Example sentences of "on a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to press ahead with new builds on a large scale was based on Provincial 's conviction that it could reduce its losses if given the freedom to operate cost-effective diesel-mechanical rolling stock , allowing shorter but more frequent trains , than having to take on InterCity 's weary cast-off locos and hauled stock . |
| 2 | By the time CAMRA celebrated its first ten years it could pride itself on a large national membership and a series of hardhitting reports that had exposed the market domination of the big brewers and the shoddy beers they produced . |
| 3 | The motorway was never built , but Byker has become a model of how to build low-cost housing on a large , yet humane scale . |
| 4 | Belief in the impassibility of God , it is worth noting , was developed in the early Christian centuries against the background of popular religious belief in the world of that day , where gods were no more than human beings on a large scale , subject to the same contingencies , passions , frustrations and feelings of pain or pleasure that determine human nature . |
| 5 | They were active on a large number of political , economic , and cultural issues , and their views closely reflected their varying socioeconomic positions . |
| 6 | Traffic of this kind had occurred on a large scale in the period following on the October Revolution , but if there had been any ‘ bagmen ’ left by 1921–2 in the Middle Volga region , they would have been ruthlessly stamped out . |
| 7 | In education , local government , and health the government has intervened and regulated on a large scale . |
| 8 | Place the sliced melons alternately on a large platter and fan out the wedges . |
| 9 | ( 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 ? |
| 10 | Ideally , the hotel name should feature prominently on a large sign , either over the gateway opening or mounted above the wall each side of the entrance and angled to face incoming traffic . |
| 11 | Mercifully , these days , it 's easier to avoid costly mistakes by splashing out on a large bottle of something which is transformed into ‘ Eau de Old Socks ’ by your skin 's individual chemistry : if you ask politely in department stores , many perfume houses gladly hand out miniature sample vials of their wares , enabling you to make up your mind away from the high-pressure squirtings of over-zealous tester-bottle-wielders . |
| 12 | Convinced by the foreigners — and the then high price of onions — the farmers took the plunge on a large scale . |
| 13 | is a Sussex Cheddar-type cheese made on a large scale but only from the milk of a single Friesian herd . |
| 14 | Spoon the dip into the pineapple shells and arrange them top to toe on a large serving plate . |
| 15 | Extension is now going forward on a large scale , delays being due partly to the necessity of thorough surveys , partly to the shortage of skilled staff . |
| 16 | He blew his inquisitive nose on a large handkerchief and produced a notebook and pencil which he pointed at the butcher . |
| 17 | Waiting hand , foot and finger on a large and active Siberian Husky with a secret appetite is n't everyone 's idea of fun … as Monica O'Hara discovered |
| 18 | With a natural , sculptural quality , it can outshine any number or works of art or ornaments and , what 's more , at a fraction of the price if you buy and nurture a smaller plant rather than shelling out on a large , expensive specimen a nursery has grown on for you . |
| 19 | These coins give no immediate clues as to their place of minting or indeed their date , for similar coinage in the name of Alexander continued to be made on a large scale for about a hundred years after his death . |
| 20 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 21 | Clerics in Bohemia were also landlords on a large scale and , very often , foreigners . |
| 22 | The court rolls show that the Forest law had been generally disregarded , and that the king 's deer had been hunted and the forest timber felled on a large scale . |
| 23 | Winter , who employed 500 wood-cutters , felled timber trees on a large scale , and enclosed about 4,000 acres in coppices to promote growth : by 1641 the deer were ‘ almost destroyed ’ . |
| 24 | for taking a few branches , and between £2 and £10 for the unauthorized building of a cottage or house , to £100 for unwarranted taking of timber on a large scale . |
| 25 | Until the excavations began , all that was visible of Norwich Castle was a stone keep on a large mound . |
| 26 | Put one layer on a large plate and spoon on one third of the pastry cream . |
| 27 | She has yet to prove herself on a large stage . |
| 28 | But the IRA can call on a large part of the combined resources of New York , Boston and Tripoli . |
| 29 | In A Landscape with Simple Figures , the teacher is advised first to demonstrate the drawing with charcoal on a large sheet of white paper ; the landscape , illustrating figures walking down a country road , is shown in the manual for her to copy . |
| 30 | 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 . |