I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a big/large budget
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The club does not have a large budget for new players.
a big/large demonstration
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Opponents of the new law are planning a big demonstration next week.
a big/large exhibition
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This is the largest exhibition of its kind that we have ever seen in London.
a big/large meal
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We don’t have a big meal at lunchtime, usually just sandwiches.
a big/large reduction
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You may have to take a big reduction in salary.
a big/large/generous tip
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The service was great and we left a large tip.
a big/large/huge crowd
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A big crowd is expected tomorrow for the final match.
a big/large/major city
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They have stores in Houston, Dallas, and other big cities.
a big/large/wide gap
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There’s a big gap between the two test scores.
a big/large/wide/small mouth
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He had a big nose and a big mouth.
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Billy’s wide mouth stretched into a grin.
a big/major/large chain
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It is one of Europe’s biggest clothing chains.
a considerable/large/enormous etc amount
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a considerable amount of money
a high/large dose
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High doses of the drug can have bad side effects.
a high/large income
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He has a relatively high income.
a large cheque (= for a lot of money )
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Sara was delighted to receive a large cheque in the post.
a large collection ( also an extensive collection formal )
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The museum has an extensive collection of Greek statues.
a large majority
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Parliament voted by a large majority in favour of the ban.
a large minority
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A large minority of women feel happier when their husbands leave them.
a large population
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California is a big state with a large population.
a large quantity
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A large quantity of clothing was stolen from the shop.
a large/big company
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She has a senior position in a large manufacturing company.
a large/big firm
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He is managing director of a large firm.
a large/big margin
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By a large margin, the book sold more copies than any other this year.
a large/big slice
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He was eating a large slice of chocolate cake.
a large/considerable etc amount of sth
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Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy.
a large/considerable/substantial sum
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He lost a substantial sum of money on the deal.
a large/great number
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A large number of children were running around in the playground.
a large/great/huge/vast range
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A vast range of plants are used in medicines.
a large/huge etc audience
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Messages posted on the Internet can attract a huge audience.
a large/huge/massive rally
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Several large rallies were held in December.
a large/large-scale enterprise
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The company has grown into a large-scale enterprise that employs hundreds of people.
a large/powerful economy
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the world’s two most powerful economies
a large/small family
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She came from a large family of seven children.
a large/substantial donation
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Substantial donations were made to the Democratic Party.
a large/substantial reward
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Despite a substantial reward being offered, the painting has never been found.
a large/substantial/considerable fortune
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His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune.
a large/vast/huge empire
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The emperor Claudius ruled a vast empire stretching from Persia to Britain.
a large/vast/huge empire
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He created a vast financial empire worth billions of dollars.
a major/big/large customer (= who is important and buys a lot )
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America is a big customer for Japanese goods.
a small/large community
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75% of the population live in small communities of fewer than 450 people.
a small/large etc patch
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Some of the hills still had small patches of snow.
a wide/great/large variety
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They hold debates on a wide variety of topics.
a wide/large circle
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They now had a wide circle of acquaintances in the area.
a wide/large/big selection
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The museum shop offers a wide selection of items.
a wider/broader/larger context (= a more general situation, set of events etc )
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It’s important to look at the story in the wider context of medieval Spain.
big/large
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The company has announced a big increase in its profits for last year.
big/large
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The debts got bigger and bigger.
big/large
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I was hungry so I asked for a large portion of french fries.
big/large
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This is the biggest earthquake ever recorded in this area.
big/large
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There has been a big rise in violent crime.
higher/larger/less etc than normal
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The journey took longer than normal.
high/large
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A high percentage of our students pass the exam.
high/large/big
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The school fees are extremely high.
in large/increasing/limited etc numbers
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Birds nest here in large numbers.
large intestine
large print
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The book is also available in large print .
large
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Temperatures over a large portion of the central and eastern states were well below normal.
large/big
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Novaya Zemlja is a large island in the Russian Arctic.
large/thin/slight etc frame
large/wide/extensive
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She has a very wide vocabulary.
lose by a large/small etc margin
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He lost by only a narrow margin.
medium to large
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medium to large companies
on a large scale
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This technology has been developed on a large scale in the US.
