Example sentences of "[adj] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1914 , the Germans had found that they could conduct most of their correspondence with village headmen in Swahili , and the British also found this a great advantage . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne thought all this a great to-do about nothing . |
| 3 | This Meeting consider this a great hardship , Lint being a staple article of the Island they therefore wish Shawfield may have the Goodness to order matters upon such a footing as to enable his Tenantry to put their manufacture to the best avail . " |
| 4 | In 1790 a great meeting of tanners held in London elected him to speak for them to the prime minister , William Pitt , concerning the distressed state of the tanning trade ; and in 1793 he wrote to parliament on behalf of Bristol tanners to suggest remedies for the scarcity of the oak bark used in tanning . |
| 5 | In the Carboniferous a great variety of forms with highly zig-zag suture lines are a distinctive group of ammonoids usually known as goniatites . |
| 6 | Most hobbies cost some money , some a great deal , why not occupy time with machine knitting ? |
| 7 | Since Karajan was first and foremost a great musician , it follows that Karajan the film-maker is a man who helps transform our aural sensibilities . |
| 8 | It 's like a photo-op , a big spread will appear and everybody says he 's such a great photographer , when there 's another ten photographers there making the same images . |
| 9 | Time is such a great healer — ’ |
| 10 | Well , a little thing like that should not be allowed to stand in the way of such a great man , so Mr Pozsgay now spends one hour a week in the gym . |
| 11 | His parents ' cottage was restored to make it a suitable birthplace for such a great man . |
| 12 | I would gladly say , ‘ Heil Hitler ! ’ and at once part company with him , realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to tlatter him with an imitation which he has always disdained . |
| 13 | It 's not been such a great campaign for those formed by 1969 rather than 1968 ; in other words , for female journalists who were reared on Greer . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ It is always a pleasure to be that close to such a great golfer . ’ |
| 15 | He made such a great hole in my gum that he had to stitch me up afterwards . " |
| 16 | A friend of mine in Houston , who has followed the orchestra since the 1940s , explained why Eschenbach has been such a great success in Houston . |
| 17 | Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the ‘ Fitness for Fun ’ session at Crystal Palace such a great success . |
| 18 | There 's nowhere else with such a great choice of books , nowhere where I can trawl through such a selection |
| 19 | They want him to detonate such a great burst of passion that all those millions of waverers upon whom so much depends will rush to support him . |
| 20 | They would claim God showed such a great love for people that he even allowed Jesus to die on the cross in order that his love might persuade them to return and belong once more to him . |
| 21 | In our first encounter with Satan we find him within the burning lake of Hell , having fallen from such a great height to such a great depth and now engulfed in fire , licked by flames , seemingly in pain , according to Milton 's narration , yet still able to speak with an uncanny strength and courage against ‘ the potent Victor ’ ( I. 95 ) . |
| 22 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
| 23 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 24 | ‘ An expedition such as this is very good experience for students , ’ Kate added , ‘ Most zoology students do n't get such a great chance to visit an area as remote as the Serrania . ’ |
| 25 | What makes this such a great play is Shakespeare 's analytical power : as John Barton once pointed out , Shakespeare is neither right-wing nor left-wing but wing-less . |
| 26 | And to be visible at such a great distance , the object must be very bright , must , in other words , be emitting a huge amount of energy . |
| 27 | Tess was not surprised at Mrs d'Urberville 's cold manner , and did not expect any more of such a great lady . |
| 28 | Not such a great idea on long flights as it tends to cut off circulation in several different places . |
| 29 | However , after a number of fatal accidents this year , some people are questioning whether grooming is such a great idea . |
| 30 | Considering the number of PFK readers who would like to see their Puffers inflate just once ( though arguably as a sign of stress this is n't such a great idea ) many marine fishkeepers would have been thrilled . |