Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [verb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out to sea the beam of the lighthouse swept a great arc every fifteen seconds ; on one side of the headland were the lights of the town and harbour , on the other it was just possible to make out a line of cliffs receding into the darkness . |
| 2 | The extent of the problem varies a great deal from one species to another . |
| 3 | In his Topographical Account of Cunninghame , compiled about 1600 , Timothy Pont recorded — ‘ This part of the country yields a great deal of excellent butter but especially the parishes of Stewarton and Dunlop . ’ |
| 4 | The rich oral tradition of the pesme made a great impression on writers and folklorists during the Romantic revival of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | National economic policy does not explain the whole of urban decline , but the attitudes and policies of the Treasury have a greater influence on the cities than probably all urban projects combined . |
| 6 | It must be remembered , too , that the early years of the revolution saw a great demand for labour in order to rebuild the economy and , also , to fill the immense gap left by the departing middle class . |
| 7 | However , the Pope 's account of the role of the papacy went a great deal farther than that : Christian unity , he said , must be founded on the faith in Christ that was handed on by the Apostles ; what this faith is must be determined by the Roman Catholic Church . |
| 8 | Quite apart from the drafting of contracts the task of the engineer involves a great deal of communication , much of it by the written word . |
| 9 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
| 10 | In the light of W. McCready 's findings in another study that the religious behaviour of the father had a greater impact on children , Greeley considered the fact that catholic schools were having an increasing influence on men to be of significant importance for the future of Roman catholicism in the USA ( 1976 : 173–5 ) . |
| 11 | Changes in the course occur because of the need to attract a great number of students ; recently there has been a move to introduce a greater element of electronics in the course because |
| 12 | A cruise along the more poular southern edge of the region reveals a greater variety of environments . |
| 13 | He di n't really impress me , but — The Leeds team of the time had a great defence , I do n't think Best ever scored against Paul Reaney , who he regards as his most difficult opponent . |
| 14 | In the classroom , Sister Mary 's indiscriminate wielding of the ruler caused a great deal of wincing and tears . |