Example sentences of "a large [adj] family " in BNC.
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| 1 | First World War from the viewpoint of a large Irish family in Liverpool . |
| 2 | It was a large Victorian family kitchen , and looked so when it was empty or when only Mrs Beavis was there . |
| 3 | The marital fertility of agricultural labourers actually rose during the late nineteenth century relative to other social groups , and this , together with their low levels of infant mortality , resulted in a large average family size . |
| 4 | Mary Leapor was an only child , but she grew up surrounded by a large extended family . |
| 5 | The structure of the society , too , may vary from a large extended family system where care for all dependants — the young , the elderly , the mentally handicapped , the ill — is shared , to the small nuclear family , typical of the Western world , where often the state has taken over many of the traditional caring activities of the family , with their attendant safety aspects . |
| 6 | A large extended family tribe , all brand new Barbour-outfitted from the boots to the hats , looked almost threateningly military and morose by comparison . |
| 7 | A large extended family may have a few dozen members . |
| 8 | A house for Mr Biswas is an engaging comic novel set in Trinidad about a poor man who marries into a large extended family from whom he struggles to escape . |
| 9 | ‘ That as a member of a large merchant-banking family , with some ties to the Soviet Union , you will be over there looking at the country with a view to future investment opportunities . |
| 10 | It is a small commercial music festival which helps to support a large free family entertainment programme . |