Example sentences of "have great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is immensely strong , but also shyly gentle and has great sense of humour . |
| 2 | Of Hugh Aldous Mr Hakim says : ‘ Hugh has great vision . |
| 3 | A clear example of this may be seen in the learner driver who grips the steering wheel so tightly with one hand that he has great difficulty in moving the wheel with the other . |
| 4 | Having achieved power in certain situations , the military has great difficulty in maintaining it without the support of other important groups in society . |
| 5 | The patient has great difficulty in being coherent . |
| 6 | Silvio is a very complex and tormented personality , someone who has great difficulty in coming to terms with the demands of life . |
| 7 | The dyslexic person has great difficulty with this . |
| 8 | The writer has great sympathy for hauliers confronting the intricacies of the tachograph legislation . |
| 9 | Professor Hoskins saw little in the modern development of the English landscape that filled him with pleasure and one has great sympathy for his feelings . |
| 10 | The Princess d'Essling ( Grand Mistress of the Empress 's Household ) , who has great presence , calls out each name to Her Majesty . |
| 11 | Even if the Soviet Union is no longer able to give orders , it still has great influence , and Mr Shevardnadze is believed to have used this in calls to Prague , Warsaw and East Berlin . |
| 12 | For businesses who want to raise large amounts of capital , Barclays has great experience in arranging rights issues , syndicated loans and multi-option facilities , and in the issuing of bonds , Euro-notes and commercial paper . |
| 13 | People can come to expect too much of someone who suddenly has great success . |
| 14 | The horse has great scope for facial expression due to the large number of facial muscles — 10 for the nostrils , lips and mouth and 13 for each ear . |
| 15 | First , the use of IT is growing rapidly and potentially has great scope in improving the technical efficiency of services and more personalised forms of delivery . |
| 16 | Two miles to the north-west of this village near Redruth in the desolate former tin-mining region of Cornwall is Gwennap Pit which , although not exactly an industrial monument , has great significance in the social history of the local tinners , who were often ruthlessly exploited by their employers and were obvious targets for the message of Nonconformism . |
| 17 | This has one very important result which has great significance in relation to alternatives . |
| 18 | This course has great significance in the development of this new profession . |
| 19 | Although it is modest compared with the major producing fields , it has great significance as one of the first of a new generation of small fields to use the processing facilities offered by another field operator . |
| 20 | ‘ In some cultures that has great significance . |
| 21 | Parke , aged 17 , had already showed us with two wins in the previous two days that he has great ability . |
| 22 | A lot of people think of him mooching around sullenly , but he 's got a very dry wit and also has great ability as a mimic . |
| 23 | ‘ I have purchased a black lead Pencil Sketch of Mr. Green of Ambleside which I think has great merit , the materials being uncommonly picturesque and well put together ; I should dearly like to have the same subject ( it is the Cottage at Glencoyn , by Ullswater ) treated by you . ’ |
| 24 | It has great prestige , both nationally and internationally . |
| 25 | That he has great charm and a strong intellect there is no doubt but the coming review of public expenditure will test him to the full . |
| 26 | ‘ He has great charm , ’ on acquaintance says . |
| 27 | The man is an unreconstructed fascist chauvinist … but he has great charm . |
| 28 | Richard has great charm , when he chooses to exert it . |
| 29 | ‘ You have , ’ he said smiling , ‘ but impulsiveness has great charm and often great effect . ’ |
| 30 | He has great timing and is naturally very funny but he was always a gentleman and very professional as well . ’ |