Example sentences of "to [num] [prep] the great [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BAG of muddied human bones and hair could hold the key to one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th Century , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 2 | The pattern of inheritance of this simple characteristic led the Moravian monk , Gregor Mendel , to one of the greatest insights in biology — character traits were not blended during passage from one generation to another but inherited as separate factors , later called genes . |
| 3 | The official seals attached to these letters were protected by cases ; but these were decorated when the letter was being sent to one of the greater rulers and merely plain when a less important one was being addressed . |
| 4 | But — no piano in an album that pays homage to one of the great pianists ? |
| 5 | He 'd climbed on to one of the great beams which supported the arch , tied a length of rope round it and , fastening the noose around his neck , simply stepped off the great stone plinth . |
| 6 | Toby was referring to one of the great stars in the American golfing firmament whom the sponsors were said to be paying £50,000 in appearance money , much to the disgust of most of the other professionals . |
| 7 | THOUGH much could yet depend on what happens on Scotland 's forthcoming short tour , the solution to one of the great controversies of the past season — the unexpected supplanting of Douglas Morgan as the coach for that island venture — continues to look simple enough . |
| 8 | The steering committee has opted for quality , downplaying the innumerable replicas from the painter 's workshop to focus on his extraordinary evolution from provincial artist to one of the great protagonists of Venetian art . |
| 9 | Now we come to one of the great anomalies of the stratigraphical record , with the widespread extinctions of the Frasnian/Famennian junction . |
| 10 | The occasion was historic because it was a tribute to one of the great furnace-masters of the white heat of the technological revolution of the 1960s . |
| 11 | Making a Dream come true Christopher Bowen talks to one of the great innovators of contemporary dance , Robert Cohan , who is currently working with Scottish Ballet |
| 12 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , a night of tributes from the stars to one of the great men of British cinema . |