Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [vb pp] the great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The annual award is for the trainee deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the Trainee Solicitors Group . |
| 2 | It was then still some twenty minutes short of midnight , though they seemed to have devoured the greater part of the night already in this improbable interview . |
| 3 | It may be a measure of the state of the property market these days when offices are said to have shown the greatest improvement in May with capital growth ‘ improving ’ to minus 6.4 per cent , combining with stable yields and rental values to give a total return for the year to date of 1.5 per cent , according to the latest Richard Ellis Scottish Monthly Index . |
| 4 | Tales of art martyrdom with the deaths of Warhol , Basquiat and Mendieta following a roadmap sketched by van Gogh seem to have elicited the greatest interest in Hollywood . |
| 5 | There were no longer any grave differences of principle between him and the king , but there must have been many routine tasks after so long an absence , and these seem to have occupied the greater part of 1107 . |
| 6 | It was impossible to please everybody , but Anselm 's conduct in these affairs must be judged to have caused the greatest amount of dissatisfaction to the largest number of people . |
| 7 | But what seems to have played the greater part is that he was the local candidate , whereas his rival , Stasys Lozoraitis , was seen as an incomer . |