Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 2 | Man 's ownership of animals has contributed to a great degree towards the creation of this semi-natural environment , at least within the world 's land mass . |
| 3 | The deregulation of buses has led to a great diminution in the service , especially at weekends and at night when people in rural and city areas feel isolated . |
| 4 | Over the last few years , the impact of new technology on the printing industry has led to a great diversification of products and services offered by many printers , and this includes the quick print and copy outlets . |
| 5 | For this we have to thank those dedicated collectors whose affection and care for the once ‘ ordinary ’ 78s has led to a great deal of pleasure for all of us today . |
| 6 | The failure of church growth thinking , at least in its early formulations , to differentiate between Church and Kingdom has led to a great deal of misunderstanding and criticism . |
| 7 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 8 | This controversial decision has led to a great deal of difficulty ; but the decision demonstrates the current trend in arbitration which , like references to experts , is another form of machinery for resolving disputes outside the court . |
| 9 | Over the years , says Ash , he has worked with a great number of PhD students , all of them very able , some outstandingly so . |
| 10 | This has resulted in a great deal of mutual education , and most would not want to worship together any more regularly than that ! |
| 11 | Whilst the information revolution has resulted in a great deal of attention being paid to the technology of information processing , unfortunately less attention has been given to the environment in which this processing takes place . |
| 12 | Reception of the investigators was particularly friendly and has resulted in a great deal of data which is currently being processed . |
| 13 | Being so far advanced in this objective , even before the evening started , it must have come as a great surprise when the meeting was jolted into controversy by an unexpected suggestion from Councillor B. Watts . |
| 14 | The Mid-Ulster dialects may therefore have preserved to a great extent an older general English vowel pattern , and they may help us to project knowledge of the present on the past . |
| 15 | Originally this state must have led to a great deal of contradictory and ambivalent behaviour , with the bird being tugged in opposite directions by its opposing moods . |
| 16 | Ace appeared to have gone to a great deal of trouble to make this place so pretty and welcoming . |
| 17 | This whole area had blossomed as a great region for settlement , in which the Spanish language was steadily being forced upon the survivors of the original population and to which Spanish emigrants went out as regular reinforcements to maintain the conquests of Cones and Pizzano . |
| 18 | His head was buried in the sand , hands and feet spread out , as if he had fallen from a great height . ’ |
| 19 | Last year an East India company in the tea trade had gone bankrupt , and the court found it had actually been insolvent for a quarter of a century — which had come as a great surprise even to the directors . |
| 20 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
| 21 | I know , but , mum that , that was , that was five years ago , I mean I 've moved on a great deal since then |
| 22 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 23 | The inquiry had heard forensic details of each individual death but as Mark Smith reports the parents had hoped for a great deal more . |
| 24 | Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders . |
| 25 | My first visit to Vancouver had resulted in a great liking for the west coast , and I was determined to return . |
| 26 | He believed there was a future for Swanage and therefore he had striven for a great number of years to improve it — ( laughter ) — but he was very glad that those who came from afar were pleased and satisfied . |
| 27 | That was but a seed , but it was a seed well sown and matters have moved on a great deal since then . |
| 28 | I do n't think Lewis er thought Stone was capable of doing this you know and he 's got into a great situation there . |