Example sentences of "prove a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's a very busy man , but he has not missed a session , and he 's proving a great asset . |
| 2 | Another project that received sponsorship from the Wood Group was the Granite Foundations book for start-up businesses , which has now been published and is proving a great success . |
| 3 | No easy task , but it 's already proving a great success , as Richard Barnett reports : |
| 4 | At one time , the apple trees were proving a great temptation to young men who would shin over the wall at night . |
| 5 | The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community . |
| 6 | The Contemporary Art Society 's idea of shopping for art at low prices and in an informal environment , has proved a great success over the past nine years . |
| 7 | To date parishioners have been extremely generous in their giving and the scheme has proved a great success . |
| 8 | Johnston had an unhappy time at Rangers after returning from French club Metz and his subsequent move to Everton has not yet proved a great success . |
| 9 | Units are available on flexible leasing arrangements and have already proved a great success . |
| 10 | The recently electrified East Coast route has proved a great success … but could such modern technology be adapted to a railway designed more than a hundred and fifty years ago ? |
| 11 | Although his Cooking in Ten Minutes ( Bruno Cassirer , distributed by Faber , 15s. ) , a lighthearted treatise on how to make the most of charcuterie or delicatessen food — first published in England in 1948 — has proved a great favourite , there exists a much more representative book , a collection of lectures , radio talks , recipes and articles , called Cooking with Pomiane ( Bruno Cassirer , distributed by Faber , 18s . ) . |
| 12 | One teacher showed a brief extract from a historical film that had proved a great box office success . |
| 13 | This residential healing centre has proved a great blessing to many of my friends . |
| 14 | Whereas the problem of payment of compensation by local authorities to a developer refused planning consent had always proved a great obstacle to effective control , the new situation was that where land was developed , the increase in its value resulting from the grant of planning permission was secured for the community by the imposition of a development charge ( equivalent to 100 per cent of the increase in value ) , to be assessed and collected by a Central Land Board . |
| 15 | The common law has not proved a great source of procedural protection for aliens . |
| 16 | She also thinks Taligent will prove a great boon to both its parents . |
| 17 | But many Scottish broadcasters argue that in deploying minimum resources there will be instances where the new directorate wo n't authorise Manchester to fill the gap and they are faced with the choice of hiring independents at what might prove a greater cost , thereby going over budget , or perhaps losing the programme . |
| 18 | Industry sources say consequential loss claims could prove a greater burden than the building repair costs . |
| 19 | Clayton 's ‘ natural ’ approach to photography proved a great asset in his continued success . |
| 20 | Our hilltop villa proved a great vantage point for the spectacular storms that , after a few days , cleared the air and allowed Provence to shine in her brilliant colours , as if a gauze veil had been lifted . |
| 21 | The Inquirer proved a great success . |
| 22 | A Congregational Picnic was held in Killicomaine on the evening of Thursday 26 June 1952 and proved a great success . |
| 23 | This proved a great success , not least because this was the first time that paintings by Jackson Pollock had been exhibited in Europe . |
| 24 | A luncheon held at ‘ Langton ’ proved a great success for Tunbridge Wells branch . |
| 25 | His move proved a great success . |
| 26 | The letter proved a great success . |
| 27 | A book , British Sign language a beginners Guide , by Dorothy Miles , a deafened writer , poetess and actress with close links with the FDA , was published by the BBC contemporaneously and proved a great success . |
| 28 | This event , very well supported , proved a great success . |
| 29 | This event , very well supported , proved a great success . |
| 30 | THE recent ‘ Gift of Sight ’ appeal proved a great success . |