second largest/most successful etc
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Africa’s second highest mountain
slightly higher/lower/better/larger etc
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January’s sales were slightly better than average.
small/modest/considerable/large etc outlay
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For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.
somewhat larger/higher/newer etc
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The price is somewhat higher than I expected.
the biggest/largest consumer of sth
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The US is the world’s biggest oil consumer.
the large size of sth
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They are very peaceful fish, despite their large size.
the larger/wider society (= used when comparing a small group of people to society as a whole )
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The poor are part of the larger society, and programs must be there to help them.
to a large/great extent (= a large amount )
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The materials we use will depend to a large extent on what is available.
twice as high/big/large etc (as sth)
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Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.
vast/wide/large etc expanse
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the vast expanse of the ocean
win by a large/small etc margin
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The party won by a huge margin.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
amount
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For toxins or acetaldehyde to produce multiple symptoms, quite large amounts would have to be produced.
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The interior minister for Bavaria, Guenther Beckstein, has said that Scientologists are stockpiling large amounts of cyanide and weapons.
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A large amount of your time as a manager is almost certainly devoted to meetings, often quite expensive ones.
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The reason may well have been the large amount of money involved.
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The simple changes reduce the total fat in the diet by quiet a large amount .
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Mitt Romney, the former Republican Senate nominee who contributed large amounts of his private fortune to his campaign against Sen.
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You will also possess a large amount of information.
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But major eruptions involve much larger amounts of energy.
area
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Suites of store-rooms occupied a large area of the temple.
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In 1970 a large area of bamboo flowered and died resulting in many deaths through starvation in the panda population.
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Oil is always particularly alarming since a very small quantity will quickly cover a large area of water with an unmistakable iridescence.
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They can not therefore meet the needs of cities that are searching for a method to restrain traffic over large areas .
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It will have to serve more people scattered over a larger area .
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In fact he had his own office and a considerably larger area of carpet than anyone in Berebury suspected.
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Professional television crews, in fact, bring their own power generators with them to enable them to light large areas .
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Avoid monoculture: growing large areas of the same crop which then becomes an easy target.
city
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All of the other large cities had trends in the same direction, albeit on a less dramatic scale.
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In larger cities , ties to the land are less important and homogenizing influences have a greater impact.
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Joanne was 4 years old and attended a private nursery in a private housing estate within a large city .
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The average suburbanite sees one-tenth as many; in a large city , perhaps 100 are visible.
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The main variation on the area theme tends to occur in authorities which are based on a very large city collection.
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In the other areas the larger cities and conurbations proved difficult to incorporate in a wider uniform pattern.
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He was very comfortable in larger cities .
company
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Average salary for managers of large companies is £78,000, plus an £11,000 bonus, and in top concerns £107,000 plus £18,000.
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Still others sold out to larger companies .
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Bankruptcy for Bond Corporation, which employs 21,000 people worldwide, would represent the largest company failure in world business records.
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But such supporters as promotions by large companies might not last for long.
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The large company is by definition more difficult to run than the small one.
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For example, large companies created ex nihilo, as in joint ventures, have a remarkable tendency to flop.
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This enables the relative contributions of small and large companies to be assessed.
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I was a manager at a large company , and he was my assistant manager.
extent
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To a large extent that ideology looked to the Roman past.
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Rather, they are responsible states with undeclared, and to a large extent unproven, nuclear weapons capabilities.
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The event to a large extent heralded the return of order and culture.
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Foxes became much more wide-ranging in their search for food, since they also depended to a large extent upon rabbits.
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To a large extent this is due to the severe restriction on building.
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To a large extent this social unrepresentativeness reflects some of the structural inequalities of contemporary society.
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To a large extent population changes reflect changes in prosperity and employment opportunities.
family
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I come from quite a large family but most of my family live in the same area.
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Parents of large families now get priority housing and school registration and subsidized child care services.
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There are no ground rules for knowing how to handle these semi-permanent relationships in the context of the larger family circle.
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As recently as 1956 the government was offering bonuses for large families .
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Robert was one of a large family .
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People have to understand, I come from a large , large family .
