Example sentences of "[vb pp] large " in BNC.
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| 31 | He and Amy had collected large stones from the beach , looking for those with holes in them — and he had strung them on to strong cord and tied them along one side of the playpen . |
| 32 | More recently , the BLM has leased large tracts of wilderness to be used as garbage dumps for cities in the Los Angeles area . |
| 33 | Bay Laurus nobilis , can be grown large or clipped to size as can many of the conifers , particularly junipers and thuja , all of which cope well with drought . |
| 34 | In co-evolution terms it means that herbivorous dinosaurs may have grown large as a means of attaining thermal stability . |
| 35 | The search for practical results as well as for good science stems from the administration 's desire to use technology to revive the US economy as well as from the fact that the initiatives have grown large enough to attract the attention of Congress . |
| 36 | Thus , for 19 randomly selected larger firms the average amount of the variance of the returns explained was 52 per cent ( for 16 smaller firms over the same period the degree of explanation was 56 per cent ) for the period January 1934 to December 1938 , significantly higher than in the post-war period . |
| 37 | Apart from having a direct effect on the redistribution of income and wealth , the regulation of the capital market would also have slowed down the rate of economic growth and indirectly prevented large accumulation of capital by individual families . |
| 38 | In Northamptonshire , Christopher Taylor has mapped large numbers of shrunken settlements with extensive areas of earthworks . |
| 39 | Some clearly belonged to relatively small domestic and workshop premises , but others must have adorned larger private houses and official or religious complexes . |
| 40 | In the issue of 3 December 1971 The Sun commented upon a parliamentary report that the members of the Royal Family should be granted large increases in their allowances . |
| 41 | However , since 1985 several participating departments have undergone large organisational changes which are likely to affect job security . |
| 42 | Time and again we have seen large country houses taken over for institutional use , whether as corporate headquarters or hospitals . |
| 43 | There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place . |
| 44 | But remember , Scots have the worst record for deaths from cancer of anywhere in the developed world and skin cancer rates have seen large increases recently . |
| 45 | The warning signs were written large one famous night in Vienna in December 1964 . |
| 46 | Majuscule This term is used to describe letters written large ; usually capitals , but not necessarily so . |
| 47 | It was written large and thick in bright red ink and it sent a shock of fear slicing through her . |
| 48 | The bad news for the average householder is written large , while the good news is in small print . |
| 49 | It will seem obvious , I hope , that a rule for learning or for any other kind of developmental process , is not a gene written large . |
| 50 | Attempts at humour aside , I now find myself penning a few words of concern for Salford 's Graduate Association now that the same question seems to be written large on the proverbial wall . |
| 51 | Kate looked at him , her hurt and bewilderment written large on her face . |
| 52 | She had to get out before he saw what must be written large on her face . |
| 53 | The Grampian , Northern and Dumfries and Galloway forces have also suffered large percentage increases in murder from a low base . |
| 54 | At sites such as Petters Sports Field in Surrey , archaeologists have uncovered large numbers of post-holes ( remains in the soil showing where wooden posts once supported structures ) . |
| 55 | Yet he and others certainly accepted large presents . |
| 56 | In peephological terms , the voters have been fed large doses of medicine for the past month . |
| 57 | At the top of the atrium , the pitched-roof-profile roof-light was made larger than was strictly necessary in order to provide a conservatory complete with tropical plants ( Plate 48 ) which leads out on to a landscaped roof garden capping the western half of the building . |
| 58 | Unlike the single line delta with its articulating leading edges that pivot about the cross-spar joint , the second generation stunters with cross-spars fore and aft introduced the rigid frame.As the spine retained the sail on the neutral datum centreline , the sail pattern was made larger than the actual frame plan in order to obtain the conical camber which is the characteristic of the Rogallo design . |
| 59 | As water levels changed over the years some caves became dry , while others are still being made larger by the effect of underground streams , and some are still completely waterlogged . |
| 60 | To Ian 's suggestion that it must all be part of some exhibition Susan replies with the more plainly obvious answer — these things have not been made larger , the time-travellers have become smaller . |