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2,946,861 total words in matching documents (64.24% of corpus)

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Scots Tung Wittins 103 Fairnie, Robert 2,634 1 0.38

... they aa end up suggestin they're named efter some local big hoose? Weel it's a richt disgrace bit the fowk wha hae had ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... need aboot £2.5m aw thegither, ettles tae estaiblish an big up the first naitional library on the wab o Gaelic an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 114 Fairnie, Robert 2,652 1 0.38

... whaur there fowk that wants it." The SNP promised tae big on Mike Russell's Gaelic Language Bill that rin oot o time ...
Learning Through Reading and Writing: Informational Texts Philp, Andrew 2,683 1 0.37

... zoo. He is called Sandy. He is light brown, but he has a big black mane around his neck. He just sleeps in his cage all ...
Scots Tung Wittins 56 Fairnie, Robert 2,683 1 0.37

... haein ti dae athoot ful-time staff or sic time as thay can big up a growthier siller-flow. Thon staff, in the shape o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 54 Fairnie, Robert 2,686 1 0.37

... an font kythe in thair mercats. TESCO haes noo stertit tae big a new muckle-mercat in Musselburgh (the Honest Toun) an, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 2: trip to the chemist's N/A Audio 2,689 1 0.37

... No? F1101: You'll be knackered, humping that great big thing aboot with ye. F1102: Fitt thing? Fitt thing? ...
Scots Tung Wittins 116 Fairnie, Robert 2,699 1 0.37

... particlar wis gey ee-catchin. This particlar poster haed a big picter o Oor Wullie on it an the wordin alangside said:- ...
Scots Tung Wittins 161 Fairnie, Robert 2,701 1 0.37

... Mark Strand (that politely chaise a braw, cutty poem) an big names the likes o Alan Spence, Alastair Reid, Gwyneth ...
Travel journal: USSR 852 35,187 13 0.37

... the bags and case to the nearest bus stop a chap in a big black official taxi obviously took pity on us and, ...
... me the way to the English section - "Daniel Deronda" is a big hit this year it seems - and told me that the Progress ...
... Thursday Sept 29th Another fine day - blue sky and warm. Big lazy end-of-season wasps stagger into buses and dodge ...
... eat it even when it's freezing cold. We ambled past the big wheels and boat pond, along the river to Gagarinskaya, and ...
... unsuccessfully to part them but at last is won over - big wedding finale and more exuberant jumping. The Palace of ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88 Fairnie, Robert 2,712 1 0.37

... graith in ither schuils. This ploy haes been stertit tae big up an intrest in whit maist fowk see as a deid language. ...
Conversation 11: Two female students chatting on various topics [Content label: lesser] N/A Video 8,349 3 0.36

... that //kind of place.// F810: //Cause eh, they do a big// thing up on eh, what do you call it? Arthur's Seat. ...
... none of these, none of these" and then I found like this big chunk of university-relevant texts. //So I was "oh,// ...
... jumper. Honestly. This horrible panda jumper and her big moustache. It's just so horrible, [laugh], but eh. I ...
Interview 18: Columba Centre, Islay N/A Audio 2,794 1 0.36

... the MacDonalds of Islay had ruled the north of Ire-, a big part of the north of Ireland, the glens of Antrim and ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 2,813 1 0.36

... he felt as drained as the bottle as he poured the last big dram and took it upstairs with him. He slept fitfully. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 108 Fairnie, Robert 2,828 1 0.35

... proponed that it wad be a guid thing for the Executive tae big up a strategy on Scots an he felt that the CPG shuid tak a ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play Purves, David 11,406 4 0.35

... tea caddy.) Pompitie: A mukkil needle---? Tea Wyfe: Ay, a big braw yin. Pompitie: N-N-Na, no me! Wha wants ti ken? Tea ...
... He wad hae, but he didna see me, wi him be-in sae big an me be-in sae wee. Pepper: Ah wad hae been feart richt ...
... war never a wee laddie, shuirlie? Broun Ogre: Ah wes aye big an strang for ma age, but it didna dae me onie guid. Ah ...
... kiss hir. She said Ah wes a mukkil jessie! Juist kis ye’r big an strang, it disna mean ye want ti hurt oniebodie. It’s ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 3 0.34

... HIS career on hold', Mags reflected. Elena was weeping on big Tom O'Farrell from Computing's shoulder about the ...
... shelter. She would never again make superior cracks about Big Issue sellers, she vowed, if only this night could pass ...
... bringing you,’ The teacher speirs, ‘from his great big sack?’ Connor McGraw thinks hard and says ‘He’s bringin ma ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,759 6 0.34

... are glad to be able to present that evidence to you. The big picture must not be forgotten, however. The economic ...
... in such areas to see all the tobacco advertising on the big hoardings there. If we are putting in so much money to ...
... we are doing—it is counterproductive to let this big industry continue to target new customers. That is what ...
... any more or if it did not need to be up against a great, big— Miss Goldie: If this measure succeeds, will ASH wind up? ...
... their brands into other areas. We want to put across a big message about the danger of the product—that is what we ...
Gean Blossoms Purves, David 6,034 2 0.33