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I.C.B. was interested in our neighbours - particularly a large family that lived upstairs at the time.
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And there was the answer - a large family of ants had made its home there!
increase
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Each Neighbourhood Office was allocated a half-time under-fives worker post, despite a large increase in workload.
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But the general principle seems secure: we must beware of any further large increases in the carbon dioxide level.
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Profits rose 17 percent as the company recorded its largest increase in phone traffic in five years.
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It is also because improving practice in the area of assessment can be done without requiring large increases in financial resources.
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Today, after a large increase in his income, he has extended his consumption to include color television and eccentric loafers.
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In addition to the large increases in colonic SCFAs, there were also important changes in the physical properties of the colonic contents.
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And this, in turn, produced the exact opposite of what the Carnegie report had predicted-a large increase in compensatory education.
measure
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Nevertheless, the organisation as a whole continued to have a large measure of credibility.
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It is the steep temperature gradient that makes it possible for us to work black smokers with a large measure of safety.
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The one large measure for which they were responsible was the Housing and Town Planning Act 1909.
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The bias litigation boom is in large measure traceable to key changes in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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Charles poured two large measures of Bell's and handed one over.
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Viennese modernism thus became in large measure a conservative modernism.
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He found the bottle of Southern Comfort and poured himself a large measure .
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It involves, in short, a large measure of economic equality.
number
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Police and troops searched a large number of houses in the nationalist estate.
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This was not a small matter when the Army decided to hire large numbers of civilian workers for the base.
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The reports suggest that large numbers are sometimes involved.
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However, such schools do seem to attract a large number of religious families.
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Fibreglass mock-ups were built to provide the large numbers of aircraft which lined the numerous military bases across Pearl Harbor.
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On the other hand, some plants can be crossed very easily so that large numbers of hybrids have been obtained.
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There will, in particular, continue to be a large number of dementia sufferers in the geriatric services.
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By far the largest number of configurations correspond to emission with a spectrum that is nearly thermal.
numbers
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Lacking white skills, disproportionately large numbers are incarcerated in penal institutions, alcohol rehabilitation centres and psychiatric hospitals.
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Third world towns and cities contain large numbers of women who may lead lives very different from those of their rural counterparts.
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There were larger numbers of Whig and Tories who found the pull of Court strong enough to override party loyalty.
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This was not a small matter when the Army decided to hire large numbers of civilian workers for the base.
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Only the Faroese now still hunt them in large numbers .
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It has long been appreciated by science that large numbers behave differently than small numbers.
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Containing the headmistress's books in large numbers , it was weighted heavily with books from the inter-war years.
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Through the securities market, corporations can pool the financial resources of extremely large numbers of people.
part
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A large part of the area was sealed off following the arrests as police carried out a fingertip search for bullets.
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A large part of the compensation package for our sales people is driven by a sliding commission scale.
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They play a large part in moulding the musical tastes of all members of society, including those who go to church.
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A large part of the resentment against work wage equity came from the way it was implemented.
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The Interior region also included large parts of the dry zone which were sparsely populated, where famine was not uncommon.
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In Arizona, Forbes scored an upset victory this week, in large part because of his flat-tax proposal.
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Food plays a large part in elderly people's lives.
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As it turns out, the fears that govern such organizations derive in large part from invalid or negative core beliefs.
population
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Effective though such techniques may be when goat numbers are low, they make little impact on a large population .
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Besides proximity to a large population of consumers, the other advantage of the new store is greater efficiency.
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And yet this may be part of the price which has to be paid if a larger population is to survive.
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To offer only one alternative, total abstention, is to exclude a large population in need of services.
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As people lived longer and the death rate fell. a larger population was able to persist.
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However, the decision to vaccinate a large population for group C meningococcal disease is difficult.
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Traditional circumpolar cultures live on little except animal fare, whilst some of the planet's largest populations are vegetarian.
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The idea is to gather data from a subset that reflects the most interesting characteristics of the larger population .
proportion
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A large proportion of dwellings constructed beyond the cities since 1960 have been in the owner-occupied sector.
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A general authority source is one that has substantial influence on a large proportion of people in a society.
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However, women receive lower redundancy payments than men and a larger proportion of them are ineligible for payments altogether.
