Example sentences of "has [be] a great [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train to Pakistan , a novel by Khushwant Singh , has been a great inspiration for me . |
| 2 | It has been a great triumph for France 's construction and agricultural engineers , a dazzling testimony to the industry and enterprise of a people who so often appear , to those who do not know them , to be in a perpetual state of political and economic chaos . |
| 3 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
| 4 | Playing in this competition has been a great springboard for me . ’ |
| 5 | Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay . |
| 6 | This is not another knocking piece on Hanley , who has been a great player for club and country . |
| 7 | ‘ It has been a great cause for concern in London , particularly when he lives not far from where the Anti-Terrorist Squad uncovered a quantity of Semtex explosives in an IRA dump . |