Example sentences of "a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decide what the annual interest on these will be , typically 6–7% in a large union . |
| 2 | Sophia went back into the house and came out again with a bowl of washing , from which she shook out a large Union Jack . |
| 3 | Many in our branch recognize the need for the strength , the baddening , the experience , the equal rights , health and safety , training opportunities within a large union , but they were also very worried about losing our own identity . |
| 4 | Of course we have the additional complication that the over- large government bureaucracy 's at present run by a political party which seems to have given up thinking about anything much other than staying in power and I know and hope that you will be part of thinking about much more than that , but still even with a large union , you could regulate concentrate on stimulating the grass roots and then on building upwards . |
| 5 | When the crowds stormed the Palaţul Primaverii on 22 December , they were astonished by what they found : The lavish — if ugly — real and imitation Louis-Quinze furniture ; the use of marble and gold for everyday objects ; and , most striking of all , was the presence of a large Philips colour television and videotape recorder in every room . |
| 6 | There is a good programme of daily activities in the Home , and all these are written up on a large board in Peter 's office . |
| 7 | The officers ' quarters in the guardroom contained a large board labelled with the names of different areas . |
| 8 | A large board was covered with ‘ urgent ’ messages . |
| 9 | It will be appreciated that even after these enlargement , Shawell school was not a large building . |
| 10 | In 1793 , the Fellows of Magdalen College , Oxford , erected a large building of simple classical design on the edge of their deer park . |
| 11 | She saw the dark looming bulk of a large building . |
| 12 | At the end , in sunlight , was a large building with high windows and a big main door . |
| 13 | Robyn 's student , Marion Russell , wearing a long , shapeless black overcoat and carrying a plastic holdall , hurriedly enters a large building in the commercial centre of Rummidge and asks the security man at the desk for directions . |
| 14 | They crossed another yard , where hulks of obsolete machinery crouched , bleeding rust into their blankets of snow , and entered a large building with a high vaulted roof hidden in gloom . |
| 15 | Whitechurch continued : ‘ Closely adjacent to the sawmills is the Smiths ’ Shop … a large building resounding with the clang of the hammer , and bright with forge-fires and hot iron . |
| 16 | ‘ In the Carriage Finishing-off Shop ( 50 ) , vehicles are delivered into service This is a large building containing 12 tracks . |
| 17 | It is a large building with five bays , having 15 roads . |
| 18 | We give them their induction pack ( see page 41 ) to look at later , but it 's really to get to know the layout , because we have quite a large building . |
| 19 | This may also account for the small size of halls at West Stow , the uncompacted sand subsoil being incapable of taking the strain of a large building with earth-fast timbers . |
| 20 | After consultation with the ward staff of the hospital where he was , and with the speech therapist , I drew a small house , his , and a large building , an old peoples ' home , and asked him to point to where he wanted to go . |
| 21 | Two years ago a large building company bought up the remaining fields between the sites and the village and filled them with retirement homes . |
| 22 | But the Mallia site ( Plates 10 and 11 ) may prove to be more complicated than this , in view of the fairly recent discovery made to the west of the ‘ Second Temple ’ site ; there was a large building , at least 1,700 square metres in area , with at least 60 rooms and open light-wells or courts , although no great courtyard , the distinctive feature which typifies the Minoan temple . |
| 23 | On the other side were more houses and a large building tentatively identified as an armoury or arsenal . |
| 24 | A large building nearby , also to the north-west of the temple , has been interpreted as an assembly room and banquet hall for the leaders and representatives of the people , comparable to the prytaneum of the later Greek cities . |
| 25 | Slip through the wire fence ( obviously bent ) and follow the level until , at a point some 100 yards before a large building ( old engine sheds ) , a vague path drops down the spoil heap to some trees . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , for softer tones and individual colours an electronic instrument can be most effective , particularly in a large building with good resonance . |
| 27 | Tired and confused after the journey , I followed the servant into a large building , where she left me in a sitting-room . |
| 28 | Later that evening , in a town many miles north of Weatherbury , a small white shape could be seen walking slowly along a path beside a large building . |
| 29 | I was then put in er , charge , if that 's the correct word , of disposing of the premises and er , we sold a part to Harry who was an old friend of mine er for his garage purposes and er , later on , purchased a large building in the middle of of erm , er , this area , which was still being used as a leather currying works and so on . |
| 30 | It was more a matter of putting together a substantial structure , a large building , using the crude tools of the day . |