Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] have [verb] a great " in BNC.

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1 A magistrate , Ian Baker , said the case had aroused a great deal of interest because of the film .
2 The hook had ripped a great tuft of flesh from his throat .
3 The scientist has to remember a great deal of information before he can even begin to look for patterns in the data .
4 The fact that one of the guys in the branch has got a great big five bedroom mansion is an elephant to you .
5 The CCBE has done a great deal behind the scenes to fend off some of the battier ideas emanating from the European Commission .
6 No one can deny that the Council has done a great deal to improve the quality of education .
7 The author has condensed a great deal of material into just over 400 pages and presents it in a reasonably readable style .
8 To that , also , the King had given a great part of his attention , but when , late in the spring , word came of the sighting of ships from Normandy in the Clyde , he left his wife and household at Perth , where they had stayed a full week , and rode with a small retinue westwards to meet them .
9 Women 's participation in the movement has developed a great awareness about women 's particular needs , in terms of nurseries , the socialization of domestic work , etc .
10 In spite of their own self-criticism , however , from a comparative perspective the district had achieved a great deal , surviving a punishing change agenda and formidable financial difficulties .
11 As the hon. Gentleman will know , the Government have done a great deal to assist the Scottish economy .
12 The Government have put a great deal of effort into persuading employers to take seriously the issues involving minorities in employment , including people with disabilities .
13 ‘ Senior officials in the Executive have spoken a great deal and written much about delivering a quality service .
14 Trisha Brady , of Cleveland Council for Voluntary Services , said the project had caused a great deal of interest in the county .
15 She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching .
16 To date parishioners have been extremely generous in their giving and the scheme has proved a great success .
17 Two consecutive wins and the signing of the year have lifted a great weight from the place .
18 An implication , of course , is not only that marriage and the family have taken a great variety of forms , but that when political and economic conditions change in the future they will continue to change .
19 Because of their frontality African figure sculptures are commonly photographed or drawn full face , concealing the fact that the sculptor has paid a great deal of attention to the profile view .
20 The House has given a great deal of detailed attention to the Bill , and the promoters and the petitioners have devoted a great deal of time and effort to the case .
21 At one such meeting a heckler had got a great round of cheers from the assembled throng when he had told Clasper to get off his bloody soap-box and do a day 's work for a bloody change .
22 This is not a description that applies to WordStar alone — most of the Windows based word processors aspire to this kind of characterization , but WordStar as a company has paid a great deal of attention to the graphics side of the equation , and this includes fiddling with text to get the most impact from it .
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