Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Butcher gave us the impression that he was indeed talking about chunks of meat — sides of beef or lamb or perhaps great hams trussed up with string . |
| 2 | It has three Vermeers ( only 30 exist ) , notably Head of a Girl and View of Delft ( to Proust , the most beautiful painting in the world ) , a dozen jolly Steens , full of lasciviousness and coded morality , a dozen or more great Rembrandts , and Paulus Potter 's huge Young Bull . |
| 3 | The visit of the Association was not unlike the coming of a circus : local intellectuals had an opportunity to mingle with the eminent who came in droves , cities competed in the lavishness of their entertainment , and in days before radio and television one could see and hear well known speakers addressing scientific audiences , or sometimes great crowds of working men . |
| 4 | We can now see clearly why it is that once great state dominations appear which have the means to minutely command and control the lives of their citizens , those citizens can relieve themselves of the discomfiting need to exercise personal self-restraint or economic forethought for the simple and adequate reason that the state now exercises these ungratifying functions for them . |
| 5 | In principle , feudal tenure was the source from which most monarchs and most great lords recruited their armies between the tenth century and the twelfth . |
| 6 | More immediately , while realism dictated that Mary would go to England when she married , Henry was told very bluntly that she must not go sooner : such a demand would be ‘ a right high and right great inconvenience to the realm of Scotland ’ , and parliament trusted to the English king 's ‘ high wisdom ’ , and assumed that he would not insist . |
| 7 | Then said he , I am Saint Lazarus , and know that I was the leper to whom thou didst so much good and so great honour for the love of God ; and because thou didst this for his sake hath God now granted thee a great gift ; for whensoever that breath which thou hast felt shall come upon thee whatever thing thou desires to do , and shalt then begin , that shalt thou accomplish to thy heart 's desire , whether it be in battle or aught else , so thy honour shall go on increasing from day to day ; and thou shalt be feared both by Moors and Christians , and thy enemies shall never prevail against thee , and thou shalt die an honourable death in thine own house , and in thy renown , for God hath blessed thee ; — therefore go thou on , and evermore persevere in doing good ; and with that he disappeared . |
| 8 | as if massive trauma and often great suffering are not enough to face , those who are informed that they are infected have also to deal with social stigma ( unlike many other diseases ) . |
| 9 | Those doing it would n't necessarily agree , although most find it varied , exciting and often great fun . |
| 10 | ‘ You have , ’ he said smiling , ‘ but impulsiveness has great charm and often great effect . ’ |
| 11 | It lasted three days and during that time the 4,000 delegates had a choice of plenary sessions with top speakers , technical study groups , workshops , banquets , free time and even great music . |
| 12 | Prayer and Bible study meetings are against the law and therefore great care and discretion must be used . |
| 13 | we had Jaws and all that lot you know , there was , they had Jaws on and you 're just going round this corner and bloody great water comes up and jaws opens |
| 14 | And after Mass , accompanied by great hand shaking I was asked to pass on thanks to the Christians in Salford for their support but mostly great thanks for sharing our priest with them . |
| 15 | What emerges is not just a portrait of a great artist but also great campaigner , wife , mother , and human being . |
| 16 | Obtaining any professional qualification requires not only vocation and commitment , but also great investment in both personal and financial terms . |
| 17 | The party 's ‘ new political thinking ’ , by contrast , recognised the existence of a complex and contradictory world in which there were threats to the survival of humanity as such but also great opportunities for coexistence and cooperation . |
| 18 | An instrument of smaller but yet great importance was the " talkie cinema " acquired by the School at about the same time . |
| 19 | In line with this , his observations are drawn , not from the consulting room , but from the mundanities of everyday intercourse , while very great pains are taken to record only what the narrator directly observed , or had reported to him on good authority . |
| 20 | For now Great Nations must free themselves by releasing peoples they oppressed , not simply assimilate them , and that would have to include Engels ’ non-historic peoples . |
| 21 | Those few months with Justina in our family were very happy for us , and the friendship with both these couples and their children has continued , though unfortunately great distances now separate us and we can only communicate by letter and send photographs . |