Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] great [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the National Coal Board has continued to cut coal-mining employment there after the end of the strike , it has placed great emphasis upon the role of its job-creating subsidiary , NCB ( Enterprises ) in providing alternative jobs . |
| 2 | However , it has assumed great importance in the case law of the European Court in recent years for an additional reason , namely a struggle for power between the different European institutions both inter se and in relation to the Member States . |
| 3 | It has won greater favour in the US than in Britain where it is generally regarded as conceding too much to a particular , and somewhat incoherent , philosophical system . |
| 4 | In the past it has taken great efforts by the Merseyside and Greater Manchester police to keep supporters apart in what is widely thought to be the most intense antagonism in the League . |
| 5 | As part of this process it intends to give greater support to interdisciplinary proposals relating to the successful management of technical change and innovation . |