Example sentences of "be a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coaching can be a great help — but it can also get in the way , for slavishly following a pedantic teacher can produce very strange results , with the candidate ending up trying to sound like someone he or she is n't . |
| 2 | This person claims to be a great detective and yet he has detected nothing , nothing at all . |
| 3 | But there will be a great many more , soon , and they 'll be asking a great many questions . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A good example of the sort of player who should be a great beneficiary of this scheme is James Lenton — a tremendously hard worker who has struggled financially and once even had to quit to resort to coaching , ’ Lewis added . |
| 5 | If you want to be a great player , it takes extra effort . ’ |
| 6 | It 'll be a great day out for everyone . |
| 7 | ‘ It would be a great tragedy if I lost the freedom to pursue educational objectives such as these . |
| 8 | But things could be a great deal worse . |
| 9 | The new latrine in its fairly protected situation , and the newly appointed shithouse clerk was to be a great boost to Commando morale during the days ahead . |
| 10 | And I think it will be a great success . |
| 11 | A few words of Czech or Slovak learned beforehand will certainly be a great help and in the cities German is often understood . |
| 12 | A lot of blokes say the reason they got into music in the first place was they thought it would be a great way of pulling women . |
| 13 | ‘ That 'd be a great push , ’ he said . |
| 14 | If required , the facility to take a good sleep can be a great advantage over having to try to nap in your seat . |
| 15 | ‘ It will be a great event , the party , ’ Karl said . |
| 16 | It has proved to be a great grace for the Church . |
| 17 | This one does seem to be a great boost to Gen Aoun , who stood in lonely defiance of the Arab and international communities , his Muslim compatriots , and many in his own Maronite enclave . |
| 18 | This one does seem to be a great boost to Gen Aoun , who stood in lonely defiance of the Arab and international communities , his Muslim compatriots , and many in his own Maronite enclave . |
| 19 | Now that would be a great leap forward . ’ |
| 20 | Ot Moor just a couple of miles east of Islip is a low-lying wilderness area of 6 square miles , mainly of wet marshlands , which proves to be a great attraction to naturalists . |
| 21 | So there was , Grizel Huntley acknowledged , and it would be a great deal better if Penny could manage to think a bit more positively . |
| 22 | The proof of the pudding was in the eating : the modus vivendi turned out to be a great disappointment . |
| 23 | The next book may also be unreadable , and its author prickly , but maybe not : it could be a great work of literature , or politics , or science — or religion . |
| 24 | And the Democrats among them also know that if they went on record against a war that turned out to be a great victory , President Bush would be even harder to beat in 1992 . |
| 25 | A settlement of the Arab-Israel dispute would be a great prize , but a cool even-handedness would be needed to grasp it . |
| 26 | Were the necessary factors to be applied , would there not be a great upsurge of outside experience and help , from Nordic cold-weather techniques , Israeli water-usage , Japanese capital and many trained young people eager to meet modern challenges ? |
| 27 | That would be a great mistake . |
| 28 | ‘ I think it would be a great presumption on your part if you thought you did , ’ he replied firmly , putting the young man down . |
| 29 | There began to be a great fall-off in attendance . |
| 30 | Sorry , Charity , you may be a great fan but to Hell with Hitler — and Mussolini too . |