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Example sentences for "large part"

  • Further, it is now believed that a large part of what were believed to be Conifers, suddenly entering from the unknown, are not Conifers at all, but Cordaites.

  • If a still earlier stage is demanded, we may suppose that some previous sun collided with, or approached too closely, another mighty body, and belched out a large part of its contents in mighty volcanic outpours.

  • That this vast warm ocean, stretching southward over a large part of what is now the Sahara, should give a semitropical aspect even to Central Europe and Asia is not surprising.

  • Dusuns); and it seems probable that some of the elements of their culture have spread widely and been adopted throughout a large part of Borneo.

  • Shelford, formerly Curator of the Sarawak Museum, for his permission to incorporate a large part of a paper published jointly with one of us (C.

  • It seems not improbable that at this early period, perhaps one preceding the separation of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java from the mainland, this people was scattered over a large part of this area.

  • The wife of a rich chief may possess old beads to the value of thousands of pounds, and will wear a large part of them on any occasion of display (Pl.

  • School became a large part of the world to me, absorbing my time and interest, and I never acquired that detailed and intimate knowledge of Penge and the hilly villadom round about, that I have of the town and outskirts of Bromstead.

  • In my developments it played a large part, not so much by starting new trains of thought as by confirming the practicability of things I had already hesitatingly entertained.

  • Who shall say that a large part of the punishment of Jethro Bass did not come to him in the life upon this earth.

  • The conditions here depicted, while retaining the characteristics of the locality, he believes to be typical of the Era over a large part of the United States.

  • The feature of the universe which should therefore command our attention is the arrangement of a large part of the stars which compose it in a ring, seemingly alike in all its parts, so far as general features are concerned.

  • A large part of the stars which compose it may be considered as divisible into two groups.

  • A body massive enough to control this motion would throw a large part of the universe into disorder.

  • Stars not belonging to the Milky Way are, in large part, of a distinctly different class.

  • Our third principle is the direct action of the excited nervous system on the body, independently of the will, and independently, in large part, of habit.

  • From the answers received from my correspondents it appears that the various movements, which have now been described as expressing contempt and disgust, prevail throughout a large part of the world.

  • This paleness of the surface, however, is probably in large part, or exclusively, due to the vasomotor centre being affected in such a manner as to cause the contraction of the small arteries of the skin.

  • All these signs of rage are probably in large part, and some of them appear to be wholly, due to the direct action of the excited sensorium.

  • All those things which the Puritans regard as the blemishes of the Church are by a large part of the population reckoned among her attractions.

  • His family had considerable property there: he had himself resided there during several years: he had represented the county of Carlow in parliament; and a large part of his income was derived from a lucrative Irish office.

  • A large part of the produce of the soil has been assigned to them for their maintenance.

  • As the French were crossing the ford of Varaville on the Dive, near the mouth of that river, he came suddenly on them, and slaughtered a large part of the army under the eyes of the king who had already crossed.

  • William's havoc of a large part of Sussex compelled Harold to march at once to give battle.

  • The revolt of a large part of the country, contrasted with the firm loyalty of another part, throws a most instructive light on the internal state of the duchy.

  • But revolts are personal and local; there is no rebellion like that which was crushed at Val-es-dunes, spreading over a large part of the duchy.

  • I could not swim so rapidly now, for a large part of my effort was devoted to keeping track of him.

  • Because a large part of the revenue of the country is derived from the visiting hunters, a safari is accorded privileges out of the ordinary.

  • John was still spending a large part of his on extending his business, on traveling, on entertaining prospective clients, on making acquaintances.

  • A large part of Home Economics is simply Living Conditions.

  • The soils are formed from the easily disintegrated rocks of comparatively recent geological origin, which themselves are said to have been formed from deposits in a shallow interior sea which covered a large part of the West.

  • A large part of the water stored in the soil is thus used.

  • Many of the early students of the subject found that a soil mulch only one half inch in depth was effective in retaining a large part of the soil-moisture which noncultivated soils would lose by evaporation.

  • After moving in this way for a mile or a mile and a half, I halted where there was marshy ground covered with a heavy growth of timber in our front, and deployed a large part of my force as skirmishers.

  • My regiment was composed in large part of young men of as good social position as any in their section of the State.

  • By these instructions a large part of the armies operating against Richmond is left behind.

  • Charles, Elector of Bavaria, pretended that he had a right to a large part of the inheritance which the Pragmatic Sanction gave to the Queen of Hungary; but he was not sufficiently powerful to move without support.

  • He would have fulfilled a large part of his own magnificent predictions.

  • There is not much sugar made in the area, and a large part of the product is purchased by the Ilokano.

  • The executive who accomplishes much is the man who has formed many useful habits and who is able to fall back on them for a large part of his work.

  • To carry out this policy is sometimes difficult in businesses where demand is seasonal and where a large part of the product must be made to order.

  • To overcome distractions and focus his mind on one thing is a large part of his task.

  • I am often asked how, in the midst of so much work, a large part of which is for the public, I can find time for any rest or recreation, and what kind of recreation or sports I am fond of.

  • In spite of the fact that a large part of his regiment was killed, he escaped, and exclaimed, after the battle was over, "The old flag never touched the ground.

  • During the whole of the Reconstruction period two ideas were constantly agitating in the minds of the coloured people, or, at least, in the minds of a large part of the race.

  • He lived in Europe a large part of his life, but at last returned, and, in the year 1863, died at the house of his brother George.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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