Example sentences of "perhaps the great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was I not perhaps the greatest fool in Christendom ? |
| 2 | Perhaps the greatest problem with hypnotism concerns man 's ignorance . |
| 3 | Perhaps the greatest problem which Rheims ' work presents is its consciousness of the supposed audience , for this is photography created for a specific market , and one which takes its thrill seriously . |
| 4 | Perhaps the greatest triumph was that of Susanne Bobzien , originally a Somervillian , who moved from Balliol to Queen 's College to take up a Philosophy Fellowship . |
| 5 | Perhaps the greatest difficulty concerning TM is the TM-Sidhi Programme . |
| 6 | This , observed Crosland , ‘ was perhaps the greatest achievement of those years — to bring the problem of teacher supply within sight of solution . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps the greatest achievement of this approach was the prediction by Young and by Helmholtz ( in Mollon 1982 ) , in the nineteenth century , of the existence of three classes of colour-sensitive receptor in the retina , each sensitive to a different wavelength of light , a prediction only confirmed by direct measurement in the last thirty years ( Mollon 1982 ) . |
| 8 | The irony is that in striving to perpetuate a certain mythology about his own prescience and consistency , about France 's fundamental unity , and about the mediocrity of the times in comparison with the exalted hours of the war and the liberation , de Gaulle actually masked one of the great achievements , perhaps the greatest achievement , of his political career . |
| 9 | This has largely occurred on the Downs , where perhaps the greatest changes likely to affect birds in Sussex have taken place . |
| 10 | However , essential as that support is , perhaps the greatest drive of all comes from the normal dreams that all parents have for their children . |
| 11 | It would seem no coincidence that the colleges with perhaps the greatest reputation for innovation are moving towards the Council 's fold ’ . |
| 12 | The document has a dual interest : its own intrinsic historical value ; and the insight it provides into the thinking of perhaps the greatest technician of the Cabinet machine in Cabinet Office history . |
| 13 | Behind the truant husband Marmeladov , perhaps the greatest feat of instant creation in all Dostoevsky as he buttonholes Raskolnikov in the pub with hay sticking to his clothes and vodka at hand — behind that immortal Russian drunkard stretches a long line of urban dropouts and psychological cripples , of paupers and other victims of the ravages of early capitalism ( think of Petersburg as several decades behind Manchester ) , of the ‘ insulted and injured ’ in the novel of that title and elsewhere , back to the beginning , back to Mr Devushkin with his teapot and pipe and his ‘ fearful lapses ’ over the bottle . |
| 14 | Perhaps the greatest change in the Tilford Bach Festival occurred some years ago when Denys Darlow realised his aim of producing the sound most familiar to Bach himself , by introducing the London Handel Orchestra which specialises in baroque music played on authentic reproductions of baroque instruments . |
| 15 | But let us also remember that Baron Cuvier , perhaps the greatest protagonist of catastrophism in its earlier form , worked on the placid , untectonised sediments of Montmartre and the environs of Paris . |
| 16 | Perhaps the greatest accolade which could receive for his efforts came in June 1966 when Her Majesty the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited the St Cuthberts Carriage Museum , and inspected restoration work on the collection taking place alongside work on coaches from the Royal Mews . |
| 17 | The sheng , looking like a bunch of firewood , mouthpiece attached , was perhaps the greatest shock , producing sounds like a mini-Wurlitzer . |
| 18 | Perhaps the greatest mistake in the application of GIS has been to allow the glamour of the technology to distract attention from the more mundane , yet vital , aspects of data acquisition and verification . |
| 19 | Rob Wilson 's reputation as a rod builder is unequalled in Scotland and perhaps the greatest test of his skill came in 1958 . |
| 20 | Perhaps the greatest attraction of the band is due to the extremely wide-ranging nature of its repertoire and the virtuosity and versatility of its members . |
| 21 | ‘ My mother and Tatyana Kessner were my early teachers but perhaps the greatest influence was Lev Naumov , a man with a truly wonderful sense of musical fantasy and imagination . |
| 22 | Perhaps the greatest surprise in Wainfleet is Barkham Street . |
| 23 | Perhaps the greatest restrictions are that he or she can act only on the request of an MP and the only weapon available is to publicize the misdeeds . |
| 24 | Perhaps the greatest variation is in the form of the type of mount , or escutcheon , for the handle . |
| 25 | Perhaps the greatest tribute to the system 's aesthetic capabilities was provided by the ex-editor of Classical Music who , some weeks after the changeover from traditional to electronic , asked Tony Gamble why they had changed back from ITC Clearface to the original Times . |
| 26 | Perhaps the greatest deficiencies in the relationship between education and industry occurred in the training and recruitment of middle management . |
| 27 | All these things are related to the Izzat of the girl — saving her Izzat ( and through that their own Izzat ) is perhaps the greatest responsibility of her parents or guardian . |
| 28 | Charles Darwin , perhaps the greatest field naturalist of all time , was impressed by this when he first encountered the tropics during his journey in HMS Beagle in the 1830s . |
| 29 | Members in AIB Bank , in Britain , have received perhaps the greatest blow yet delivered to them , when the Mediator dealing with their outstanding salary claim came forward with his Recommendation . |
| 30 | Mike Hawthorn had become Britain 's first World Champion in 1958 but the great British monopoly of the World Championship started in 1962 when Graham Hill won the first of his two titles , but then perhaps the greatest driver of the modern era , Jim Clark , won the first of his two titles in 1963 . |