Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chi square test was used to look for differences between tokens of the two word classes in two linguistic environments ; but decisions concerning the environments and the type of differences to be examined depended on a great deal of phonological , sociolinguistic and historical linguistic information . |
| 2 | I mean , who in their right mind would want to jump from a great height with elastic tied round their ankles ? |
| 3 | Man also has to cope with a great range of natural disasters , like earthquakes , hurricanes and volcanoes — other topics studied in Geography . |
| 4 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 5 | Indeed Law determined not to try to look like a great man and therein lay the secret this success . |
| 6 | Man 's ownership of animals has contributed to a great degree towards the creation of this semi-natural environment , at least within the world 's land mass . |
| 7 | It was as if she had let go of a great burden . |
| 8 | The deregulation of buses has led to a great diminution in the service , especially at weekends and at night when people in rural and city areas feel isolated . |
| 9 | Over the last few years , the impact of new technology on the printing industry has led to a great diversification of products and services offered by many printers , and this includes the quick print and copy outlets . |
| 10 | For this we have to thank those dedicated collectors whose affection and care for the once ‘ ordinary ’ 78s has led to a great deal of pleasure for all of us today . |
| 11 | The failure of church growth thinking , at least in its early formulations , to differentiate between Church and Kingdom has led to a great deal of misunderstanding and criticism . |
| 12 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 13 | This controversial decision has led to a great deal of difficulty ; but the decision demonstrates the current trend in arbitration which , like references to experts , is another form of machinery for resolving disputes outside the court . |
| 14 | Melanie had been told they had come to live in a great city but found herself again in a village , a grey one . |
| 15 | Over the years , says Ash , he has worked with a great number of PhD students , all of them very able , some outstandingly so . |
| 16 | This has resulted in a great deal of mutual education , and most would not want to worship together any more regularly than that ! |
| 17 | Whilst the information revolution has resulted in a great deal of attention being paid to the technology of information processing , unfortunately less attention has been given to the environment in which this processing takes place . |
| 18 | Reception of the investigators was particularly friendly and has resulted in a great deal of data which is currently being processed . |
| 19 | The extent to which the ‘ potential ’ revealed by the child 's adult-supported activity is realised depends to a great extent on the way in which the adult interacts with the child . |
| 20 | The encouragement given made for a great rapport with the class and gave a stimulus to improve the lectures . |
| 21 | ‘ We are not going to do without a great car economy , ’ declared Margaret Thatcher in March 1990 in the course of dismissing ‘ airy-fairy ’ green ideas about a return to village life . |
| 22 | We began to run at a great speed through the trees , and Silver was soon thirty metres behind us . |
| 23 | Seeing she was getting nowhere with Paul , he had taken over and saved her from having to cope with a great deal of harassment . |
| 24 | Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts . |
| 25 | The Mid-Ulster dialects may therefore have preserved to a great extent an older general English vowel pattern , and they may help us to project knowledge of the present on the past . |
| 26 | Annsley has a very high-powered job and a hectic business schedule , but he finds coaching as a great escape valve and a chance to relieve tension . |
| 27 | Originally this state must have led to a great deal of contradictory and ambivalent behaviour , with the bird being tugged in opposite directions by its opposing moods . |
| 28 | Leaning forward I had a view of it in the side mirror , the bend we had just rounded obliterated by a great mass of avalanching rock and mud that went spilling down over the edge to disappear into the cloud vapour below . |
| 29 | Stimulating because new ideas , creativity , brain-storming sessions and the prospects of winning make for a great feeling of esprit de corps . |
| 30 | Ace appeared to have gone to a great deal of trouble to make this place so pretty and welcoming . |