Example sentences of "[that] [num] [prep] the great [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tesco agreed that one of the great advantages of using headhunters was their speed in short-circuiting and short-cutting — but not skimping — all the work involved . |
| 2 | It was in this harsh and inhospitable land that one of the great religions of mankind originated . |
| 3 | Several times in Committee , when defending differences of approach in the Scottish Office and slight differences in this Bill , he said that one of the great benefits of introducing this Bill some years after the privatisation of buses in England and Wales was experience . |
| 4 | I consider that one of the great benefits of public investigation is that not only are the guilty found guilty but the innocent are exonerated if false charges are made . |
| 5 | How often , in my past life , I had claimed that one of the great benefits the nineteenth century had conferred on the West had been science 's liberation of thought and feeling from organized religion . |
| 6 | I think that one of the great problems , and I 've made a number of studies of individual Puritans in the seventeenth century , is that we talk about Puritanism and we think of Victorian Nonconformity . |
| 7 | Does the Prime Minister accept that one of the great achievements of the Olympic movement is to bring nations together in sporting endeavour and excellence and that similarly , despite the forthcoming general election , all political parties are brought together to support this country 's bid to host the Olympic games in the year 2000 ? |
| 8 | It seems that one of the great pains of Leapor 's life was the lack of such friendship . |
| 9 | He points out , after all , that one of the great features of the reef — one that makes it so exciting to biologists and tourists alike — is its bewildering diversity . |
| 10 | If parents really want to help their children , with reading specifically , I feel that Margaret Donaldson , who is and educational psychologist in Edinburgh , is correct when she points out that one of the greatest difficulties children have when they go to school is that many of them do n't understand what kind of activity reading is . |
| 11 | If parents really want to help their children , with reading specifically , I feel that Margaret Donaldson , who is and educational psychologist in Edinburgh , is correct when she points out that one of the greatest difficulties children have when they go to school is that many of them do n't understand what kind of activity reading is . |
| 12 | Karl Kroyer pointed out that one of the greatest obstacles to success in innovation is the availability of choice , and the consequent tendency toward indecision . |
| 13 | It is believed , as already mentioned , that one of the greatest pleasures for a child comes from the security it feels when it knows that it is loved , and it is the ability to withhold manifestations of that love for a little while , or threaten so to do , that provides a non-violent means of securing acquiescence when it is required . |