... beirs the soun o naigs nickerin. The blue green ploums ir big areddies as beans. The sauch leafs ir lang an boued lyke a ...
... a, dark monie, a, many moulder, v, crumble mukkil, a, big mull, n, mule mynd, v, remember naig, n, horse naebodie, ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 3,075 1 0.33

... colleges were in severe financial difficulty, there was a big debate about whether we could get that information and ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,368 4 0.32

... no one solution, but we recognise that the challenge is a big one. Irene McGugan: Could you expand on your comments ...
... the four years between 13 and 17, we would be taking a big step forward. The 85 per cent target figure is being met ...
... because some school PE facilities are not yet big enough to cope with delivering two hours of quality PE a ...
... would have a summary version in English. It would not be a big deal to make that accessible. Members of the public may ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 3,118 1 0.32

... staff why they think it works. I know that there will be a big controversial debate on the topic, but it is important to ...
Talking, Reading and Writing about Fiction Texts McGonigal, James,
Philp, Andrew		 3,138 1 0.32

... (f) Why is the part about the storeroom notice written in big capitals? As an alternative to focusing on a particular ...
Interview 02: Jim McGonigal on "Passage/An Pasaiste" N/A Audio 6,283 2 0.32

... North to Armagh", which is the the the third of the the big long passages, M608: mmhm M078: That was a ...
... and he talks about his own back; he was he was a big man, and in this accident, the long back twisted out of ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,873 5 0.32

... realised that the previous question would open up such a big subject. Bill Aitken: In my experience, Scottish Homes has ...
... arrangements. We would like the committee to consider the big bang approach to implementing the tenancy. Secondly, it is ...
... does not touch on the private sector, which also faces big housing problems. I believe that the changes to the ...
... Commission-driven tidying-up of the process. There is a big question about those bills and I am not at all confident ...
... the money in other ways. As a result, there has been a big reduction in the money for improvement grants. The issue ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 10, recording 3: washing up and colouring in N/A Audio 3,176 1 0.31

... //That would be// F1089: //Eh?// M1090: that's a big ain! Ah! //[laugh]// F1089: //It is, aye.// ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 1 0.31

... ae thing ma hert greins for, an that is a string o paerls. Big an braw thay maun be, for ti luik weill on a heich bodie ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Equal Opportunities: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,710 4 0.31

... that has been said. From our perspective, awareness is a big problem. Many workplaces and employers seem to think that ...
... things are being done appropriately for them. One of my big bugbears about the participation of children and young ...
... which, as I said earlier, I use as shorthand. Is it a big mistake to use EYDP rather than the longer form? Perhaps ...
... depend on the context. If the term is being used in a big document, it could sometimes be abbreviated. Perhaps every ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 2 0.31

... brocht ither wouns Far dysentry kept company wi rain as big's dubloons Aside the Kwai the smilin Thai in bricht ...
... traffic lights you never see Thin mosquitoes whine. Moths, big as plates land on the drilling plan In guarded compounds, ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 10 0.29

... Watterside, an there seek a bield wi a waster cried Big Liu, at keepit a bettin shop. This wis Liu Shiquan, wha ...
... he thocht ti gae back ti the Eastren Capital. Nou, Big Liu wis sib ti ane Deacon Dong at keepit a herbshop in ...
... wi Deacon Dong. Gao the Braw gied his fare-ye-weills ti Big Liu, shouthert his pock an wan awa. He tuik the rounabout ...
... the bairns......Gin A dinna, tho, it’ll juist affront Big Liu.....” Sae he juist hed ti bid him, wi aa pleisance an ...
... says Shi Jin, “ but A niver thocht the tinks wad grow sae big: they’re shuir ti be a sair trauchle ti us aa.......Luckie ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 3: walking home and opening Christmas cards N/A Audio 3,395 1 0.29

... tell you. You have to. They're good for you. Mak you big and strong. M1096: That //black crust?// F1095: ...
The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 7 0.29

... (Bappy): b.1994 Myra Anderson (Jed’s mother): b.197 Big Tam Laggeran (a drug dealer: Myra’s boy friend) Neil ...
... Jed wis bikin on ahin him, a brosie laddie fa lived aff Big Mac baps, wi a wame tae suit. Bappy, the ithers cad him: ...
... oot fur her “eerans”: a wrap o poother or mebbe peels frae Big Tam Laggeran, the Mr Fixit o Meikleburgh’s junkie-lan, her ...
... tryin tae sook siller frae his nearest an dearest wis the big show-stopper: that efter aa he wis their faither, wis he ...
... oot. Jenny’s dallie’s pram wis cowpit on its side, wi Big Tam Laggeran, the dealer, sprauchled ower it. Tho his een ...
Conversation 14: Two male students on university life [Content label: serious] N/A Video 6,842 2 0.29

... kinda young and kinda thinking "oh it's cool, it's like a big //shopping centre."// M819: //[?]Government ...
... where that's worked, puttin a shoppin centre, I mean, the big one at, well, cracker example! Right? And this never ...
Sing Us One of the Old Songs - Why Teach Ballads? Petrie, Elaine 3,470 1 0.29

... the famous quip often attributed to American blues singer Big Bill Broonzy has it: any song is a folk song ‘cause I ...
Interpreting Scots measurement terms: a cautionary tale Simpson, A D C 7,011 2 0.29

... a 'pint' and a 'gallon', which are respectively half as big again and twice as large as the old units? This is an ...
... gallon before 1426, whereas the wine gallon was half as big again and matched a 6-pint gallon with the larger 1426 ...
The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,511 1 0.28

... in his jaiket fan he spied the quine hersel comin frae the Big Hoose. The gentry wis aye haudin concerts an balls sae it ...
Diaries of William Young: 1964 [Content label: lesser] Young, William 3,534 1 0.28

... & River. Great time. 5 WEDNESDAY To Southport. On Big Dipper & in Pool. Cath, Phem, Jim & Catherine on ...
Conversation 15: Glasgow father and his five year-old son N/A Audio 3,598 1 0.28

... M804: //[laugh]// M805: cause he sawed my big, um, brick hand. [drink] M804: Ah, so would you ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 8, 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 10,830 3 0.28

... have been dealt with. Recently, I read a statement from a big company in Scotland, British Energy, which said: "We have ...
... is just one example, but it is typical of what a lot of big firms will have done. Without wishing to argue with the ...
... payroll and agricultural subsidies. Those are the big pieces of computing that sit at the heart of many of the ...
Pillars of Society Thirkell, Alison 29,032 8 0.28

... that used to go on. There were some houses that had twa big dinner-parties in a week. MRS LAING: And I hear there was ...
... by grand, exactly? DEANA: Grand is - something that is big and worthwhile and - far, far away. ROWLAND: Hm. Deana, my ...
... guidwill I can muster frae my fellow-citizens. I've a gey big enterprise on hand, as you may have heard, and if ...
... Beaumont," as it says over the gate. You seem to be the big man around here. JACK: Fine ships you have too. I bumped ...
... for the sake o Betty. All the same - that you could be so big-heartit as tak the blame - JACK: Put it behind you, James. ...
Sermons Morrison, Mr Robert 3,660 1 0.27

... to me and telling me that though I played the organ in the big Kirk I would have to be born again So that was old Jocks ...
The Fower Quarters: 13 - Prune Stones [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,692 1 0.27

... John jolted alive, like a jerky puppet. "Yon's ma pal. Big Wully. The pigs done him fur choring a Giro," he announced ...
Conversation 19: Two North-East teachers on Doric language N/A Audio 3,743 1 0.27

... ken, a, a change, F831: uh-huh M842: ehm a big change in tongue wi the f-, the wey the folk, I mean ...
Conversation 42: Man from Ayrshire, with Italian background, talking about Italy, jobs and Alzheimer's support work N/A Audio 7,659 2 0.26

... of Monte Cassino. M608: Okay, right, that's where the big battle was //of course, in the War, aye.// M1163: ...
... and get the same satisfaction.// M608: So you've got a big family celebration planned for Christmas then wi the ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 3 0.26

... I jist imagined a’ the ashes mixed up thegether in a great big ashpan underneath the furnace. It never occurred to me ...
... But fan you think o’t, we’ve a’ been peyin’ a great big fortune in taxes for wir ain ex-plor-a-tions an’ ...
... be seein’ you there, een o’ these days, Toots? That’s the big question, eh? I wonder if they would have operated on me ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Subordinate Legislation: Official Reports: Meeting 33, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 3,927 1 0.25

... The Convener: The change to the priority need test is a big measure. At the very least, it should be subject to the ...
Women and Poetry 1972-1999: The Contemporary Scene McCulloch, Margery Palmer 7,863 2 0.25

... canon by sheer volume and quality of what we say That’s my big hope for women and women’s writing as we approach 2000.” ...
... girl in a slimness-obsessed society where the Hollywood big-breasted heroine is out of fashion. The speaker in ‘An ...
Scots Tung Wittins 106 Fairnie, Robert 3,978 1 0.25

... wi spoken words cause it gart mony o thaim tae feel like big jessies when they haed tae speak in "polite" English. She ...
The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch Blackhall, Sheena 4,030 1 0.25

... as a sign". "A sign o fit, Da?" I speired, ma twa een as big as ashets. "A shair sign," gurred Mither, "that we'll be ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (26/09/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 33,438 8 0.24

... to be ever the bridesmaid and never the bride at such big events. The group's report sets the cost of free personal ...
... Organisations must retain their independence without big brother looking over their shoulder. No doubt Bill Aitken ...
... offers pockets of money and—in the interests of balance—big wedges of money for its pet projects. I say to the ...
... system, capital funding is not, by and large, a big problem. The main issue that faces those organisations ...
... core funding for next year. A lack of core funding creates big problems for staff, because they are not sure whether they ...

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