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Example sentences for "large block"

  • With the exception of a large block of silicified coral found in the vicinity of Ndawathumi and of the impure flints of the surface of the plateau, which are described on pages 354, &c.

  • In 1774 he prospected Nova Scotia with a view to settlement, and purchased a large block of land near the present town of Amherst.

  • Thomas Dickson's name is on the list of the first grantees of Cumberland Township, and he received a grant of a large block of land about a mile above Point de Bute Corner, on which he afterward settled.

  • He purchased a large block of land near Point de Bute corner, with the marsh adjoining, and on this property at once settled.

  • A large block of stone, matted, loaded with shot, and fitted with ropes, by which it is roused or pulled to and fro to grind the decks withal.

  • Its use is to extend the clue or lower corner of the fore-sail to windward, for which purpose there is a large block fixed on its outer end, through which the tack is passed, and when hauled tight down is said to be aboard.

  • Each share in your company carries a vote; I hold a large block, and the gentlemen who have promised to support me hold more.

  • You and your brother hold a large block, and the friends I've persuaded to join us will vote with me.

  • Though it is true that there are few modern engravings on box-wood of a larger size than octavo, it is not true that the forming of a large block of two or more pieces is attended with much difficulty, and is seldom done.

  • VII-66] He accordingly made the drawing on a large block consisting of four different pieces, and forthwith proceeded to engrave it.

  • While under his tuition Harvey copied his picture of the 'Assassination of Dentatus' on a large block, and engraved it with most elaborate care.

  • The framework[54] consisted of upright posts and horizontal sleepers, mortised at the angles, the end of each post being inserted into the lower sleeper of the frame, and fastened with a large block of wood.

  • It was also disclosed that a large block of Goldfield Consolidated stock had been put up as collateral for the note.

  • The selling for Philadelphia account of a large block of stock in the open market dropped the price back, of a sudden, to 50 cents.

  • You say I sold a large block of Shoshone stock at $20 per share.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    help feeling; large audience; large bottle; large canoe; large element; large fish; large fortune; large game; large genus; large mouth; large paper; large plain; large rock; large saucepan; large scale; large share; large ship; large species; large variety; largely because; largely subsistence; larger amount; larger portion; larger share; largest country; will destroy