection procedures . |
| 3 | Is it not a fact that with 560,000 people reaching the age of 65 this year and the elderly accounting for a larger proportion of the population , national health service provision is proportionately poorer , not better ? |
| 4 | Further legislation tabled in 1991 involved ( i ) major educational reforms ( aimed according to the Financial Times of April 24 , 1991 , at " humanizing the gruelling baccalauréat school-leaving examination " to make it achievable for a larger proportion of pupils , by simplifying the syllabuses of the different baccalauréats , shortening and alleviating the school working week and modernizing teaching methods ) ; ( ii ) steps to deal with France 's growing urban problems [ see below and pp. 38113-4 ; 38197-98 ; 38299 ] ; ( iii ) Corsica [ see below ] ; and ( iv ) a new privatization policy [ see p. 38156 ] . |
| 5 | Where , the environment trust , since our initial meeting have spoken er , both with Essex County Council and community groups in the area and have made substantial progress erm on the idea of er , using some of the land to the rear of er , the existing Franklyns block er , so they do want to come back with some wider proposals for a larger scheme which will be much the same as regards the Franklyns block but will include nine er , additional homes erm , and they will be two three bed houses and seven er , two bedroom houses . |
| 6 | The Liberal Democrats , hoping to build upon their recent local election results , and for a larger split in the Conservative vote , arrived for the count in buoyant mood . |
| 7 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 8 | This was despite the fact that Churchill , amazingly for a new and over-rewarded recruit to the Conservative Party who twelve years before had nearly broken up the Asquith Cabinet with his demand for a larger navy , began his Chancellorship by presenting an importunate demand to the Admiralty ministers ( who were Baldwin 's closest friends in the Government — Davidson was the junior minister ) for a slashing of the cruiser replacement programme . |
| 9 | The threatening international situation gave new impetus to demands for a larger navy and a conscript army , both taken up by Unionists . |
| 10 | Teachers will be in a position to form more accurate judgements about strengths and weaknesses of individual pupils in relation to attainment targets for history and will need to develop approaches which allow for a larger range of learning activities to be occurring than has , hitherto , been the case . |
| 11 | We have 32 grass courts and these will cater for a larger turnout than we could imagine . ’ |
| 12 | Each is supported by parliamentary , industrial and media lobbies , and makes the best use of political trends , economic factors , technological change , and the rush of world events to reinforce its case for a larger share of the national cake . |
| 13 | This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario . |
| 14 | As their education and knowledge increase they are pressing more and more each year for better social conditions and for a larger share in the fruits of industry . |
| 15 | The question of those who actually suffer from poverty should be considered separately from that of the true working classes , whose desire for a larger share of the wealth is of a different character . |
| 16 | However , resistance on the part of the Uruguayan government to Soviet overtures in 1959 for a larger share of the market indicated that the agreement had been little more than a contingency measure on the part of Montevideo . |
| 17 | Thus whilst there are increasing opportunities to bid for a larger share of this business , it would be financially imprudent to do so . ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes the education officer finds himself standing between rival colleges which are each vying for a larger share of the diminishing student market . |
| 19 | Depending upon the particular system required , a balance must be found between the main variables of speed of searching and amount of memory used , especially for a larger vocabulary ( approximately 60,000 to 70,000 words ) . |
| 20 | Meanwhile we 're impatient for a larger return on investment . |
| 21 | Perhaps a pilot study for a larger development that was never built . |
| 22 | Leigh is now looking for a larger space . |
| 23 | Throughout the rehearsals our choreographer , Geraldine Stephenson , had often pleaded for a larger space than the laundry in which to practise the swooping choreography she had devised . |
| 24 | That attitude shaped the thinking of the Leaders and Trustees in Edenderry and during the mid-1930s the need for a larger building was felt . |
| 25 | The band of fluctuation either side of the new parities was widened from 1 per cent to 2.25 per cent , thus allowing for a larger margin of exchange rate fluctuation before official intervention was required . |
| 26 | Next year she hopes for a larger venue , with catering facilities . |
| 27 | I am a sole practitioner and have been asked to stand down and make way as auditor of a limited company for a larger outfit , following a JMU visit . |
| 28 | For a larger garden or where heavy loads are being transported you 'll need a 3–4cu ft barrow . |
| 29 | The completed painting could now exist in its own right or become the basis for a larger studio painting . |
| 30 | On the morning she was expected in the office for the signing ceremony , Stephen Navin , Virgin 's lawyer , telephoned the singer 's lawyers , only to learn that she had actually signed for a larger sum to CBS the day before . |