Example sentences of "[noun] largely [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this kind of rationalism largely yielded to empiricism with the rise of the Logical Positivists and it is therefore disconcerting to find that experience can not do its job . |
| 2 | The residence of the Metropolitan had been transferred here from Vladimir and Ivan III ( the Great ) , 1462 — 1505 , had the wooden buildings of the Kremlin largely rebuilt in more durable materials . |
| 3 | The precise impact on the UK is still debated , but internal political opposition largely evaporated between the 1983 and 1987 General Elections . |
| 4 | MISS SELFRIDGE manageress Jenny Beckett largely agreed with the River Island theories . |
| 5 | Despite joint ventures in Europe with Philips and Olivetti , and in Spain , AT&T did not successfully achieve the same status as the existing ‘ foreign legion ’ telecoms equipment suppliers ; Siemens of Germany and Ericsson continued their traditional success as equipment suppliers in many countries , and ITT largely held on to its foreign markets both under its US ownership and when it came under majority French ( Alcatel ) control in 1986 . |
| 6 | John Marius Wilson 's " The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland " ( Edinburgh 1882 ) and Cassell 's " Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland " ( London 1896 ) have short entries largely copied and often inaccurate and Cassell repeats the " Two rude sculptured crosses at Kildalton . " |
| 7 | John Marius Wilson 's " The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland " ( Edinburgh 1882 ) and Cassell 's " Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland " ( London 1896 ) have short entries largely copied and often inaccurate and Cassell repeats the " Two rude sculptured crosses at Kildalton . " |
| 8 | To meet the demand , the marble trade from quarries largely owned by the emperor was rationalised . |
| 9 | ‘ In the inner world , they [ objects ] exist in a form and condition largely determined by his [ the infant 's ] phantasies . |
| 10 | The successful candidates largely represented business interests and called for closer ties with China . |
| 11 | When we stepped on board we found the boat largely occupied by sheep , always very smelly companions in a steamer . |
| 12 | It is unfortunate that a " prototype " approach , although repeatedly mentioned , is in practice largely sacrificed to a view of fictionality as a discrete and strictly defined category . |
| 13 | This fear largely evaporated when it was proved that the fragile genetically-engineered microbes could not live outside their special environment inside the fermenter . |
| 14 | One thing seems clear , that such patterns did not exist only in the present largely abandoned marginal uplands , but also over great areas of the country . |
| 15 | It makes sense , therefore , to think of the ninth-century West Frankish church , deeply implicated though it was in secular politics , its personnel largely recruited from the indigenous nobility , and often riven by factional rivalries , yet with its own corporate self-consciousness and distinctive goals . |
| 16 | Erm , I 'm sorry to come back to the central overheads er again , but erm it , considering that the other income largely related to ninety one , I 'm a little unclear why the central costs went down , I ca n't believe there 's been any salary cuts at |
| 17 | The SPD still led by Ollenhauer , and with policies largely based on negative criticisms at Adenauer , rose only slightly to 32 per cent . |
| 18 | His tenacious belief in the venture by keeping it running cost him heavy personal financial loss and his ‘ nursing ’ of this satire on operetta that has rarely been equalledis largely forgotten ( but not by me ) . |
| 19 | Three old cruisers , Thetis , Intrepid and Iphigenia largely stripped and filled with concrete , attempted to sink themselves at the mouth of the canal . |
| 20 | The success of any chapel or Methodist circuit largely depended on the minister . |
| 21 | The heavy industry of Scotland and north-east England largely developed from 1842 to 1873 . |
| 22 | One of the pitfalls of this is that different audiences and different modes of consumption are contingencies largely ignored . |
| 23 | The conference agreed that Russia was the principal source of Arctic pollution , an accusation largely accepted by Russian Environment Minister Viktor Danilian , who called for foreign assistance with pollution abatement and modernization of key industries , notably nickel , copper and cobalt processing in northern Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula . |
| 24 | By the 1840s it was mainly American-grown cotton which was at issue and a tactic largely adopted by Quakers . |
| 25 | Unfortunately the tactic largely failed . |
| 26 | Runcorn ( 1964 ) , another sizeable township of 28,000 population , followed for Merseyside and in the same year Washington largely filled in the gap between South Tyneside and Sunderland . |
| 27 | He said such practical statements were ‘ disturbing to a society whose values appear to be dangerously selfish , namely economic success at the expense of our neighbours and a morality largely based on what the individual wants ’ . |
| 28 | Although the United States is the single largest exporter to OPEC ( supplying about 15 per cent of its foreign purchases ) , its deficit with those countries largely accounted for its overall trade deficit in the second half of the seventies . |
| 29 | There are countless stories about his enthusiasm for trains , from his few moments on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman to David Tweedie 's interview for a job at TMcL largely spent in discussing a mutual interest in the LNER . |
| 30 | As for more substantial choices , health-conscious Italian appetizers include parma ham with or without melon , fresh grapefruit , insalata de mare ( seafood salad largely composed of low-caloried squid ) , and mozzarella and tomato salad . |