Example sentences of "large group [prep] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest groups of persons registered as suffering from general handicap are those who suffer from organic nervous diseases , which include polio , multiple sclerosis , epilepsy , and so on . |
| 2 | A total of 12 women were elected , seven of them JSP candidates ; this was the third largest group of women elected to the lower house since 1945 . |
| 3 | The largest group of laboratory made dental polymers are those used as denture bases . |
| 4 | The largest group of immigrants came from within a 5-mile radius , but almost as many came from 5–10 miles and as many again from beyond 20 miles ; only half this number came from between 10 and 20 miles . |
| 5 | Police were put on alert in case larger groups of demonstrators joined in . |
| 6 | Some of the larger groups of Munros demand personal route planning , since the permutations of how one may bag them are endless . |
| 7 | Larger groups of brooches characterise the second , overlapping , phase c . |
| 8 | Quite different in feel are the sculptures on show until the end of the month at the Beaubourg gallery : two large groups of figures executed by the painter Pierre Klossowski , here on show for the first time , entitled ‘ Roberte aux barres parallèles ’ and ‘ Monsieur de Max et Mademoiselle Glissant ’ , portrayed in the roles of Diana and Actaeon . |
| 9 | ‘ When I drive through the town on a night I see large groups of youths standing around on street corners . |
| 10 | Large groups of people become so fascinated with the internal workings of their own organization that they are continually tinkering with it . |
| 11 | In July and August large groups of children stay in the hotel . |
| 12 | In demonstrations of searches , it is essential to ensure that the audience can actually see the search being carried out — all too often one sees a large group of students clustered round a single teletype terminal . |
| 13 | Corelli 's slow movements are noble pieces and they have a gravity which is served well by a large group of instruments favouring a notably slower tempo than has recently become the fashion . |
| 14 | As he walked through the centre of the town he saw a large group of navvies sauntering across the wide market square , whistling at the women and calling out to any particularly young or good-looking girls — or those of any age who were careless enough to throw a smile in their direction . |
| 15 | For example , Andreasen and her colleagues asked a large group of psychiatrists to compare the written productions of two creative writers , including James Joyce , with those of psychotics and , without being given any other information , to try to reach a diagnosis . |
| 16 | A large group of mourners had also gathered outside the 13th-century church of St Mary the Virgin in the Northamptonshire village of Great Brington . |
| 17 | These themes were summarized and developed by a large group of contributors writing for the Black Papers between the late 1960s and mid 1970s , which had a considerable impact on educational debates , and indeed on public policy . |
| 18 | A large group of men passed through the carriage . |
| 19 | One large group of negatives had apparently been taken at a fancy dress party organised by the Duke of Devonshire — over 100 guests had been photographed , most of them with different background settings . |
| 20 | There is only one other large group of people defined in Britain as civil servants that is concerned with the implementation of the social policies discussed in this book , and that is those involved in the employment services . |
| 21 | Attempts at mediation by officials , including Kirghizia 's Prime Minister Apas Dzhumagulov , broke down when a large group of Kirghiz arrived , whereupon the Uzbeks rushed the cordon of around 900 police officers keeping the rival nationalities apart . |
| 22 | A larger group of people stand on the outskirts surveying the spectacle and we join them . |