Example sentences of "and [noun] in large " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late nineteenth century , minerals acted as lead sectors for other aspects of economic growth , encouraging migration , urbanization , and cash-cropping in large regions of the world . |
| 2 | Crops were already being grown and were undoubtedly attracting rats and mice in large numbers . |
| 3 | Energy shortages at the beginning of the year had resulted in large-scale lay-offs of government employees and workers in large enterprises [ see p. 38018 ] . |
| 4 | They had kept in their service underforesters who were habitual poachers , cut down trees and underwood in large quantities , and kept the proceeds of sale for themselves . |
| 5 | He reflects on his own diffidence and awkwardness in large groups . |
| 6 | Retail banking ties up capital and property and staff in large numbers and in the wrong places . |
| 7 | Differs from Whimbrel in lacking stripes on head and from both Curlew and Whimbrel in large dark spots on flanks and purer white rump and belly . |
| 8 | It 's the expression of a negative dynamic , in which the cycle of action and reaction between teacher and pupil seems only to confirm the pupil in the disruptive role and of escalating sanctions which consume energy , time and morale in large amounts . |
| 9 | Early last century , long before the advent of natural gas , coke oven gas provided domestic heating and lighting in large industrial towns such as Birmingham and Sheffield . |
| 10 | e.g. The passage on p. 16 argues that monarchy provided the important political people in Europe because of its universality as a form of government and because it embodied the values and aspirations of contemporary society-monarchy led society ( e.g. patronage ) and also fulfilled conservative role by sanctioning the established order- monarchy 's authority and status in large part derived from alliance with the landed aristocracy and army-the rise of industrial and commercial classes challenged this status quo as the new providers of national wealth , though agriculture still important- industrialists absorbed into status quo . |
| 11 | Hotels fall into many categories , ranging from boarding houses , guest houses , country inns , small hotels with between 25 to 50 bedrooms , medium-sized hotels with up to 200 bedrooms , large hotels with several hundred bedrooms , and special transient hotels such as motels , motorway hotels , post-houses , airport hotels and hotels in large cities whose business consists mainly of guests in transit that stay for one or two nights only . |
| 12 | Cut the cucumber and tomato in large chunks . |
| 13 | No two coalfields were the same , but if a general pattern can be discerned from the variety of experience it is that during the first half of the nineteenth century each region largely generated its own workforce from the natural increase of its population , but that the spectacular later developments drew not only upon local men who left the farms or rural crafts and industries in large numbers but also upon the surplus population of counties from all over the British Isles . |
| 14 | She writes as she speaks , a flow of news and thoughts in large , generous handwriting , with affectionate endings , such as ‘ Lots of Love ’ or ‘ All my love ’ — even to members of her staff . |
| 15 | The saltcake was then converted into the desired soda by heating it with coal and limestone in large revolving furnaces . |
| 16 | Although the hotel 's car park is a good size and is easily accessible , the large expanse of tarmac in front of the hotel tends to project an institutional image which could be softened by planting some trees and shrubs in large tubs . |
| 17 | The Fs and Gs are directed at small businesses , branch offices and workgroups in large companies ; the Hs at mid-sized companies or large company departments and the Is at large company divisions . |