Example sentences of "[be] [verb] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am conscious of the late payment problem , which is something to which we are devoting great attention . |
| 2 | In The Art Newspaper No. 16 March 1992 p. 6 we published the fears of some art historians that this exhibition might have been infiltrated by fakes ; in the event these fears have proved to be groundless and the show has been enjoying great success . |
| 3 | You have been given great talents , you can achieve results that are beyond the ability of anyone else . |
| 4 | John Gorman says it 's good value for an international striker and he 's been given great support by the board to go and out and strengthen the side … he thinks Jan will help them in the premier league … , |
| 5 | I sent you the articles that I had in my scrapbook from Colesfield on October tenth , I am looking now at the ones from Gdynia , Poland , on October ninth and its headlines Port Libs hit Poland and Prussia with vast damage caused by wrecker raid on four targets deep in the East , Gdynia , Danzig , German plane plants are blasting great weekend blitz , Bremen and Hanover get it again . |
| 6 | The other main islands are named Great and Little Piton . |
| 7 | Dave Williams , spokesman for Sunderland-based Rover dealers Reg Vardy says : ‘ Things are looking great for the future . |
| 8 | Further , the word ‘ communion ’ , a term again involving a verbal identification of Church and Eucharist , was so much used by the Council that it has subsequently been seen to express the Council 's ecclesiology most profoundly and has been made great use of in such documents as those of ARCIC . |
| 9 | But there is no doubt that some of these ideas are causing great disquiet among Branch Management and Staff . |
| 10 | Aye , you 're looking great . |
| 11 | You 're looking great , just great . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're looking great . |
| 13 | We are focusing most of our efforts er , on dealing with the legalistic situations in a sense , the situations in the courts , the situations of child protection , and we 're having great difficulty breaking into prevention . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're doing great — what 's to be nervous about , sitting in an underground room with nobody listening to you , eh ? ’ |
| 15 | Listen to Nuno Bettencourt , Steve Vai , Clapton — any great player — and you 're hearing great timing , phrasing and articulation , which are all the offspring of a basic understanding of rhythm . |
| 16 | You go out there , you 're playing great , the road crew love it , but the audience are completely cold . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're making great movies in Hong Kong now , you know … ’ |
| 18 | When one calculates , for example , the beginning of the universe , using the methods you described , surely you 're making great assumptions about the laws of physics not having changed ? |
| 19 | Or you go out , you 're feeling great , the crowd are steaming , and then you come off , and the roadies say , ‘ Well … ‘ ’ |
| 20 | Clearly , in the current review of the Territorial Army , we are paying great attention to the need to continue to have a good geographical spread across the country . |
| 21 | Some are born great , some achieve greatness and some have it thrust upon them . |
| 22 | Some cooks are born great , others have their natural skill improved by training , yet others train hard enough to make up for a lack of natural talent . |
| 23 | Nor should the issues and problems examined here be allowed to overshadow the fact that 15,000 people in the UK are experiencing great satisfaction , involvement and a sense of achievement within their communities through their work in a Citizens Advice Bureau . |
| 24 | We are sending great Fun Fortnight T-shirts to Rod and the two women in his life who nominated him stepdaughter Christine Johnson and wife , Margaret . |
| 25 | We are sending great Fun Fortnight T-shirts to Rod and the two women in his life who nominated him stepdaughter Christine Johnson and wife , Margaret . |
| 26 | In the present economic climate many amateur sporting organisations are facing great difficulties . ’ |
| 27 | The golfing world has been expecting great things from Norman for years . |
| 28 | An internal survey by the Association of District Councils ( ADC ) , reported in the journal Housing , has found that many local authorities are having great difficulty in exempting from the Right to Buy those properties they consider to be especially suitable for older people . |
| 29 | But , unfortunately , they are having great difficulty in accepting the need to cut overhead costs , which are still far in excess of the target of 18% of turnover and are preventing the Valley Hotel from making a projected net profit by the end of the year . |
| 30 | It is ignored for cast after cast , using a new crust each time of course , but I am not surprised for I am having great difficulty keeping the line from bowing , for the current is slightly faster between the crust and the bank . |