by and large

ADVERB
  1. usually; as a rule
    by and large it doesn't rain much here
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How To Use by and large In A Sentence

  • I think there's a compelling case to be made that, by and large, an appropriator from a dominant culture carrying out such an act is likely to be doing so for negative motives and to negative results, that historically such cross-cultural sacrilege is motivated by misrepresentation and discrimination and aimed towards furthering misrepresentation and discrimination. Archive 2006-09-01
  • With the focus, by and large, turning to door delivery, in the case of consumer durables as well as perishables, the location factor has been obscured.
  • In the face of such an onslaught, the Germans, military as well as civilians, were, by and large, defenceless.
  • The reproducible arts of photography and printmaking still remain, by and large, categorised as lesser arts.
  • To be attributed the concept arcane, on this view, it suffices that S uses the expression ˜arcane™ by and large correctly, ˜in keeping with its content™ “ if she is committed to her community practice of using the corresponding expression The Normativity of Meaning and Content
  • In the face of such an onslaught, the Germans, military as well as civilians, were, by and large, defenceless.
  • And by and large, apart from the odd blip, he is managing to do so. The Sun
  • I am heartened that, by and large, the thousands of young designers I come into contact with are simply trying to make beautiful things to the best of their ability, rather than attain a lifestyle that allows them to be bibbed and hand-fed grapes. Gunn’s Golden Rules
  • So each time you see a "vet" or "veteran" of an illegal war remember that by and large the full description being elided is "veteran criminal," even when they are "veteran fools" and criminals only for being too stupid to know better. Vietnam: Still an Unjust War « Antiwar.com Blog
  • The principles of fair procedure which govern the conduct of disciplinary hearings also apply, by and large, to appeal hearings.
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