Example sentences of "that it be a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that it 's a great innovation . |
| 2 | I have continuously taken the view during the time that I have held my present office that it is a great privilege to be Secretary of State for Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | I am conscious that it is a great honour and carries a big responsibility . |
| 4 | We may feel today that things might have been better planned , and that it is a great pity that what now looks like the decisive contribution of England to world history should have been carried through with so much muddle and mess . |
| 5 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 6 | So fine was her memory and so good were her stories about everyone from Mrs Simpson ( ‘ so angular , all elbows and knees ’ ) to Stanley Baldwin ( ‘ a terrible old humbug about the countryside ’ ) that it was a great pity she refused to write her memoirs . |
| 7 | But he must n't forget that it was a great occasion for old Willis , who must be getting on for sixty-live , ready to take the knock any day now . |
| 8 | We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice . |
| 9 | Sidorov admitted that it was a great honour to be appointed to the government , but was not yet ready to discuss his policies , as he ‘ needed to assess the situation at the Ministry ’ , although he did hint that changes in the organisation 's structure would be required . |
| 10 | ‘ All of the 130 pupils thought that it was a great way to end our five years at Bohunt . ’ |
| 11 | The Historia Dunelmensis Ecclesiæ says that the English were heavily defeated there by the Scots in 1018 , and the Historia Regum that it was a great battle fought in 1018 between Earl Uhtred of Northumbria and Malcolm king of Scots , supported by Owain king of Strathclyde . |
| 12 | Her first thoughts were that it was a great shame to turn such a wonderful building into a restaurant and hotel . |
| 13 | Y you mentioned that the that it was a great encouragement to you to have outside support . |
| 14 | He says that it was a great ride . |