Example sentences of "[vb -s] been a great [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My last telephone call was to the head of Oatridge agricultural college , which has been a great help to the agricultural community in Scotland . |
| 2 | The thinning out process has been a great shock to me , I had a higher opinion of working class thought — but it is that where the weakness lies , not in our efforts of propaganda . |
| 3 | Joe — finishing his Bournemouth shows last night before a national tour — added : God has been a great solace to me , plus the love of my fans . ’ |
| 4 | Certainly the trouble in Yugoslavia has been a great surprise to many . |
| 5 | Ivan Lendl has been a great credit to the game which he has played with distinction for so long . |
| 6 | Gary Bennett ( centre back ) : Only five short of 300 appearances for Sunderland since signing from Cardiff for a bargain £80,000 , Bennett has been a great servant to the club . |
| 7 | Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan . |
| 8 | It has been a great joy to me that we have remained a very close family . |
| 9 | Under normal circumstances small favours of this type could be obtained by a politician with government connections , and it was only circumstances of a temporary nature which made job provision difficult for Scots politicians , such as the effective block which appeared in 1737 following the lynching of an officer of the City Guard of Edinburgh , when as a writer remarked , the hanging of Captain Porteous ‘ sticks vastly in his majesties stomach and has been a great detriment to our countray-men in getting any thing done ’ . |
| 10 | Said Anderson : ‘ He has been a great fillip to us not just with his excellent performances on the field , but throughout the club . |
| 11 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
| 12 | ‘ She was a very lovely girl and it 's been a great shock to us all , ’ agreed Melissa . |
| 13 | Lois adds : ‘ Dad 's been a great help to me . |
| 14 | Yeah , cos he 's been a great help to me ! |
| 15 | Neil Johnston meets James Kelly , doyen of Ulster journalism ‘ It 's been a great game to be in … ’ |
| 16 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 17 | It 's no good putting it off any longer though he 's been a great comfort to me , mind . ’ |