Example sentences of "[be] [num] [prep] the great [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Taylor , I think everybody is talking about your appearance but I think you 're one of the greatest actresses in the world and I 've enjoyed a lot of your films . |
| 2 | The diversity of the Welsh economy will be one of the greatest benefits to Wales in the years that lie ahead . |
| 3 | Certainly what Devon Loch heard at that moment was not a noise which he had heard before , and it was some noise — a raucous surge of patriotic fervour as the Royal horse galloped to certain victory in front of his owner the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret , a rapturous climax befitting what was about to be one of the greatest moments of racing history . |
| 4 | This must be one of the greatest afflictions parents or a marriage partner may be called upon to endure . |
| 5 | This can be one of the greatest difficulties to overcome if you take on an adult dog which has had several previous homes , and has gained a reputation for snappy behaviour . |
| 6 | In financial and administrative terms the reform proved to be one of the greatest successes of the 1860s . |
| 7 | Being alone for two months will be one of the greatest challenges , he admits . |
| 8 | Finding a way to include both the Scandinavian and the Višegrad states will be one of the greatest challenges ever to have been faced by the EEC . |
| 9 | Breaking out of that isolation may be one of the greatest challenges now facing our imagination . |
| 10 | To foster in pupils a love of literature , to encourage their awareness of its unique relationship to human experience and to promote in them a sense of excitement in the power and potential of language can be one of the greatest joys of the English teacher . |
| 11 | It may be predicted with confidence that he will one day be one of the greatest masters of his art . |
| 12 | ‘ Monet in the '90s ’ is likely to be one of the greatest exhibitions of the decade . |
| 13 | Zig Zag was written by John Greenwood , considered in brass band circles to be one of the greatest composers of his kind . |
| 14 | Yesterday ( August 9 ) was supposed to be one of the greatest nights of my life . |
| 15 | I understand that it is possible , even at this late stage , that the review itself could be overturned by the refusal of France to agree the new allocation of seats and we 've already had an exchange on that , Mr Deputy Speaker , which indicates that whatever we decide today might actually be overthrown and overturned completely by the inability of the French to ratify their part of the arrangement , er the minister referred to it as a massive inconvenience , I suggest that if we have to resort to going back to the old boundaries to fight these elections and indeed the problems that that will cause for the selection of candidates as well , that that will be one of the greatest understatements that even this house has heard . |
| 16 | There will always be the possibility that his spontaneous preferences will change with wider information or finer perceptiveness , and to retreat from awareness in order to cling to a highly-valued end will be one of the great offences against ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 17 | If it could not , then its claim to be one of the great estates in the land was greatly reduced . |
| 18 | Story-reading should be one of the great joys of parenthood , a real meeting of adult and child minds . |
| 19 | Although they may never fully understand the practice and culture of the examinations committees , students on the Modular Course do not feel assessment , examinations and awards to be one of the great mysteries of life . |
| 20 | Francis let his guard slip when he said : ‘ He 's going to be one of the great players … perhaps I should n't have said that because it will put too much pressure on him . |
| 21 | Flavonia might not be one of the great powers , but still the name of Vallens had stood , for generations , as a shining example of honour , chivalry and known to all the world … |
| 22 | ‘ I think it will be one of the great milestones in the history of pop . |
| 23 | I am one of the greatest writers of the century . |
| 24 | In his letters ( and the many unpublished letters are one of the great coups and pleasures of this life ) the tetchy assaults on the fornications and adulteries of his old friends represent the spry youthful satirist sunk into broody dogmatism . |
| 25 | But strawberries of any sort , served with cream are one of the great delights of summer and I see that in Cheshire the fruit farms have already put out their ‘ Pick Your Own ’ notices . |
| 26 | Cavalry are one of the great strengths of the Imperial army . |
| 27 | Watersports are one of the great attractions in this part of Sardinia — there can be few better places to master the art of wind-surfing or waterskiing than here ! |
| 28 | ‘ It has been one of the great enjoyments of my life recently . ’ |
| 29 | The unravelling of their chemistry has been one of the great achievements of 20th century science , a large part of it due to sir Norman Haworth , whose studies in this field spanned more than 30 years . |
| 30 | He has another story that I liked and inevitably it concerned Alex Higgins , that brilliant player who has wasted his talent so often , but who has been one of the greatest stars and the source of endless tales . |