Sentence examples for hit largely from inspiring English sources

The original version of The Last House on the Left was directed by Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven and has been described as a crude but shocking "horror opus" which became a cult hit largely because it went much further than "slasher" films before it had been willing to go.

The 5 billion mark was hit largely thanks to a surge in mobile subscriptions in emerging markets like China and India, the company says.

From the start Plato's was a smash hit, largely because of the relaxed atmosphere.

The revival of "A Little Night Music," meanwhile, is a commercial hit, largely because of theatergoers who come to see its stars, Catherine Zeta-Jones Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury

But he was assassinated on the tarmac as he stepped off the plane – a hit largely believed to have been ordered by Romualdez' uncle, Ferdinand Marcos himself.

Hanot's tournament was an instant hit largely because it coincided with the emergence of Real Madrid as a multi- national team of all the talents unprecedented in the club game.

The clamor continued around the senator as he took his act solo to New Mexico (Thursday) and California (Friday), hitting largely Hispanic sites, seemingly having the time of his life.

As in the ENCODE data [ 22], the distribution of RNAz hits largely follows the patterns of sequence conservation.

Because it hit a largely uninhabited area, however, it did very little damage.

Aid began arriving by the planeload in Puerto Cabezas, the regional capital, because the remote jungle region that was hardest hit was largely impassable by road.

The late introductions and delayed shopping put toy companies, in particular, in a difficult position: they were under pressure to make hit toys, largely via preorders and layaway, months before people would actually be buying them.