Example sentences of "[modal v] have great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt at the time , that if such a Call sere presented I should have great difficulty , indeed , in declining it , even in the face of much inconvenience and pecuniary sacrifice . |
| 2 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 3 | His plea is powerful ( Beck 1990:49 ) : teachers must become " intellectuals " to a greater extent than they typically are at present … they should have greater awareness of the interconnected theory that bears on both the content and method of their teaching . |
| 4 | Regarding central/local relations the report urged that local authorities should have greater powers to determine their own structure , organization and policy and should be put in a stronger financial position . |
| 5 | Maybe each borough should run its own schools , maybe the mayor should have greater powers , maybe school districts could be small and autonomous . |
| 6 | Parish councils should have greater say especially in planning matters . |
| 7 | For example , your GP should have greater flexibility to look around for treatment in hospitals which offer the shortest waiting times . |
| 8 | It may well be accepted that a person who is deported should have greater protection than one who is refused entry , or that a person whose permit has expired has a lesser interest than one whose permit is revoked . |
| 9 | Bones stresses the importance of language in the Rastafarian religious culture : " according to Rasta doctrine and reasoning , a language must have great significance in terms of its words , sounds and 'powah' , which means 'power' … the 'powah' <+; > is what gives Rasta strength and makes him formidable " ( 1986a : 48 – 9 ) . |
| 10 | I think parental anxieties are something with which one must have great sympathy because very often the anxiety is not so much an anxiety about the child , it 's an anxiety about the parent . |
| 11 | I think parental anxieties are something with which one must have great sympathy because very often the anxiety is not so much an anxiety about the child , it 's an anxiety about the parent . |
| 12 | I mean you 're talking about having computers in the offices and perhaps in the home , now this must have great impact on the future education needs of people who are going to use these devices , surely ? |
| 13 | My only thought is that , IF this is true , Wilko must have great hopes for Mark Humphries , the left back he bought from Aberdeen ? ? last summer . |
| 14 | My only thought is that , IF this is true , Wilko must have great hopes for Mark Humphries , the left back he bought from Aberdeen ? ? last summer . |
| 15 | I began to think that Herbert must have greater expectations than I had . |
| 16 | And they 'll have great difficulty telling your voice and mine apart wo n't they ? |
| 17 | Local government itself was seen as being as much in need or a rolling back of its frontiers as was central government , in order that economic individualism might have greater room for action . |
| 18 | Some donors might have great works of art which they 've lost interest in , or that belonged to their father or their grandfather . |
| 19 | Each hand drilled hole had to be carefully positioned in order that it might have greatest effect , but it did not matter so much with machine holes . |
| 20 | But he also reminded scientists that they could have greater influence by lobbying their local MPs . |
| 21 | But the meetings could have greater resonance than this suggests and provide powerful reinforcement of a sense of fellowship . |
| 22 | If this were the case , it would follow that the meme for celibacy could have greater survival value than the meme for marriage . |
| 23 | The Party Secretary , like a British prime minister , could have great influence and authority , but in the last resort he was essentially primus inter pares — first among equals — and had to carry his colleagues with him . |
| 24 | In creating one she has inadvertently made a move towards alternative methods of selling that could have great significance for organic farming . |
| 25 | These factors could have great significance for the maturation of possible sources in the Lower Palaeozoic . |
| 26 | And I 'm sure you could have great discussions with the people there and so on about all sorts of things . |
| 27 | She said that we could have great fun there . |
| 28 | Although with a more powerful unit you 'd have greater headroom and a reduced noise problem , you could n't push the power stage to its ‘ sweet spot ’ at such manageable volumes . |
| 29 | So if the panel were minded to recommend an exceptions policy then in the in the light of I eleven we we 'd have great difficulty in recommending other than B one and B two uses . |
| 30 | It is often difficult to predict which patients will be able to develop effective work skills , and some quite seriously disturbed people with persistently odd behaviour can work effectively while others with few overt symptoms of mental disorder may have great difficulties . |