Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] a large [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sums of money I am describing tonight are large , revenue and capital spending combined , of over three thousand million pounds is many times the amount spent by quangos in Wales outside the health service and the grant represents a large share of my total budget for Wales and I hope members opposite are not suggesting I should cut spending on health , that is a vital service which I thought they supported as well . |
| 2 | For their part , consumes should take reasonable care when making purchases ; where there is small print it should be read carefully or , if it seems complex and the purchase involves a large sum of money , professional advice may be required . |
| 3 | This resort has a large range of facilities , including two luxury hotels , shops , restaurants , camp-grounds , an information centre and an airstrip . |
| 4 | The brand covers a large number of DOC vineyards . |
| 5 | They must scoop up or snap up huge numbers of insects each day to fill their stomachs , and each insect contains a large percentage of rather non-nutritious outer-covering . |
| 6 | Gateshead has a large number of low-income families and has traditionally had a poor participation rate in further and higher education . |
| 7 | The complex nature of policy provision for many policy arenas involves a large number of actors in local authorities , central government , voluntary , bodies , pressure groups , inter-governmental bodies , local authority associations , professional bodies and so on ( see Hambleton , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | My borough has a large number of refugees , and I am concerned that the Bill may enable some authorities to avoid any responsibility for refugees . |
| 9 | To evaluate those opposing recommendations , scientists at Ball State University in the United States studies a large number of marathon runners . |
| 10 | This umbrella term covers a large number of different therapies , which concentrate strongly on the ‘ wholeness ’ of a person and their potential for good . |
| 11 | The action removes a large part of economic sanctions imposed after the Tiananmen Square massacre . |
| 12 | Our emphasis on human nature outlined at the beginning of this study provides a large part of the answer . |
| 13 | Midland Chandlers occupies a large part of the new shop . |
| 14 | This is a state where the arms industry provides a large number of jobs . |
| 15 | If the council receives a large number of letters about a development , this will give it an idea of the strength of feeling involved and it is much better than a petition . |
| 16 | Our regency Cocktail Bar offers a large selection of beers , champagnes and spirits . |
| 17 | The Gospel contains a large amount of material concerned with the theme of suffering and persecution . |
| 18 | The Kintyre bar has a large selection of mouth-watering whiskies and the meals in the restaurant offer high quality cooking . |
| 19 | The Riverside Theatre wardrobe contains a large selection of costumes which are available for hire . |
| 20 | Of non-flowering plants , it has been argued that ferns have a lower associated insect fauna , though it has long been known that bracken has a large number of associated arthropods . |
| 21 | The so-called ‘ alternative ’ or ‘ complementary ’ medical scene embraces a large number of different ideas , theories and treatments , many of which appear to be in conflict with each other . |
| 22 | The test repeats a large number of operations that , as far as possible , do not involve any mathematical operations . |
| 23 | The industry is also interested in signing up people in Brazil to write programs ( Brazil boasts a large number of Japanese emigres ) . |
| 24 | The Cartiera excavation site covers a large expanse of land behind an oil refinery , and dates to 171 BC . |
| 25 | This stretch of canal holds a large head of fish but there are also a lot of carp and it was decided to be an unfair venue . |
| 26 | The Reiksland shelters a large community of Dwarfs who have lived in the Empire for many generations . |
| 27 | In keeping with the man , the cellar includes a large number of oversized bottles including over 750 magnums equivalent to 2 bottles and the larger iamperiales , the size of 8 bottles . |
| 28 | As one would expect , the control of a system as complex as that portrayed in a metabolic chart requires a large number of switches , of several different kinds . |
| 29 | Assessment forms a large part of historical work . |
| 30 | The interior was never sufficiently plastic close to the surface for long enough to cause widespread geological activity such as Plate Tectonics , largely because the Moon has a large ratio of surface area to mass and thus loses heat relatively rapidly ( section 2.1.16 ) . |