Example sentences of "it have be [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It has been a great privilege to see how God has been at work in their lives and to be part of His plan for these men .
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 It has been a great joy to me that we have remained a very close family .
5 When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them .
6 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 .
7 Kenneth thought it had been a great year .
8 Since it had been a great success when read aloud to ‘ our local club ’ , Tolkien had absolute confidence in submitting it to the publisher of The Hobbit , Stanley Unwin .
9 All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success .
10 I did not sleep well that night : it had been a great day and the call of the wild kept me nervous and excited .
11 Mr Devlin said afterwards it had been a great day in Yarm 's history .
12 It had been a great relief to learn from the lawyers that Sunset Cottage , Overclyst , their new home , was already furnished .
13 it had been a great patrol during which we had made a lot of new friends , carried out a great deal of work en route and broken into completely new territory for the cutters .
14 It had been a great directorship .
15 It had been a great moment .
16 It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present .
17 She had told no one at all but it had been the great dream of her life to go to Spain , the real Spain .
18 ‘ She was a very lovely girl and it 's been a great shock to us all , ’ agreed Melissa .
19 Sadie Murray , of Irvine , who has worked at Digital for more than five years , said : ‘ It 's been a great worry over the last few weeks .
20 It 's been a great school for the temper . ’
21 The Government says it 's been a great success — those living close to its route say its ruined their lives .
22 It 's been a great experience .
23 It 's been a great pleasure to meet you . ’
24 Er , can I say that it 's been a great pleasure coming er , to you and to say that erm that there 's far more to say , of course , about Canberra er , but I hope that that taster will help you to try and appreciate what went on there .
25 You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides .
26 Neil Johnston meets James Kelly , doyen of Ulster journalism ‘ It 's been a great game to be in … ’
27 But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories .
28 It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month .
29 Seles said : ‘ It 's been a great season , and a great way to end it . ’
30 Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing .
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