Example sentences of "are largely a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The events narrated in Donoso 's The Obscene Bird of Night , for example , are largely a working-out of the fantasies and obsessions of the narrator/protagonist , Humberto Peñaloza , who , as secretary to Don Jerónimo Azcoitía , lives on the fringes of the privileged world of the oligarchy , and whose dreams of joining the ranks of the upper classes are counterbalanced by a humiliating sense of social inferiority . |
| 2 | Some large enterprises with many component ‘ organizations of associated labour ’ also have ‘ internal ’ banks , which are largely a means of pooling enterprise liquidity . |
| 3 | What evidence can be gleaned for the ‘ Queen Margaret ’ school , or for the counter-argument that such changes are largely a matter of style rather than substance , by examining the procedure and mechanics of government since 1979 ? |
| 4 | The extensive Pevensey Levels of 36 square kilometres are largely a result of the enclosure or inning of a large bay studded with small clay islands called ‘ eyes ’ . |
| 5 | Doctors with an interest in food intolerance take a different view — that the psychological problems , where they exist , are largely a result of the illness , or of its rejection by the medical profession , or a mixture of the two . |
| 6 | With other creatures , their communications are largely a matter of instinctive patterning . |
| 7 | Modern methods of curtailing debate are largely a response to attempts by Irish Nationalists , seeking home rule in Victorian times , to abuse the rights of the opposition to oppose . |
| 8 | Preferences between wholemeal bread and white bread are largely a matter of habit . |
| 9 | The Whips are largely a mystery to the public . |
| 10 | Thankfully rock climbs covered with a thick layer of red fibre pile fluff are largely a thing of the past . |
| 11 | Ian Fleming 's James Bond novels , from Casino Royale ( 1953 ) onwards , characteristically enough , are largely a comic creation ; and though no one would dare call the Bond thrillers realistic , their strength was always at least as much in terms of observed social manners — dress , food , drink and forms of address — as in their innocently violent fantasies about sex and power in the age of the Cold War . |
| 12 | The former can not be defined by any objective criteria and are largely a matter of personal taste , although if you wish to guarantee a reasonable resale value , it is crucial to make sure that your tastes coincide with more universally held views on aesthetic appeal . |
| 13 | The distinctive patterns and processes of government accounting and budgeting are largely a product of the public sector infrastructure . |
| 14 | These are largely a matter of choice . |
| 15 | The vineyards of Bergères-les-Vertus are largely an extension of the lower slopes of Vertus reaching down to the southern tip of the Côte des Blancs . |