Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] have a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of our case for the Radio News Network is that we must do better about telling our country about itself , not just in terms of law or education but also in terms of science , technology , medicine , the environment and an area where I personally have a great commitment — and that is coverage of business and our economy on which all our futures depend . |
| 2 | When I first moved from India ( where I was born ) to England , I obviously had a great tan , and I got called ‘ Indibum ’ and all.that . |
| 3 | I have some sympathy for the Home Secretary in these matters , he is not an Officer of State who over-occupies the position for whom I normally have a great deal of sympathy I must confess , er but on this occasion I do have some sympathy . |
| 4 | I still have a great deal to learn . |
| 5 | ‘ I now have a great deal of choice about everything I do , which is the great blessing of old age . |
| 6 | I never had a great respect for bandboys ; they 're all booze and troublesome . |
| 7 | She also had a great interest in the English language and a strong desire to work with people . |
| 8 | She also has a great sense of reserve . |
| 9 | She also has a great sense of humour . |
| 10 | You know your job ; you even have a great talent . ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes common ground is apparent without needing to say anything : when we 're influencing others who have the same job as ourselves , or similar type of backgrounds or lifestyles , we already have a great deal in common . |
| 12 | In any event , come again , we always have a great deal of variety here at the theatre and if you are a speedy worker , you should do very well . ’ |
| 13 | The fact is that we still have a great deal to learn about the skills that animals use to find their way around their own home ranges and to travel the globe . |
| 14 | Moreover , on the academic front , the detailed empirical study of electoral behaviour through sample surveys has come into its own so that we now have a great deal more information on which to explore the hopes and fears of those who took sides on the issue of democracy at the same time as we are provided with information to check out the reality of key elements of the responsible party model in Britain . |
| 15 | They always had a great deal to say , for they knew one another so well . |
| 16 | But they now had a great advantage because they knew that their viral DNA was in the gene and so they could use this knowledge to fish out the gene that clearly plays some role in limb development . |
| 17 | All feel they now have a great deal more to offer their customers and their employers . |
| 18 | Mr Thornton 's position may be more sympathetically received today , when ‘ paternalism ’ has become a dirty word ; but if , as a later critic was to claim , such philanthropists as Dorothea wished only to fulfil their own personal sentiment of pity and justice , and could not escape the disability of their arbitrary self-appointment , they undoubtedly had a great deal to contribute in the absence of state measures to fill the gap . |
| 19 | As far as I could tell Frank had recovered from the breakdown we witnessed in late 1986 and , despite the months alone and the awful beatings he 'd received in the Pigsty , he still had a great sense of humour and told us hysterical episodes from his life , many of them against himself . |
| 20 | He 's a great leader and although he has done so much , he still has a great future in front of him . ’ |
| 21 | He still has a great deal to teach us , |
| 22 | Severely puritanical and sabbatarian in outlook , he also had a great fund of homely anecdotes about village mores , in both Welsh and English . |
| 23 | He also had a great deal of ability , but like all the older ones had to leave school and go out to work to help support the family once he reached the end of primary school . |
| 24 | He was both fascinated by chickens and everything to do with them , but he also had a great dislike of them . |