Example sentences of "is largely " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Scotland the AIDS problem is largely drug related with HIV spreading rapidly through the communal use of syringes and needles during the mid 1980s . |
| 2 | It is important to note that the political party system in the Republic of Ireland is largely based on the divisions in the national-popular consciousness which occurred at the time of the Irish civil war . |
| 3 | It is largely the case that catholic nationalists go to one set of schools which have a visible catholic and nationalist ethos , and protestant loyalists go to another , some of which have a less visible protestant ethos , but all of which have a loyalist ethos as well . |
| 4 | ‘ I gave her a gruesome murder to deal with … homicide is new territory for women — the need for capture and revenge is largely masculine . ’ |
| 5 | This is largely eliminated with reverse-pulley car launching and winching , where the parachute is pulled in as it drops . |
| 6 | In this system the speed is largely controlled by the glider pilot . |
| 7 | This is largely a matter of forming the habit of noting the wind from smoke or some other indication and of orientating yourself relative to the sun or an obvious feature such as a coast line , i.e. remember something along the lines of ‘ Into wind is into sun ’ , or say to yourself , ‘ I must land with the sun over my left shoulder ’ , etc . |
| 8 | Height judgement above that height is not essential and is largely guesswork . |
| 9 | The ‘ cure ’ is largely a matter of acclimatisation and a simple but thorough explanation of why the aircraft stalls and what causes the sensation . |
| 10 | Rapid progress across country is largely a matter of finding and using effectively only the very strongest of thermals . |
| 11 | As Crick ( 1976 : 123 ) has argued , ‘ criminology ( like anthropology ) , is largely concerned with systems of classification ’ . |
| 12 | For example the considerable criticism of the police response to domestic disputes ‘ mainly related to their failure to take effective action by arresting men who assault their wives and girl friends ’ ( Shapland and Hobbs 1989 ) is largely determined by wider social factors pertaining to the historical role and place of women in society . |
| 13 | This latter unit ( formerly the HO Research Unit ) does provide some research material for those who seek it out and its bulletin is a reference source to recent government funded research , which is largely concerned with operational systems and the tools of policing . |
| 14 | Again the élitism in the department is largely symbolic , for although detectives talk continuously of their special knowledge of the world of ‘ prigs ’ , and despise the uniform branch as ‘ wollies ’ , often it is the uniform ‘ polis ’ who responds to a call and effects the ‘ capture ’ , after which the detective moves in to ‘ squeeze him dry ’ . |
| 15 | Cognitive neuropsychology is largely a European rather than a North American phenomenon . |
| 16 | Can you tell me if any woodworking and design courses — part-time , full-time , short or long — are available in which the emphasis is largely or completely using hand-tools ? |
| 17 | Half the people in the study received nothing from a formal agency and the authors conclude that the Social Fund ‘ is largely irrelevant to most real-life situations within which the poorest people find themselves ’ . |
| 18 | The success of these two means of communication is largely due to the nature of De Falla 's score , which is somewhat like that of Stravinsky fur The Firebird and Petrushka . |
| 19 | It is largely based on the bit image approach , and assumes a resolution of around 100 pixels per inch , which could become a limitation in the future . |
| 20 | I should add that my own understanding of literature is largely in aesthetic terms ; at least , of poetry ; where fiction and drama are concerned , aesthetic approaches can , at best , only be partial . |
| 21 | This is largely because , once incorporated into the academy , this study had to adopt the values and principles of the academy , and develop as the institution developed . |
| 22 | But the reason we , unlike the Americans , have no telephones on planes is largely because a consensus on frequencies was a long time coming . |
| 23 | Very few have been evaluated , and the evidence is largely anecdotal , he said . |
| 24 | Moreover , its big-name client base so far is largely confined to Sainsbury , Gateway and the main petrol retailers . |
| 25 | GENERAL MANUEL NORIEGA , the military ruler of Panama , is largely a creation of the Americans , but one of whom Washington is now anxious to be rid : hence the unvarnished disappointment there at the failure of the latest attempt to topple him . |
| 26 | That these generally complex , polytextual pieces can today appeal to an almost capacity house at the Wigmore Hall is largely due to two factors : the superb singing of Gothic Voices , and the ability of their director , Christopher Page , to unlock the musical secrets of the past . |
| 27 | It is largely a matter of cost . |
| 28 | Sir Derek will resist pressure from some shareholders to resign in the belief that this is largely a minority view . |
| 29 | Unemployment or short-term employment immediately after graduation is largely a reflection of the time that graduates take to find the right openings . |
| 30 | Power steering is now standard , but it does nothing to blunt the feedback coming from front wheels to steering wheel : the old wrist-snapping kickback over bumps is largely eradicated but the important messages are translated as crisply as ever . |