Example sentences of "made great [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Both made great inroads into the Canadian 's lead and all three hit the line almost together , but McKoy dipped fractionally ahead . |
| 2 | Both made great inroads into the Canadian 's lead and all three hit the line almost together , but McKoy dipped fractionally ahead . |
| 3 | Both made great inroads into the Canadian 's lead and all three hit the line almost together , but McKoy was fractionally ahead . |
| 4 | Leeds City Council has made great provisions for handicapped people in all its buildings and public places , and at Roundhay Park there are scented gardens for the blind . |
| 5 | In Lima the community I had visited and who had no water , electricity or sewerage six years ago have now made great improvements in their shanty town . |
| 6 | Many manufacturers have made great improvements in the security of their vehicles . |
| 7 | Kinnock has made great changes and one admires the way he has manipulated the Labour Party towards reality . |
| 8 | Neither Long not Chamberlain would have made great changes in the party , and the election of either would not have seemed to signify a great change . |
| 9 | David had made great friends with them because they would come into his apartment at night and he would sing them songs and things . |
| 10 | Despite the market uncertainties and many other problems there were a number who had made great strides and it seemed that many would succeed . |
| 11 | Some degeneration can be treated or even reversed and doctors and researchers in our hospitals have made great strides forward . |
| 12 | I went straight to Donibristle where I found Lt. R.M. Smeeton ( later Vice-Admiral Sir Richard ) had already made great strides in equipping the new Fulmar IIs . |
| 13 | It is consulted regularly by the Conference of Bishops , and in recent years has made great strides in making the women 's voice heard , and enabling women to play their part in the collaboration at all levels in the Church . |
| 14 | The Soviet Union has made great strides since the advent of socialism in 1917 and China has achieved a remarkable increase in prosperity in the years since the communists took over . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
| 16 | We have made great strides in de-emphasising the beer parties , but not many people in the general public have noticed . |
| 17 | There is no doubt that the Brooklands Museum has made great strides in preserving part of Britain 's motoring and aviation heritage and to celebrate 85 years of Brooklands an ambitious programme of aviation and motoring events are planned for 1992 . |
| 18 | Cardus , however , feels the factory have made great strides forward with the chassis of the 1991 NSR which in recent years has failed to match the sweet handling of the Yamaha YZR . |
| 19 | Medical science has made great strides in tackling infertility . |
| 20 | Karate has made great strides in the fields of sport and entertainment in recent years , so that there are now semi- and full-contact karate sports as well as kickboxing . |
| 21 | Magnus , said Pinchbeck , had made great strides under his predecessor , Rick Haythornthwaite , developing the asset management system which has resulted in greater teamwork and enhanced empowerment of the individual . |
| 22 | ‘ Since 1989 , the industry has made great strides in getting costs down and output up , and maintaining high standards of safety and environmental protection , ’ he said . |
| 23 | This year the new editorial team has made great strides to develop the editorial content within a limited budget . |
| 24 | Now Sir Frederick , recently the police have made great strides forward in encouraging women to come and report rape because until recently they did n't and they did n't want to they did n't want to face the shame and they did n't want to face everything else , Sir Nicholas and and again his wife which is the most worrying I think of this a women saying that that that women deserve to be raped , erm it 's going to make women less likely to come forward is n't it ? |
| 25 | Plastic surgery has made great strides since the pioneering techniques of the Guinea Pig Club during World War II . |
| 26 | first of all we 've made great strides in terms of pollution and in terms of engineering we 've made it much safer , and new road engineering makes driving more efficient . |
| 27 | The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years in cleaning up the town and making it the kind of place which is able to compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years , and making it the kind of place which is able and compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 29 | However , Sir Lewis has made great efforts to dispel an admitted ‘ deep scepticism ’ at his appointment among the group 's staff of more than 7,000 , and there is growing confidence among them in what he is doing . |
| 30 | Although Cypress has made great efforts to get the HyperSparc to the launch platform so quickly ( when compared to Viking , see front page ) — the design process spanned just 18 months — Cypress has one major problem : it has no customers signed-up for the thing yet . |