Example sentences of "they [verb] a great [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE FIRST round of the new National County Under-25s Two Fours competition sent Essex to Coton , on the outskirts of Cambridge , where they produced a great effort to win by three shots against Cambridgeshire . |
| 2 | Not only do they have a greater opportunity to commit their favoured types of crimes , but they have the capacity to influence which of their behaviours will be regarded as corporate crimes in the first place . |
| 3 | When she arrived at the beginning of July , they had a great deal to talk about . |
| 4 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 5 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 6 | I am keen for them to have a greater opportunity to develop both their working and their family lives . |
| 7 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |