Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Show me the tyrants who have been great lovers . |
| 2 | All our conversations — we have been great talkers — have now been dumped to join the countless other discarded conversations , arguments and recriminations . |
| 3 | Since that time I think that there has been great progress towards reconciliation and this has largely flowed from common sense and from a better understanding of the facts . |
| 4 | There has been great progress in recent years in this quest , but its attainment is still thought to be decades away and the cost effectiveness of this research is being increasingly questioned . |
| 5 | It would be foolish to deny that there has been great suspicion that when we talk about freedoms and flexibilities what we are actually talking about is worsening existing terms and conditions . |
| 6 | Since 1976 there has been great erosion of respect for local government . |
| 7 | There has been great agitation about the fate of professional footballers a cause close to the heart of my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North , and indeed of great interest to all of us who are football fans . |
| 8 | However , despite a varied programme there has been great difficulty in gathering support for the other functions and indeed the last one had to be cancelled . |
| 9 | In particular , there has been great interest in the practical commercial use of artificial intelligence , with many companies and even governments becoming involved . |
| 10 | Within this , there has been great emphasis on attaining detailed ( often numerical ) standards . |
| 11 | When Ma had come home from London with her there 'd been great excitement , and Edward and his brother Billy had looked at the mite as if she were a fairy found among the budding snowdrops . |
| 12 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 13 | There had been great difficulty raising the £40,000 contribution from the unions . |
| 14 | At first , there had been great enthusiasm over the Collector 's decision to suppress the rights of property in the food that was to have been auctioned and to give a share to everybody . |
| 15 | At this point , ‘ Dr Johnson observed that there had been great disputes about the spelling of Shakespear 's [ sic ] name : ‘ At last it was thought it would be settled by looking at the original copy of his will ; but , upon examining it , he was found to have written it himself no less than three different ways . ’ |
| 16 | But he noted that there had been great differences over the issue of securing international guarantees for the zone , and concluded that the practical realisation of the zone idea was a long-term task . |
| 17 | The vole prefers slow-moving rivers , pools and marshy areas with some deep water whose level changes little , but there have been great changes to Britain 's wetlands during the past 40 years as a result of agricultural intensification . |
| 18 | Since 1979 , there have been great improvements in the health of the nation . |
| 19 | As these examples indicate , there have been great environmental gains in traffic restraint areas , quite apart from the traffic improvements . |
| 20 | There have been great deeds in Barcelona , like that eighth athletics gold for Carl Lewis , the hurdles world record by Kevin Young , the three Kenyans who swept up the steeplechase medals . |
| 21 | Over the past 15 years there have been great advances towards an ordinary life in the community for people with learning difficulties : the growth of ordinary housing ; the development of employment and education opportunities ; steps towards integration in the community and more flexible support services ; and the mushrooming of self-advocacy . |
| 22 | Once again there 's been great emphasis on cash maintenance . |
| 23 | There 's been great activity in the closed season , but the Oxford team , the Cheetahs are hungry to reproduce the form of the end of last season straight away , and win the national league . |
| 24 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 25 | It had been great fun , much more so than he had anticipated . |
| 26 | ‘ I told him that it had been great . ’ |
| 27 | It had been great fun . |
| 28 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 29 | ‘ Obviously I 'm hopeful of getting to Sweden and it 's been great to be involved with the England squad . ’ |
| 30 | He said : ‘ It 's been great , the ball really did turn and I really had to concentrate on every ball . ’ |