Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [art] [noun sg] at large " in BNC.
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| 1 | This act made working-class males a majority of the electorate in the country at large . |
| 2 | The main requirement , as they saw it , was for a change in attitude in the community at large towards acceptance of ethnic minorities . |
| 3 | These developments took place against a background of growing activism on the abortion issue in the country at large . |
| 4 | What the general effect of their anti-Sandys offensive was on informed opinion in the country at large and in Whitehall in particular is not easy to judge . |
| 5 | For precisely these reasons , there was a well-developed sub-stratum of social and political control at local level in the kingdom at large ; and when people are accustomed to running affairs without any monarch at all , then the advent of a female ruler might well not be a substantial cause for concern . |
| 6 | Second , we should recognise that a two-party dominance in the House of Commons may not reflect the pattern of electoral support in the country at large since our first-past-the-post electoral system makes it difficult for third parties to break through into parliament in proportion to their support in the country . |
| 7 | Moreover , this has taken place against the policies of the previous party government so entrenching the instability of adversary politics as the price to be paid for a strength that really works against the moderate majority in the population at large . |
| 8 | The vote had the effect of removing from the top of the political agenda , if only temporarily , an issue which for many months had caused divisive debate in the country at large , and had threatened to overshadow Pope John Paul II 's visit to his homeland , due in June . |
| 9 | In this way , we can increase awareness in the world at large of C&P 's commitment to quality . |
| 10 | Theatre in the world at large is unimaginable without an audience : I would n't dream of listening to radio drama with anyone else in the room . |
| 11 | The secretary of each level of the party had quasi-absolute power over the members below him , and Elena had a double advantage : not only was she the Party secretary able to veto or grant small privileges for her colleagues , her husband was much of the time the Second Secretary in the Party at large , controlling the day-to-day business of the Romanian Communists under Dej 's supervision . |
| 12 | The elimination of prostitution was a simple matter , the social revolution took care of that , but there remained the problem of infection in the population at large . |
| 13 | Blacks in the USA achieve success in sport in numbers that belie their minority status in the population at large . |
| 14 | Yet there is no question about the constructive effect of concentrating national attention on a common problem by reporting the situation in the country at large . |
| 15 | There is little sentiment in the population at large for attacks upon the position of the monarchy , and the " fact " that we have a constitutional monarchy contains within itself the idea that the Crown has no personal political power but exercises prerogatives solely on the advice of ministers responsible to Parliament . |
| 16 | Which Councils — more often than not called synods during the first thousand years — were ecumenical was determined not by the pope , but by their reception in the Church at large . |
| 17 | The Left in the party at large , anxious about the failure of the party in Parliament to press for socialism when in government , have been concerned to change the relationship between the parliamentary party and the party outside Parliament through the implementation of three changes in the party constitution . |
| 18 | These purposes do not , however , have to correspond with those which are current or ‘ authentic ’ uses of language in the world at large . |
| 19 | The British constitution was adjusting to the changed realities of economic power in the country at large . |