Example sentences of "[noun] at large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have appealed to the electorate at large , regardless of any socioeconomic considerations . |
| 2 | Perhaps ; but a typical reaction of the electorate at large could be more confidently predicted : " If your candidates ca n't agree among themselves we 're not going to vote for any of them " . |
| 3 | Besides , primaries used for the selection and ranking of persons proposed for inclusion in party lists would be open to much the same objections as were raised earlier in these pages against choice by the electorate at large among candidates who actually figure in those lists . |
| 4 | The bursts of intra-party democracy within the Labour Party , reflected in the cry that " Conference should decide " , were invariably condemned as at odds with the essentials of the British constitution and as offensive to the magic , unmediated link between parliamentary leaders and " their " supporters ( not controllers ) in the electorate at large . |
| 5 | The Opposition and the electorate at large do not believe that . |
| 6 | But these issues , which so often seem to dominate the debate in Scotland at party political level , are frankly of little moment to the electorate at large . |
| 7 | In Lewisham an attempt at large scale multi-disciplinary intervention to rehabilitate residents of such a hostel had only been able to move on a fifth of their treatment group after a year ( Timms , 1990 ) . |
| 8 | It is , of course , normal that any artist who breaks with the patterns of the past should find a sharply divided response among readers at large . |
| 9 | To confine the word to either sense would hardly be possible without pedantry ; though , on the one hand , we may agree that a thing which has no owner — a rare event in a civilized country , except in the case of a few things , like wild animals at large — is not property , and , on the other , we may often avoid confusion by using the word ‘ ownership ’ for the most extensive right which a man can have over material things . |
| 10 | One result of the influence of structuralism and post-structuralism on modern literary theory has been the rejection of the analysis of literary " character " as a valid part of critical practice ; but among readers of drama and theatre-goers at large there is still a widely held view that the playwright 's " characterisation " is a vital part of the dramatic work 's whole . |
| 11 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |
| 12 | Kathleen Bigland Walker 's generosity to the College at large was extended to the Library in the form of a most welcome collection of books on prehistorical and classical archaeology . |
| 13 | Another example that illustrates the need for change is the diminished opportunity to pass deterrent sentences , not just in terms of the threat to society of a particular offender , but the threat to society that is posed by the crime at large in which these people are involved . |
| 14 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |
| 15 | Sharp swings in business activity , changing corporate cash requirements and the perceived need for industry at large to focus its operations , are all likely to produce opportunities for divestment and hence for the application of venture capital . |
| 16 | Having opened up the process of selecting technologies that surround the core System V.4 operating system beyond Unix System Laboratories Inc , Unix International plans to go to the industry at large for three technologies this year , according to president Peter Cunningham . |
| 17 | Faced with the choice of reinventing itself or hanging up its boots , 88open , the supporters club for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC vendors , is said to be finalising a plan to offer its conformance testing expertise to the industry at large , via a separate organisation that will develop and implement test suites for suppliers of other RISC architectures and consortia like PowerOpen or Sparc International it sees as potential customers . |
| 18 | Authors Charles Ferguson and Charles Morris paint a dismal picture of the company 's record across-the-board since the 1970s and presage a painful decline leading to a disaster of enormous proportions that will drag down with it IBM stockholders , employees , suppliers , the US computer industry at large and the nation as a whole . |
| 19 | To arbitrate this unity , UI has , as expected ( UX No 414 ) , wrestled the authority to pick technologies above the operating system away from Unix System Laboratories Inc and opened up the selection process to the industry at large . |
| 20 | Having opened up the process of selecting technologies that surround the core SVR4 operating system beyond Unix System Labs ( UX No 42 ) , Unix International plans to go to the industry at large for three technologies this year , according to UI president Peter Cunningham . |
| 21 | Faced with the choice of reinventing itself or hanging up its boots , 88open , the supporters club for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC vendors , is reportedly finalising a plan to offer up its conformance testing expertise to the industry at large , via a separate organisation that will develop and port test suites for suppliers of other RISC architectures and consortia like PowerOpen or Sparc International it sees as potential customers . |
| 22 | To the record industry at large , Virgin 's image remained firmly wedded to an era already passed . |
| 23 | The objective of the Company Patrons Scheme is to foster and strengthen the links between HCIMA and the industry at large . |
| 24 | The parties at large are not seen as the formers of policy for the government ; that is a task reserved for the parliamentary members of the governing party . |
| 25 | My right hon. Friend 's action at large — to spur manufacturers to action to improve security — is also very welcome , as is his acknowledgement of the Government 's role . |
| 26 | However , the loyalty of political appointees and career civil servants in the federal administration at large is much more open to question . |
| 27 | ‘ Vicious Killer at Large in Quiet Market Town ’ — this 'll be on the front page of the tabloids ! ’ |
| 28 | For the UK business scene at large , about 38% of companies have collected the VAT numbers of fewer than half their customers , according to a survey , VAT and 1993 : Is Europe Really Ready ? , compiled by accountants Arthur Andersen . |
| 29 | If the sort of town represented by East Grinstead was too insignificant to accumulate much wealth , even a burgeoning one like Petworth , which was primarily a big village in an extensive parish , was hardly differentiated from the Wealden parts of Arundel rape at large ; in fact , its per capita wealth was marginally lower . |
| 30 | ( Fashion , page 174 and Lagerfeld , page 200 ) is editor at large for Harpers & Queen and a graduate of the late Sixties hemline school of journalism . |