Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] at large " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 As a result society at large has come to accept the devaluation of the economic role of ‘ older people ’ as defined by these ages .
3 Because their tour of duty usually lasted no more than three or four years their primary loyalties were thought to be to their careers in the Home Office at large .
4 To the record industry at large , Virgin 's image remained firmly wedded to an era already passed .
5 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 .
6 These companies have developed great expertise in radioisotope technology for their own use over the past 30 years , and these skills , together with special instruments , are now offered by the Group to the chemical , oil and other process industries at large .
7 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 .
8 He or she must know how to exercise pastoral care , what to do in order to observe requirements of health and safety , how to handle links with parents , how to weigh the significance of community connections , what to understand about the world of work and how to regard a teacher 's individual position within the structure of the education service at large .
9 Within the adult education profession at large , there was gratification that the existing providers had been commended for their work , but some fears lest the proposals for future grant allocation might lead to increased governmental control over courses taught .
10 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 .
11 I shall describe those provisions and how they will work for the adult sector at large , including the Croydon education and training service .
12 The public school plus Oxbridge system has never perceived any need for vocational education and consequently it has been denied to the student body at large .
13 Maybe not today , or even six months from now , but somewhere down the road the interests of Novell will not coincide with the Unix world at large .
14 He conjures up visions of conflict of interest saying , ’ … somewhere down the road the interests of Novell will not coincide with the Unix world at large .
15 Woman flasher at large !
16 Let the relief workers get to real human needs , but let the wider governmental administrations not forget that aviation heritage at large is deserving of some help and understanding amid the ruins of Tamiami .
17 — the Almanack , let alone cricket followers at large , could scarcely have guessed that Surridge would steer the county to four more Championships in a row before handing over to Peter May ( who kept the Championship pennant at The Oval for two further years ) .
18 In the UK the Institution of Chemical Engineers has produced a computer simulation program specifically for training personnel at large chemical plants who may one day have to manage major fires and toxic releases ( Institution of Chemical Engineers , no date ) .
19 Over-reliance on ‘ in-house ’ provision ( materials , courses , evaluation ) with little contact with the language training profession at large .
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