Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our galaxy and other galaxies , however , must contain a large amount of " dark matter " that we can not see directly , but which we know must be there because of the influence of its gravitational attraction on the orbits of stars in the galaxies . |
| 2 | This was a thoroughly enjoyable tournament for which Eric Jan Berendsen of DIOK must take a large slice of credit and it was also superb as an August pre-season appetizer . |
| 3 | For the term obtained from equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , in the real image term of equation ( 6 ) , if r is not equal to a substrate atom position β i in a transform , the summations give rise to a small value because the scattering factors and the exponents are oscillating complex functions in the transform ; when r is equal to tend to cancel out the scattering path length contributions and the scattering factors to unity , and summations should produce a large value . |
| 4 | An Arowana must have a large tank . |
| 5 | Finance companies , by adopting a ‘ take it or leave it ’ attitude used to insist on inserting terms that were very onerous for the customer — terms to the effect that all implied conditions and warranties were excluded ; that in the event of the customer 's payments falling into arrears the finance company could repossess the goods ; that in order to repossess the goods the company 's agents could trespass upon the customer 's premises ; that in the event of the customer terminating the agreement he should pay a large sum of money to the finance company , etc . |
| 6 | Surely the Services must attract a large number of duty-conscious people ? |
| 7 | Capitalizing on the Melby report they suggested that Paris should pass a large measure of responsibility for the Indo-Chinese problem to the UN : thus enlisting wider support from free Asian countries and perhaps even inhibiting Chinese communist support for Ho Chi Minh . |
| 8 | And the way this leap into motherhood is treated must play a large part in determining the future happiness of the woman and her family . |
| 9 | Similarly a late seventh-century law of Wessex provided that the king should receive a large part of the wergeld of any stranger ‘ who came across the frontier ’ . |
| 10 | The CEB had previously exercised coordinating functions over generation , and it was thus natural that John Hacking and his other ex-CEB colleagues should play a large part in determining policy in this field . |
| 11 | There were , moreover , good reasons why a rapidly-growing industry such as electricity should raise a large proportion of its capital on the market rather than financing itself through higher earnings , as some of the critics suggested . |
| 12 | A customer might buy a large quantity of identical ‘ standards ’ to fit into its products , confident that customers can alter the exact function of the components by programming . |
| 13 | The creation of two new branches in Manchester and Birmingham will further strengthen our portfolios in these areas , and with very successful sales and service teams already in place I 'm sure in 1993 we 'll see a large portfolio growth . |
| 14 | I 'll have a large whisky . ’ |
| 15 | While this spared the Bush Administration from the perils of thinking for itself , or heaven forbid , taking a policy decision for which it might get criticised , it naively ignored the danger that Bonn might have a large axe of its own to grind . |
| 16 | The usual pattern was for all to congregate in Minton 's studio where he might cook a large risotto after which they went to a film . |
| 17 | For example a semi-feudal landlord in a developing country today may employ a large number of retainers or family servants who will work for cash rent , labour rent or a proportion of the harvest on his land . |
| 18 | The rams were revived ; the catapults were improved ; and the invention of the trebuchet provided a weapon which could throw a large stone for a short distance with considerable force . |
| 19 | Any particular estimate of NAIRU could include a large proportion of workers who were involuntarily unemployed . |
| 20 | Assume now that the group can not sell all it can make at the normal price of £120 but division B sees that it could win a large order if it were to offer goods at £80 each . |
| 21 | They were sure I could expect a large present from her , either before or after her death . |
| 22 | The usual justification is goodwill and the hope that one day a small customer could become a large customer . |
| 23 | Over a hedge I could see a large stone sitting in the middle of the field , basking in the sun like a great toad . |
| 24 | Through the window beside him Owen could see a large rat sunning itself on a mooring rope . |
| 25 | A ‘ baby boom ’ now could provide a large number of teachers in 20 years ' time ; but if in 15 years ' time , the birth rate were to be low , there would be insufficient children for these teachers to teach ( unless pupil/teacher ratios were to be changed ) . |
| 26 | For example , if the recipients of the picture love fuchsias , you could create a large spray of fuchsias with their own leaves . |
| 27 | Having shown the potential of this genre in North Sea ( 1938 ) , his film about fishermen caught in a storm , he demonstrated with Target for Tonight ( 1941 ) , which follows an air-crew on a raid across the Channel , that films about the truth of war could secure a large audience . |
| 28 | Although the latter would seem to be essential , they could contain a large proportion of practical exercises , as is common in papers in mathematics . |
| 29 | All-at-once liberalisation could flatten a large part of the economy overnight . |
| 30 | A tall , prematurely white-haired man in a navy blue suit , with eyes that could focus on you as if you were a fly that had settled on a distant door-knob , he could dominate a large room while seated behind a desk at one end of it and without raising his voice above a conversational level . |