Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close by reared the immense domed bulk of the Palais de Justice , a complex so large it covered a greater area than St Peter 's in Rome . |
| 2 | Not for another fortnight , however , did Henry and Richard have a force sufficiently large to encircle St Martial 's . |
| 3 | Not for the first time Delaney looked into the eyes that were deep , infathomable pools of green , and at the copper-coloured hair falling around the high smooth cheek bones ; at the small upturned nose and a mouth just large enough to hint at the animal sensuality lying dormant beneath the surface . |
| 4 | The terminals are among the biggest single development sites in Europe with the 750ha Sangatte terminal as large as Heathrow Airport . |
| 5 | Where I have a little concern and that 's only 'cos I do n't know the of all of it , is that you are picking up , yes very minor non-conformances but in practice fairly large numbers in a fairly short time scale what I would be concerned about is when you get your B S I audit that these other areas that you have n't looked at have got equally this lack of attention to detail , that you end up with not only major break down in your system , but sufficient minor breakdowns in your system , to cause them to say that they wo n't give you registration . |
| 6 | The house was square and wide , of cream stone , with an imposing entrance as large as their sitting-room at home , a white arched and mullioned doorway , and lots of high leaded windows . |
| 7 | One person 's sensory experience , for a mind as large and complex as this ? ’ |
| 8 | A rock too large |
| 9 | An interferometer swung around by the Earth 's rotation will ‘ synthesise ’ a dish as large as the separation of the two telescopes . |
| 10 | Now he could see that the mound had an entrance , marked by a boulder as large as the mounting block . |
| 11 | Taxes were too high and the state bureaucracy too large and too much power had become centralized in Washington at the expense of the states . |
| 12 | Both imply a market economy but , whereas even before the triumph of capitalism most large estates operated as productive units exist to sell a large proportion of their output , most peasant holdings , being primarily self-sustaining , do not . |
| 13 | Fanatics carry a huge ball and chain , a weapon so large that it would be impossible for a Goblin to pick up in normal circumstances , but the Fanatic 's strength is boosted by fungus beer enabling him to swing the heavy ball round and round . |
| 14 | ‘ My lord , ’ he exclaimed , ‘ the English forces are divided into a number of camps around Berwick , for the land offers no single place sufficiently large . |
| 15 | Function Room fairly large , and good seating for around 100 people . |
| 16 | ( A political party finds a surplus as large as this very gratifying , because the votes made available for transfer will , if voters are loyal , go a long way to ensuring the election of one or even two of its less popular candidates . ) |
| 17 | No charge too large . ’ |
| 18 | The magnification is adequate , the field pleasingly large , and the binoculars light enough to be hand-held without awkward shake . |
| 19 | On the other hand , this goal , that is , a sample sufficiently large so as to make it representative , had to be weighed against time , staffing and other factors which imposed a practical limit on the size of the sample . |
| 20 | For example , a junior manager might find the organisation so large that he has relatively little influence . |
| 21 | At the same time , the top management might find the organisation so large and complex , and changes in policy and procedures so difficult and time-consuming to implement , that they also feel unable to give direction to the organisation . |
| 22 | For a consignment as large as that hiding-places were limited . |
| 23 | The eighties brought commercial pragmatism , with for example many refreshment-trolley services run by private firms that employees of any organisation as large as BR would almost certainly have found impractical . |
| 24 | Assessments about the impact of Griffiths have been mixed , hardly surprising in an organisation as large and diverse as the NHS . |
| 25 | ‘ Also , a development as large as the one proposed would generate a very substantial amount of traffic and we would have to examine in great detail the implications for roads in the area . |
| 26 | The brothers ' crimes against Joseph were met eventually with a forgiveness as large as Esau 's , and this time the forgiveness was received , and given the response it deserved . |
| 27 | The level of foreign trade was still low in terms of national income , and the USSR had not become a major trading partner for most of the developed capitalist countries ; nor was interpersonal contact particularly large given the population numbers involved . |
| 28 | He refines his argument in the light of evidence that nowadays the demand curve for a company 's stock is extremely elastic : ‘ [ t ] hus even large purchases of stock will not necessarily have an immediate and noticeable effect on its price since other stocks are seen as perfect substitutes . ’ |
| 29 | BP also attracted attention , when its tanker British Renown , taking part in a rescue operation on the stricken Liberian-flag Very Large Crude Carrier ( VLCC ) Tiburon , was surprised by an Iranian aircraft near the Shah Allum shoal , a favourite Iranian hunting-ground , and hit by missiles . |
| 30 | He thought the agenda too large and the business too hurried . |