Example sentences of "large [noun sg] of [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was very interested in bird watching and kept a large tin of peanuts for the birds in our front porch . |
| 2 | There 's a large range of patterns for you to choose from , including a starburst , sunset , sunrise and a rattan weave effect . |
| 3 | Another large group of applicants for judicial review are the homeless . |
| 4 | There are two comfortable lounges with open fires , one with a large collection of books for guests to read . |
| 5 | I bought a large box of loukoumi for him to take , to ensure him a good reception . |
| 6 | The crew would in turn be commanded by an unusually large number of officers for a merchant ship , for , in addition to the commander , the ship might carry six mates , a surgeon , a purser , five midshipmen and a surgeon 's mate , any one of whose places would be of value to a politician seeking to build up an interest . |
| 7 | Other fairy subjects followed , but his major work at this time was a large number of panels for Lord Foley 's house at 26 Grosvenor Square , for which he chose scenes from Tasso 's ‘ Jerusalem Delivered ’ and Byron 's ‘ Manfred ’ . |
| 8 | Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added . |
| 9 | In academic libraries a large number of requests for a new book may suggest that it is a recommended text , and is likely to influence the number of copies purchased ( probably for the short loans collection ) . |
| 10 | NISW initially saw the need after receiving a large number of requests for information and assistance from home and abroad . |
| 11 | However , it should be noted that the LIFESPAN development team have been running LIFESPAN with a very large number of modules for some considerable time , and despite many VMS crashes , none have had any effect on the self consistency of LIFESPAN . |
| 12 | Even today surgeons turn over a large number of patients for hymen replacements or repairs carried out in the strictest confidence and secrecy . |
| 13 | This provides a large number of scores for each product , one for each factor , which is then multiplied by the appropriate weighting , giving a weighted score . |
| 14 | The faculty receives a very large number of applications for the limited number of places available . |
| 15 | The president of the RICS at the time filed evidence about his practice for dealing with the very large number of applications for appointments of rent review experts and arbitrators ( 7,664 in 1985 : but see 10.5.3 above14,550 in 1990 ) . |
| 16 | As a preliminary , the computer memory was fed with a large set of instructions for translating the program into machine code . |