Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] large " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prosecutions by local authorities under the Act of 1950 have little deterrent effect , because the increased sales are such that fines at the level presently authorised under the statute can be absorbed by large retailers as a relatively small increase in their costs , though the same is not true of small shops with their much lower sales . |
| 2 | It is unlikely that such richness can be achieved in large hyper-bases where automated authoring is likely to prevail . |
| 3 | But these same Ministers claim that for other people 's children , the best can be achieved in large classes , in crumbling buildings without sufficient books and equipment and with inadequately paid teachers . |
| 4 | Fast drying enables a rapid overpainting , they are flexible and versatile , adhering to a variety of surfaces and they can be painted in large , flat blocks of colour , useful in hard edge , pop or optical art painting for example . |
| 5 | The particular cancer cell used in the experiment is the HeLa cell line which can be grown in large quantities in flasks . |
| 6 | This continuity can be explained in large part by the nature of the superstructure . |
| 7 | This can be made in large enough quantities for very little cost , using any of the commercial foods available . |
| 8 | Ants can be kept in large glass jars filled with soil or in a wormery ( Chapter 6 ) , but to see them best you should keep them in a special kind of housing . |
| 9 | For a more permanent path , where perhaps there is likely to be heavy foot traffic , slabs can be laid on large blobs of mortar . |
| 10 | Very small things like pebbles , marbles , polished beach stones , old buttons and so on , can be put into large glass goblets or jars and displayed on window ledges ( against the light ) or on shelves . |
| 11 | There is some variability in the figure quoted for the minimum Re at which transition can be produced by large disturbances , values going down to 1800 . |
| 12 | This material is known as WF Orange , and it can be bought in large rolls . |
| 13 | Economists in particular do n't distinguish between the creation of wealth , which nowadays can be provided in large measure by machines , and the creation of employment , which in large measure requires other policies . |
| 14 | This sample looks like stripes because it includes at least two examples but this idea can be used between large areas of colour to merge the colour change edges . |
| 15 | As a result the system can be used in large rooms , or long but relatively narrow rooms , but conversely is ill-suited for use across the narrow dimension of most rooms , which can work well with many other transducers . |
| 16 | Today , quite apart from its scientific interest , the mule , offspring of a donkey and a mare , has enormous economic potential : as a work animal , the mule 's life is almost twice that of the horse ; it pulls more in proportion to its weight ; it needs shoeing less often ; and it can be worked in large teams without difficulty . |
| 17 | ‘ History shows us that the inherent strength of American communities and institutions can be attributed in large part to the freedom Americans had to experiment without the deadening hand of capital control . |
| 18 | The overlap with husbandmen can be attributed in large measure to uncertainty as to the precise status of a minority whom one return called labourers ( or servants ) while the other described them differently . |
| 19 | This can be attributed in large measure to the lower demand of low-paid labour in non-metropolitan manufacturing during the recession years and to a contraction in housing opportunities for low-income groups . |
| 20 | Gunier showed that a characteristic shape-independent geometric function , called the radius of gyration can be measured from large particle scattering . |
| 21 | Conservation areas can be spread over large chunks of historic towns or just one street . |