Example sentences of "a large [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the tsar replaced Putiatin with Golovnin , appointed a commission which " conducted the most extensive investigation into the idea of a Russian university ever undertaken by the old regime " , took advice even from the liberal Professor Kavelin , and introduced a law which improved the funding of universities , gave professors a large degree of control over university affairs , maintained the principle that universities were open to all classes of the community , and allowed universities to go on dedicating themselves , first and foremost , to the study of the liberal arts . |
| 2 | Even when industries were not state owned there were various other instruments by which government actually exercised a large measure of control over the private sector . |
| 3 | Their agreement was the first based on profit-sharing as well as retention of copyright , which gave him a large measure of control over publication and future working of the copyrights . |
| 4 | In 1891 , when shipbuilding was distressed , Harland was persuaded to introduce a system of cost plus contracts for favoured customers which secured a large volume of business over the next four years . |
| 5 | I 'm very hopeful because er , Vietnam since nineteen eighty six has been under a process of economic and political reform , and they have released er a large amount of prisoners over this time , and there are still a number of prisoners , such as poets er religious people that are still in prison , who are hoping that , with their renewed effort and attention from the media , this 'll er be changed . |
| 6 | We have however entered a large number of competitions over the years : the FA Cup , FA Vase , County Shield , Debenhams Floodlit Cup and the Sherpa Tensing Van Trophy to name but a few . |
| 7 | Bourdieu , though less witty and stylish , achieves a large number of advances over Veblen 's account in terms of the sophistication of his analysis and his ability to move this critique away from the characterization of a particular segment of the population to the analysis of French society as a whole , and from simple emulation and display to complex forces of strategy and social reproduction . |