Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Robert Teeter remained as the nominal head of the Bush campaign , it was generally acknowledged that Baker would use his new post to exercise overall and ultimate responsibility for the campaign and attempt to provide it with a greater degree of coherence . |
| 2 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 3 | They were concious of their decision and did n't seem to put them in a great dilemna |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't want to put her under a great deal of pressure after what she 's been through . |
| 5 | With a slight change of posture — a lift of the head , a straightening of the already straight back , that little proud look — she seemed to transform herself into a great lady of some kind . |
| 6 | Toby , next morning , was inclined to regard it as a great victory . |
| 7 | If Protestantism was more Conducive than Catholicism to the expansion of science , one would expect this to manifest itself in a greater receptivity toward new and controversial ideas . |
| 8 | They are driven to cunning in order to buy the materials they need for their work … they are vain , envious and antagonistic to writers ‘ who are really their best friends , who control the public and try to bring it to a greater state of culture which will offer the artists great subject for their work … |