Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though he had no great stock of small talk he had a great store of commonplaces , which could be adapted to any subject . |
| 2 | Even if you are drawn against an élite performer who has a great deal of experience , the fact that you may be younger , hungrier , fitter could be to your advantage . |
| 3 | As Lord er the Lord Chief Justice said in a television programme Question Time er two nights ago it takes a good deal of experience before somebody 's qualified to be a judge and when you do become a judge you have a great deal to learn . |
| 4 | Whilst the College was in recess we had a great deal of spare time . |
| 5 | Naturally , he took a great interest in horse-shoeing , and horseshoes seem to have been a main interest in his continental journeys– He had a great fondness for the application of setons , particularly in cases of lameness — a curious lapse for such a humane man . |
| 6 | Next instant she had a great thrill , for as the van swung into the lane past her she saw that it was full of Brownies , with luggage all around them ! |
| 7 | In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work . |
| 8 | In the abstract it has a great deal of force . |
| 9 | There was no general ruling on what type of person was best able to carry out these tasks but the two most common groups were : ( a ) the older wife who had a great deal of experience , and ( b ) the young wife who had made a determined effort to acquire as much knowledge and skill as possible . |
| 10 | He said he had a friend who had a great interest in grandfather clocks . |
| 11 | Similarly , the person who has a great love of music might find blindness less of a handicap in obtaining pleasure than would the person who had a passion for football . |
| 12 | It had a title which was not the most inspiring one I had heard in what I presumed to be my life , but told of the one man who had a great impression on me . |
| 13 | He was a brilliant man who had a great deal of influence — in fact , he was one of the few doges who wielded any real authority . |
| 14 | You indicated that er in a sense the strike became well organized in the sense it had a great deal of support erm both moral and material and presumably financial . |
| 15 | As the setting for a love-scene it has a great deal to be desired , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 16 | By the end I had a great admiration for Emil , Oliver and Cathy , who had neatly served and cleared three full courses with the floor swaying beneath their feet and who normally would have taken my few jobs also in their stride . |
| 17 | When he started ‘ writing in earnest ’ , after the war when he also joined a club for the hard of hearing which had a great effect on his life , he at first concentrated on prose , turning to the medium of poetry about 20 years later . |
| 18 | Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future . |
| 19 | As a city it has a great deal to offer — especially to someone like myself who works in the rag trade . |
| 20 | An excellent trip which had a great atmosphere . |
| 21 | No doubt it had a great deal of appeal because it suggested that , if someone could afford air travel , he must be a bit of a swinger and must be with it . |