Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survivors of the atomic bomb detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 provide evidence on the effect of substantially uniform ‘ whole-body ’ irradiation on people of all ages , both in terms of acute exposure to large radiation doses ( table 5.3 ) and in the long-term effects of lower levels of radiation . |
| 2 | Second , there has been a substantial increase in the ownership of agricultural land by large institutions , especially financial institutions from the City of London . |
| 3 | There is a tendency of top management in large organisations to become ‘ ingrown and inbred , smug and self- satisfied ’ . |
| 4 | For all hon. Members , our most remarkable experience over the past few years was the sight of the transformation of two regimes , both in their different ways hostile to democracy and in favour of diminishing freedom for large numbers of people . |
| 5 | While the number of individuals involved directly in assisted reproduction is small , ways of thinking about parenting and kinship are part of public culture at large . |
| 6 | Because of public reaction against large scale afforestation , the declining amount of readily available plantable land , and other factors , the idea of the integration of agriculture and forestry is more widely promoted . |
| 7 | 2 slices of wholemeal toast with large ( 16 ounce ) can of baked beans . |
| 8 | Many datasets are of complex structure with large and sometimes complicated sets of documentation . |
| 9 | Patterns of industrial innovation in large and small firms |
| 10 | Needless to say there is a case to be made for both sides in the discussion of small team versus large , and paid versus voluntary . |
| 11 | The distinction between the Japanese profiles highlights the very marked tendency to reward length of continuous employment in large firms and is closely related to their much higher rates of union membership . |
| 12 | A report prompted by the growing concern at the number of planning appeals and the role of the Department of the Environment in overturning the decisions of local government on large and controversial developments . |
| 13 | Other means of detecting carcinogens followed , but the chemical problems of isolating minute amounts of active material from large quantities of tar were also formidable . |
| 14 | Developments in information technology , including electronic publication , and devices for rapid access to large information stores , produce products which require the use of technology as an intermediary between the user and the required information , in a way which differs ( to date at least ) from the interface between a reader and the printed page . |
| 15 | Actually , resistance is more likely to occur with prolonged exposure to large dosages which leave only a few ‘ resistant ’ individuals to form the nucleus of the next generation ; and it is one of the characteristics of pests that a few individuals can rapidly give rise to large populations . |
| 16 | Investment decisions , at least those of significance and substance , are not made in that way within large organizations . |
| 17 | One of the reasons for this is the dominance in this sector of large companies . |
| 18 | ‘ Businessmen are in daily contact with large groups of people in their factories and offices , ’ he said . |
| 19 | In a strange way , this is a truth believed in by both the left and right criminology , as well as in British society at large . |
| 20 | This chapter will begin , therefore , by examining the different dimensions of Jacobitism , and then proceed to a consideration of how extensive Jacobite sentiment was in British society at large . |
| 21 | This is not to say that commuters have not moved into the rural areas of the North and West , for they clearly have , particularly where open countryside is within easy access of large cities , such as the Peak District for Sheffield and Manchester or the Mendips for Bristol and Bath . |
| 22 | Such considerations also apply in international competition between large firms . |
| 23 | A further trend in curricular organisation at large , and one which has made the ESSE/L Project particularly timely , is the emphasis given to approaches involving the whole school and across-the-curriculum approaches . |
| 24 | They will also use the data from two major surveys which have been funded directly by the ESRC : the survey , for which Paul Edwards is primarily responsible , looking at the place of industrial relations considerations within managerial decision-making in large manufacturing establishments , and the so-called ‘ Higher Level Survey ’ , for which Paul Marginson is responsible , looking at the hitherto neglected area of enterprise-level decision-making in industrial relations . |
| 25 | They may however be major as , for example , between a department within a large corporate entity and a small ‘ hot shop ’ practice specialising in one type of large building contract . |
| 26 | Serra is also making an exhibition of eight black rectangular drawings created in thick paintstick on large sheets of fine linen pasted to the walls of the Serpentine Gallery ( 3 October-15 November ) . |
| 27 | Throughout Van Der Meulen 's long career , his primary concern was that of peaceful co-existence and co-operation in a region where a Muslim majority had to live in close proximity to large communities of Christians and pagans . |
| 28 | Figure 2.4 in the last chapter illustrated the extent of differences in value-added productivity between large and small firms and these are very clearly reflected in earnings . |
| 29 | The use of symbolic addressing is not fully exploited to cope with pre-existing forms of citation and for automated authoring of large quantities of text . |
| 30 | It was also to be a station for the motor-car age , situated on ample land with large car-parks . |