Example sentences of "population at [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps a little too easily accepted by most commentators that because of the desire of the population at large to receive some immediate economic benefit from having won the war there was no alternative to seeking an American loan . |
| 2 | The information will be compared with the picture of attitudes of the population at large gained from the annual British Social Attitudes survey ( supported by the Economic and Social Research Council ) and other sources . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that the population at large has become more mobile in many ways . |
| 4 | Reporting on the decade of change following the 1971 Census , the CES found : first , in those areas under consideration , there has been a population decline of 20 per cent , whereas the population at large has grown . |
| 5 | It may also lead the population at large to believe that , as there is no real chance , money should not be wasted to counteract genetic limitations . |