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Such a tax claims both a larger absolute amount and a larger proportion of income as income rises.
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A large proportion of the new money has been spent to improve access for scientists.
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Moreover, a small number of diseases command a large proportion of the limited resources.
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Lose weight more quickly than ever before, because a larger proportion of the calories you consume will remain undigested; 3.
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A large proportion of our researchers are therefore unlikely to make major contributions to the literature of their research area.
quantity
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Be careful not to accompany your chosen carbohydrate with large quantities of fat.
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Being so delicate, it is not available in large quantities commercially.
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They were particularly important for the Magnox reactors, which used larger quantities of fuel and had bulkier structures to dismantle.
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The defendants stored on their land large quantities of combustible materials which ignited in mysterious circumstances.
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Maria, a 5-year-old girl, ate large quantities of material.
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At one time Ribeira Brava was the only place in Madeira where cherries were grown in large quantities .
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As the local iron ores were being exhausted and the works used larger quantities , these local supplies were not enough.
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In addition, London needed a large quantity of fuel - particularly coal - much of which came down the coast from Newcastle.
scale
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That, too, was on a larger scale than anything she had ever known.
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And because the bank lends on a large scale , its failures are likewise on a large scale.
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The Library is becoming a producer of electronic materials on a large scale in its own right.
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If it occurs on a sufficiently large scale , either main party might still win an outright majority.
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Many libraries on a slightly larger scale than this still survive and flourish outside the public library system.
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Its hallmarks were to be found in the large scale of the treated areas and in the integrated nature of the treatment.
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There are no serious long-term spent-fuel reprocessing or waste problems nor is there a potential for the large scale release of radioactivity.
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Forest survival is thus threatened on a large scale .
sum
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Perhaps that explains the large sum in his current account.
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Plunging in with both feet and expending large sums on equipment and delicate fishes will almost always result in failure and disappointment.
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Euromarkets are mainly wholesale in that large sums are lent or deposited.
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But nobody fuses much over daily expenditures on sales and gasoline taxes -- even though they add up to large sums annually.
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Usually, this payment would be made four times a year, but for larger sums the process should be quicker.
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I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money.
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When he is not on the golf course, he is making large sums as a company director.
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The immediate investment of a rather large sum of money for the meat supply for several months. 2.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a broader/wider/larger canvas
a good/large part of sth
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Married couples make up a large part of the church's congregation.
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Checheno-Ingushetia was abolished, and a large part of the Ingushi lands had been ceded to North Ossetia and repopulated by Ossetes.
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Had Therese spent a large part of her salary on a dress she would never wear again?
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His energies were never enormous, but limited though they were, he used a large part of them outside the business.
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Many young people are now attracted to the idea of producing a large part of their own food.
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So did a large part of the local population, including Morag Paterson.
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So that a large part of every day is not determined by thought at all, it more or less just happens because of habit.
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Social services take up a large part of the council budget.
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Ten black men took a sledge-hammer to the work, and knocked off a large part of his face.
bulk large
by and large
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By and large, most of the people in the town work at the factory.
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Also, he worked, by and large, in second-rank bands.
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And by and large, they do a fine job.
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But as valuable as animals are, they have a serious drawback: by and large, they hate alcohol.
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But the truth was that, by and large, the research university focuses its collective intelligence on other matters.
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Hodgkin, by and large, just looks as if he's strayed in here and is making lots of noise.
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Society seems bitter turmoil, by and large.
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The reproducible arts of photography and printmaking still remain, by and large, categorised as lesser arts.
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You know, opposites of each other by and large.
in large measure/in some measure
in large part/for the most part
large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc
loom large
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My 40th birthday has loomed larger in my mind with each passing day.
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And four years after his death, one month short of his 101st birthday in 1993, he looms larger than ever.
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Blackmail has always loomed large in intelligence work, but never more so than today.
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However, now another objection begins to loom large.
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Our man at the Yard Historic landmark buildings loom large in Geoff Lewry's life.
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The formal processes of the law, indeed, do not loom large in the field officer's routine activities.
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The human factor also looms large in Bamford's presentation of the agency's strengths and weaknesses.
