Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing what your best colours are and what styles will suit your figure can open up a whole new wardrobe — and make shopping a great deal easier . |
| 2 | This , he told her , was Italy 's great chance , far greater than in '48 , to rid herself of the foreign oppressor and unite to form a great power . |
| 3 | The Gaian hypothesis was first promoted by the atmospheric chemist James Lovelock , and has stimulated a great debate about whether the fundamental controls on the Earth 's warming gases are biological or abiotic ( physical ) . |
| 4 | Starting with Camco , the newly appointed Chief Executive er , has been very , very active and has made a great impact already . |
| 5 | ‘ He was depressed and has suffered a great deal of mental anguish . ’ |
| 6 | He now shares a house near the hostel with four other care-leavers and has stabilised a great deal . |
| 7 | This initiative has presented the bank in a very positive way and has generated a great deal of media coverage . |
| 8 | She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs . |
| 9 | The association is in touch with thousands of people caring for relatives and friends and has learned a great deal about the difficulties they face . |
| 10 | Fashion garments may and do cost a great deal , but break down the component parts of that price and the sum paid for the natural fibre fabrics begins to look a little odd . |
| 11 | not because he was Mansfield , but because he was a man of their own party and had done a great deal of work in connection with municipal , industrial and trade union affairs generally … |
| 12 | On taking her history , it was discovered that when she was twelve or thirteen she had had frequent nose bleeds and had lost a great deal of blood . |
| 13 | The lecture had kept her mind occupied all through breakfast , and had contained a great deal of sound advice on the best method of dealing with fitzAlan , which had not included embracing him as if he were in truth her husband . |
| 14 | She had never said so , certainly , because she hated to admit that she minded anything , but she had seemed evasive about the future , and had shown no great enthusiasm over the journalistic course she was going to take . |
| 15 | Both candidates for the presidency in 1980 were short of relevant experience and had shown no great aptitude for working with other political leaders . |
| 16 | The review deals with undergraduate courses and manages to condense a great deal of material into a concise and readable form . |
| 17 | Black Holes are fascinating , and have caused a great deal of excitement over the past 20 years . |
| 18 | ‘ We played the leading role in bringing Zimbabwe to independence and have given a great deal of help to Zimbabwe since independence , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Some buildings are larger and better known than others , and have had a great deal of publicity ; others are perhaps more modest in both scale and workmanship , but still deserving of attention as an important part of the local scene . |
| 20 | Tutorial colleges responded speedily to the new demand — and have changed a great deal as a result . |
| 21 | This claim was thoroughly undermined by the events of 1914 , however , as in state after state the working class rallied to its national flag and volunteered to fight the Great War . |
| 22 | Does my hon. Friend agree that many leaders of local industry are giving their time and experience to ensure the great success of TECs all over the United Kingdom and that it is imperative that we , the Government , ensure that they are properly funded ? |
| 23 | After Enkidu 's death Gilgamesh wandered far and wide in his grief encountering among others the proverbial survivor of the great flood , Utnapishtim , who told him how he had been warned in a dream by a god of the imminent deluge , and instructed to build a great boat into which he was to take the seed of all living creatures . |