Example sentences of "nation at large " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nonsense in massive doses , solemnly swallowed by large and representative bodies of men , and commended , without the flicker of an eyelid , to the nation at large , is very dangerous indeed . |
| 2 | while the portion of the Forest at present planted under the Acts may properly be managed with a view to producing the most profitable crop of trees , the remainder of the Forest should henceforth , in the interest of the nation at large , be managed with a view to the preservation of its natural aspect and condition as a Forest of surpassing beauty and unique character . |
| 3 | James Loch , Edinburgh lawyer and Commissioner for Stafford 's Sutherland estates , reassured his master that : ‘ The adoption of the new system , by which the mountainous districts are converted into sheep pastures , even if it should unfortunately occasion the emigration of some individuals , is , upon the whole , advantageous to the nation at large . ’ |
| 4 | The longer we delay the worse it will become and the more expensive it will be to the nation at large . ’ |
| 5 | Tory backbenchers and the nation at large will give Mr Major about a year before deciding whether the helmsman or his crew are mostly to blame if the nation 's ills refuse to blow away . |
| 6 | The separation of powers , one of the two central principles upon which the Constitution is based , was for Carter a flaw that prevented presidents from governing rationally in the best interests of the nation at large . |
| 7 | However , the charge is often returned by environmentalists who note how much farmers pride themselves on being ‘ stewards ’ of the English countryside for the benefit of future generations and for the nation at large , but then deny the right of anyone else to have a say in how it should be maintained for them . |
| 8 | The notion that a Ministry which can not command a majority in the House of Commons … a Ministry in a minority of 31 per cent … in these circumstances is invested with the right to demand a dissolution is as subversive of constitutional usage , as it would , in my opinion , be pernicious to the general and paramount interests of the nation at large . |
| 9 | Local historians should be aware that the high number of deaths that they may find during certain years in their own register could fit the experience of the nation at large . |
| 10 | Even further back , in Charles II 's reign , the Compton ecclesiastical census of 1676 had suggested that Dissenters then formed only 4 per cent of the nation at large , though in some communities Dissent had taken a much stronger hold . |
| 11 | It is by no means clear that the Church and Queen position of 1710 – 14 was any more popular in the nation at large than had been the Church and King position of either 1660 – 2 or 1681 – 5 . |
| 12 | On the morning of the 10th , the nation at large , having been well forewarned , battened down the hatches as the ‘ low of the century ’ tracked towards a position between Iceland and Shetland . |