Example sentences of "[pron] is [art] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | His is the great name in Béarn , as the local king who became king of all France . |
| 2 | To listen to someone is the greatest compliment you can pay . |
| 3 | Which is a great pity , because if one cuts out all the Freudian claptrap , Abse has produced a brilliant character analysis of the Prime Minister , and of the whole Thatcher phenomenon , which succeeded in scaring the wits out of me . |
| 4 | While he could equally get the information from other sources , he finds that ‘ going there every week , you hear about what 's going on , which is a great help . ’ |
| 5 | is the most common way to buy Derby cheese , which is a great pity as a mature , plain Derby is stronger than a one-year-old Cheddar , but very difficult to find . |
| 6 | The specimens you were so good as to send to me by Captain Lyon would have been a treasure had they arrived safe ; but his ship was taken by the French , so those were all lost , which is a great misfortune at this time , when they would have been of great service to me , in ascertaining the names of some plants which remain doubtful . |
| 7 | At this time Elizabeth had workmen in the house , which is a great affliction . |
| 8 | This is invariably wider and deeper , which is a great help . |
| 9 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 10 | As both these jobs are difficult and time-consuming they tend to get neglected until the final part of the development , which is a great pity . |
| 11 | Which is a great relief to me personally . |
| 12 | Roland gave me a new tennis racquet ( which I know he could n't afford because Moonstone is ‘ on the brink ’ ) which is a great improvement on my last one , and an encouragement to get out on court . |
| 13 | it , it , it looks a lot nicer than Works and yo it allows you to , obviously it allows you to access Windows fonts , which is a great advantage . |
| 14 | If so , you can hive off washing machine , dryers , ironing equipment and probably cleaning appliances and accessories , which is a great help when you are short of space . |
| 15 | There are 131 varieties of commercial potatoes in the United Kingdom , which is a great deal more than in any other country . |
| 16 | I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for that reply , which is a great disappointment to all my right and hon. Friends . |
| 17 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that there is much to be commended in general in his decision to reduce the infantry battalions by only 12 , 13 or 14 per cent. , which is a great deal better than what he did for the Regular Army ? |
| 18 | Some provide material on disk , which is a great help as it saves having to retype or scan the text . |
| 19 | They summon the overseers before the magistrates for not complying with their unreasonable demands and though they do not always gain their ends yet it teases and harasses the overseers and takes up their time which is a great hardship . |
| 20 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 21 | " He flies to the aspirin bottle for everything , but I 'm afraid aspirins wo n't cure what I 've got , which is a great indigestible lump just She banged her chest to illustrate her words . |
| 22 | And he 's either going to say well that 's great , that 's exactly what I would suggest , or have you considered this , have you considered that , which is a great security when you 're starting . |
| 23 | ‘ Elsewhere they seem to have died out completely , which is a great shame . ’ |
| 24 | He was talking about the EC which is a great protagonist of deregulation in its external policies ! |
| 25 | Even at the end of the sixteenth century , which is a great golden era as far as we were concerned , you know , the madrigal came from Italy and it was the Italian import that influenced English composers , rather than the other way round . |
| 26 | the figure is much destroyed from the waist down ; but the noble torso , and especially the head , express that compassion and humility which is the great achievement of Buddhist art . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I now have a great deal of choice about everything I do , which is the great blessing of old age . |
| 28 | And Cafe Direct , which is this one , which is the great hope of lots of people |
| 29 | The way round it is to avoid making everything a priority , which is the great temptation in the health service , and establish what 's wanted by both ministers and users participating in a debate about what matters so that you limit the number of priorities , then get them refined so that they are easily understandable and structured . ’ |
| 30 | Which is the greatest of these great men who differ so much from one another ? |