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Tragedy looms larger than farce in the United States today.
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While practical issues of meshing motherhood with modern life loom large, the greatest challenges are still psychological.
unusually high/large/quiet etc
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And that was a peculiar job from that point of view, because it included an unusually large number of fifty-dollar bills.
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Chang felt that the surface, which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court, suited a baseliner like himself.
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Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
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Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet.
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Nor can local suspicions that the incidence of cancer is unusually high be calmed or confirmed.
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These energetic measures produced unusually large sums.
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Video-Tape, no voice over SWINDON/Wiltshire A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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large agricultural corporations
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Large numbers of seabirds have been killed by pollution following the oil spillage.
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A large population of homeless people live in the park.
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A large proportion of the audience consisted of teenaged girls.
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Aunt Betsy was a very large woman.
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He lived alone on the edge of a large forest.
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I bought the largest TV I could find.
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On the other side of the fence there was a large bull.
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Philip found himself in a large playground surrounded by high brick walls.
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She's used to working with large sums of money.
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Take the larger cushion to sit on -- you'll be more comfortable.
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The largest urban areas in Britain lost population and employment in the 1950s and 60s.
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The farm buildings are spread over a large area.
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The hotel was quite large and very cold.
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What size shirt do you wear? Medium or Large ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between five and 15 consultants chosen from a large pool of employees are typically called upon to review any given idea memorandum.
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Broken Hill has a large new platinum mine there.
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Hughes's activity started in 1975 when he bought three large Texas ranches totaling seven thousand acres.
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Leclerc preferred a diplomatic solution to a larger conflict.
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Now the stranger was standing on the quayside, watching several straining seamen carry a large , brass-bound chest down the gangplank.
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So the farm is well set with its 1000 acres of arable and large dairy herd.
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Some of the huts are large enough to serve as dormitories, but most are about the size of a Navajo hogan.
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Then they can not have what the larger community regards as the necessary minimum for decency ....
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a broader/wider/larger canvas
a good/large part of sth
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Married couples make up a large part of the church's congregation.
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Checheno-Ingushetia was abolished, and a large part of the Ingushi lands had been ceded to North Ossetia and repopulated by Ossetes.
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Had Therese spent a large part of her salary on a dress she would never wear again?
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His energies were never enormous, but limited though they were, he used a large part of them outside the business.
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Many young people are now attracted to the idea of producing a large part of their own food.
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So did a large part of the local population, including Morag Paterson.
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So that a large part of every day is not determined by thought at all, it more or less just happens because of habit.
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Social services take up a large part of the council budget.
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Ten black men took a sledge-hammer to the work, and knocked off a large part of his face.
by and large
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By and large, most of the people in the town work at the factory.
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Also, he worked, by and large, in second-rank bands.
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And by and large, they do a fine job.
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But as valuable as animals are, they have a serious drawback: by and large, they hate alcohol.
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But the truth was that, by and large, the research university focuses its collective intelligence on other matters.
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Hodgkin, by and large, just looks as if he's strayed in here and is making lots of noise.
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Society seems bitter turmoil, by and large.
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The reproducible arts of photography and printmaking still remain, by and large, categorised as lesser arts.
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You know, opposites of each other by and large.
in large measure/in some measure
in large part/for the most part
large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc
unusually high/large/quiet etc
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And that was a peculiar job from that point of view, because it included an unusually large number of fifty-dollar bills.
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Chang felt that the surface, which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court, suited a baseliner like himself.
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Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
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Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet.
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Nor can local suspicions that the incidence of cancer is unusually high be calmed or confirmed.
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These energetic measures produced unusually large sums.
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Video-Tape, no voice over SWINDON/Wiltshire A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year.
writ large
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Anderson views the United Nations as a democracy writ large.
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How is it possible that life writ large could be optimizing conditions for its own uses?
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In it judgement was writ large.
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It is old-style materialism writ large.
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Many of the processes are like ordinary domestic engineering writ large.
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Opponents of the new law depicted it as tracking writ large.
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The decoration is lavish as befits a bejewelled reliquary writ large.
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The idea that femininity is in the first place to be associated with motherhood is simply writ large.