Example sentences of "been a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it might have been a bigger concern than I ken . |
| 2 | The recent single , Love You All My Lifetime , should have been a bigger hit and shows that Chaka can still sound as if she 's bursting with all the joys of spring . |
| 3 | As an example to the world that the young were powerful , that money was not the be-all and end-all , Apple could hardly have been a bigger failure . |
| 4 | Taylor said : ‘ Even allowing for the big advances in modern medicine , I 've always been a big believer in waiting for an operation to be complete before making any assessment . |
| 5 | While numbers of new AIDS cases reported officially each month have remained relatively steady , there has been a big increase in those needing expert medical and nursing advice at home with a 24-hour on call back up . |
| 6 | She had been hoping for a ‘ jobs Budget ’ to fulfil a great need in East Anglia where there had been a big increase in unemployment . |
| 7 | There has been a big increase in the use of knives in crimes of violence . |
| 8 | COMMUNITY workers say there has been a big increase in the number of young homeless people as winter sets in . |
| 9 | No , I do n't boil onions , I 'm not , I 've never been a big onions chap . |
| 10 | The maps have been a big hit with government departments and firms with large vehicle fleets , a market once considered of only peripheral interest by Mr Honey . |
| 11 | Dave , the afternoon DJ , was talking over the intro of a record that he was saying had been a big hit in Europe . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been a big detective lately , have n't you , Auntie Jean ? |
| 13 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 14 | ‘ IT MUST have been a big blow to the Dublin Theatre Festival ’ is not the thing to say to Tony O'Dalaigh who , as director of the festival must have imagined major profits blowing away as the Archaos tent took to the sky a few days before the French circus was due to perform . |
| 15 | BENN 'S campaign in Chesterfield , where he is defending an 8,700 majority , has been fought face-to-face on the grimy doorsteps and in smoky rooms ; a factory meeting has been a big event . |
| 16 | David says that the festival would n't have been a big event and any money raised would go to local schools . |
| 17 | After all , Lydia 's been a big help and there must be others as good . ’ |
| 18 | He explains : ‘ I 'm fitter than ever , physically and mentally , and golf has been a big help . |
| 19 | It had been a big surprise to the nomes . |
| 20 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
| 21 | Ralph Lauren has been a big influence too , with his Navajo and Santa Fe prints . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place . |
| 23 | She said she loved me and the affair had been a big mistake . ’ |
| 24 | Spending even this short amount of time with him had been a big mistake . |
| 25 | At the same time , she knew it had been a big mistake to lose her temper like that . |
| 26 | ‘ It appears there 'd been a big row and a parting of the ways before my agent tracked them down , but my premise was right : they 'd been staying with one of Svend 's college friends at his parents ’ apartment on the outskirts of the city . |
| 27 | There has also been a big run on nostalgia toys this year , says Philip Goodall , who runs three large toy shops in Oxfordshire . |
| 28 | ‘ There has been a big drive in the last year to get closer to the travel industry generally , ’ says Bill . |
| 29 | There 'd been a big square of white cloth amongst them , which a group of nomes had managed to tie around the human 's mouth after its mooing got on everyone 's nerves . |
| 30 | ‘ It must have been a big shock . |