Example sentences of "have [be] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vole prefers slow-moving rivers , pools and marshy areas with some deep water whose level changes little , but there have been great changes to Britain 's wetlands during the past 40 years as a result of agricultural intensification . |
| 2 | Since 1979 , there have been great improvements in the health of the nation . |
| 3 | Seriously , the games so far have been great ( I have Megatapes 22–30 ) . |
| 4 | As these examples indicate , there have been great environmental gains in traffic restraint areas , quite apart from the traffic improvements . |
| 5 | Cynics also believed he was taking a great risk when he cast Jason Donovan and Phillip Schofield in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , but both have been great successes . |
| 6 | There have been great deeds in Barcelona , like that eighth athletics gold for Carl Lewis , the hurdles world record by Kevin Young , the three Kenyans who swept up the steeplechase medals . |
| 7 | Notebooks out plagiarists while I reveal the secret of NME 's enduring success : some music papers have been good at treating Rock as An Art Form , others have been great at capturing the essential triviality , sensuality and sheer stupidity of pop ; NME , when it 's been at its best , has managed to combine the two things without going stark staring schizo-bonkers . |
| 8 | Over the past 15 years there have been great advances towards an ordinary life in the community for people with learning difficulties : the growth of ordinary housing ; the development of employment and education opportunities ; steps towards integration in the community and more flexible support services ; and the mushrooming of self-advocacy . |
| 9 | Ever since the days of the Roman Empire the Italians have been great builders . |
| 10 | Me family have been great , y'know . |
| 11 | All our conversations — we have been great talkers — have now been dumped to join the countless other discarded conversations , arguments and recriminations . |
| 12 | Show me the tyrants who have been great lovers . |
| 13 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 14 | In the Somerset Levels there have been great changes since the Roman period ( Fig.48 ) . |
| 15 | The lads have been great in helping me to settle in . |
| 16 | I just find such people strange though I admit some , like Marlowe , have been great friends . |
| 17 | All the girls have been great . |
| 18 | ‘ The community as a whole have been great . |
| 19 | The implementation of reform and change have , according to Sir Thomas , been significant but he admits there have been great difficulties over the years getting the PR message over . |
| 20 | ‘ But Bolton have been great . |
| 21 | ‘ My family have been great in sticking with me during what has been a hard time . ’ |
| 22 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |