Example sentences of "had [art] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote , in The Dial for December 1922 , the most emphatically welcoming and apparently influential review of The Waste Land , and although this reads a little quaintly now because Wilson took very seriously Eliot 's supposed debt to Jessie L. Weston 's From Ritual to Romance ( which later criticism has taken lightly ) , his piece had the great virtue of conceding valid points to the opposition : |
| 2 | Finally Rose of Lima also had the great consolation of believing that she was doing a socially useful job — and there were not many of these available for women in the early seventeenth century . |
| 3 | However , he recovered , and following the siege of Worcester had the great joy of being able to go and see his friends at Kidderminster once again . |
| 4 | He went on to add that ‘ as a Spaniard she had the great advantage of not having any family in France who would have to be given honours and rewards ’ . |
| 5 | He had the great oak forest beyond the river cut down , ensuring that never again would it provide shelter for outlaw or wolf . |
| 6 | A widow of fifty-eight , Dorothy Hardisty had the great quality of adoring children , though her generosity of spirit did not extend to all adults . |
| 7 | I had the great advantage of being brought up by a really traditional , old-fashioned nanny , who saw us through numerous disasters , one of which was the very memorable moment during the blitz when we were taken to a very smart tea shop in Curzon Street , a place where nannies met each other and their charges were just kept in tow . |
| 8 | Even so , the French might have been able to pull through had the great motivator , Jacques Fouroux , been around . |
| 9 | Four years ago local group member Norma Johnston ( now Head of Communications at the British Section ) had the great idea of organising a Film Week in Bristol to ‘ raise the awareness of human rights issues and highlight the work of Amnesty International ’ . |
| 10 | So I got the job , which had the great perk of corporate membership at the Riviera course , which was just down the road from the office . ’ |
| 11 | Rob Beattie Rob Beattie had the great vision and foresight to launch What Personal Computer back in 1989 . |
| 12 | On that tour New Zealand had the great batting talent of Stewie Dempster a their disposal . |
| 13 | Their favourite was the great Barbarian Conspiracy of AD 367 , and had the Great Casterton villa been dug in the nineteenth century , this would certainly have been considered a victim whereas , of course , the pottery is certainly not earlier than AD 375 , and maybe much later . |
| 14 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 15 | He had the great gift of making you feel confident in your own ability to do things , and I know he did wonders for the West Riding children . |
| 16 | Rob Beattie had the great vision and foresight to launch What Personal Computer back in 1989 . |
| 17 | To his eternal credit , Griffin maintained his dignity throughout all the traumas and had the great consolation that his name will live as long as the great game is played . |
| 18 | So had the great survey of landownership in Russia which Catherine set in motion in 1765 and even the Legislative Commission of two years later . |
| 19 | Santerre , however , had problems of his own as Mandeville , assisted by Southgate and a servile Bowyer , had the great hall cleared and turned into a shire court . |
| 20 | I had the great honour of being invited to meet them on behalf of our Society , as our Society is one of the big users of the Resources Centre at the Community College where our Journal is printed etc . |
| 21 | In combination with other less tightly controlled groups the Party always had the great advantage of internal unity , coupled with an elaborate scheme of infiltration which had been designed to take advantage of the United Front tactic . |
| 22 | He had , however , a natural ability with a penny-whistle , of which he had a great number , one of which he always carried in his pocket . |
| 23 | This idea had a great influence upon the thinking of Schopenhauer who followed up its implications more thoroughly than did Kant. 9 . |
| 24 | I ATTENDED four of the evening sessions of this year 's Great British Beer Festival and had a great time — my thanks to all those who worked so hard to make it such a success . |
| 25 | Recruitment policies are not touched on , with one brief prewar exception ( p. 10 ) , which means that we are kept in ignorance of the kinds of men and women ( reputedly mostly Oxbridge dons ) who augmented MI5 's strength and clearly had a great impact on its whole character and competence at the beginning of the war . |
| 26 | ‘ You had a great head on you the way you thought the plan through from beginning to end . |
| 27 | ‘ You had a great head on you , Michael . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Whether you 've enjoyed quick service in a restaurant or had a great hair-do , giving a cash token lets people know their talents are n't taken for granted . ’ |
| 29 | Philip had a great interest and gift with the young . |
| 30 | An hour and a half later , Jakki had a great interview in the can . |