Example sentences of "a large [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later the same term was used to denote the geometrical figure that is formed when a smaller square is cut out of a larger square with two of its adjacent sides lying along two adjacent sides of the latter . |
| 2 | Every now and then the launch took a larger wave on her starboard bow and she would shy away like a frightened colt . |
| 3 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 4 | Where objects are deliberately unique it may be that they are intended to signify some generic concept of uniqueness , such as in art ; the object is then both an individual form and an example of a larger category to which it must be related . |
| 5 | The narrower the range of comparison , the surer we shall be that the stylistic features we are attributing to Jane Austen are peculiar to her style , rather than to the style of a larger category of writings " which includes hers . |
| 6 | Fortunately the visibility was excellent , and so we could fly at 3,000 feet above the terrain to give us a larger cone of vision as well as options in the event of engine failure . |
| 7 | Meanwhile we 're impatient for a larger return on investment . |
| 8 | ‘ Certain scholars have reservations about the kind of exhibitions she did because they lack factual perspective ’ , says Harold Koda , ‘ but in terms of a larger concept of truth , she captured the truth of fashion ’ . |
| 9 | Before widespread changes in practice are made this finding needs confirmation in a larger trial with mortality and major respiratory and cerebral morbidity as the primary outcomes . |
| 10 | A larger trial in Crohn 's disease is being evaluated . |
| 11 | Physical sex is a larger factor in the life of the woman , married or unmarried , than in the life of the man … |
| 12 | There was obviously a larger village of Buscot here , around the church and parsonage , for the present village lies some way off across the fields . |
| 13 | It may be noted incidentally that if in any land the poll is higher than the national average one or more patties in it may receive a correspondingly larger allotment of seats , which , since the number of constituency seats can not be changed , will entail a larger allotment of list seats . |
| 14 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 15 | If the value of the property is to be taken into account with regard to estate agency fees , then there is no reason why it should not be taken into account in conveyancing fees , particularly since there is a larger element of responsibility and accountability in relation to the legal process of the sale as opposed to the estate agency . |
| 16 | The AHDS scheme should become a larger element in farm support , meeting nature conservation requirements and with NCC scrutiny for every plan . |
| 17 | The one exception is a larger animal with a pale creamy front covered in dark blotches , a long nose and a steely grey back . |
| 18 | A larger proportion of Labour supporters favour a deal with the Liberal Democrats . |
| 19 | The random and unrestrained building of pre-planning times is over , of course , and the National Trust owns a larger proportion of the coastline than any other part of the country . |
| 20 | The Mediterranean countries employ a larger proportion of their population in agriculture , they have much lower per capita incomes and less well-developed manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 21 | The specialist team closed a larger proportion of cases within six months , and the specialist worker kept open a strikingly larger number of cases beyond nine months . |
| 22 | This would be represented in the diagram by moving from point A to point C. The converse is true because if a school loses pupils ( represented by moving from point A to point B ) it is not that the school spends any more on fixed costs but because of the reduction in pupils and hence funding , fixed costs take a larger proportion of the available budget . |
| 23 | However , if age specific rates of disability remain constant , average levels of disability are likely to rise as a larger proportion of the elderly population reaches extreme old age . |
| 24 | Poorer households are known to spend a larger proportion of their income on essentials such as food and fuel for heating . |
| 25 | Staffing ratios were generally better in grammar schools than elsewhere , and even the Burnham system favoured ( as it was meant to do ) schools with a larger proportion of older pupils , especially if they were in those sixth forms which continued to stand at the peak of a meritocratic secondary system . |
| 26 | The British Government should press for all agricultural development plans , which are likely to be broadened in their scope and available to a larger proportion of ( particularly smaller ) farms , to be agreed with conservation authorities before they can be adopted . |
| 27 | Many schemes are funded for three to five years and , although some tapering mechanisms may allow continued but limited funding thereafter , in the long run local authorities may have to bear a larger proportion of total expenditure if schemes are to continue . |
| 28 | Harold ( Never Had It So Good ) Macmillan , Minister of Housing and Local Government , introduced a scheme in 1954 to help people buy houses through building societies who were allowed to advance a larger proportion of the price , now rapidly soaring , than hitherto . |
| 29 | Lose weight more quickly than ever before , because a larger proportion of the calories you consume will remain undigested ; |
| 30 | The second difficulty is the inevitable paradox that lenders with the strictest criteria can afford to offer cheaper credit than those whose looser criteria demand higher rates to pay either for a larger proportion of bad debt or ( more often ) for costlier instalment collection procedures . |