Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important in any analysis of a crime such as cattle stealing , in which individual cases are not of great significance , to assess the frequency of the offence . |
| 2 | Most of the journeys made by honey bees or Cataglyphis are so brief that its movement is not of great significance . |
| 3 | The contingent cause of the crisis is not of great significance , a tale of possible sabotage , possible negligence regarding the transport of shells destined for the battle front in late 1915 . |
| 4 | The details of the terraces are complex and not of great relevance to such a general study of geomorphology as this , but summaries of various British successions may be found in Wooldridge and Linton ( 1955 ) and George ( 1955 ) . |
| 5 | Most of these are not of great quality , but they include one master , the Pan Painter , who plays the old conventions against the new spirit with exquisite skill . |
| 6 | Influenced by a learned correspondent , Girolamo Mei , a philologist and student of ancient Greek music and drama who rightly believed Greek music to have been monodic ( but seemingly supplied Galilei with thirteenth-century Byzantine melodies to Mesomedes ' hymns under the impression that they were ancient ) , Galilei argued that the polyphonic ‘ music of today is not of great value for expressing the passions of the mind by means of words , but is of value merely for the wind and stringed instruments , from which the ear … desires nothing but the sweet enjoyment of the variety of their harmonies … |
| 7 | My Lords , is the er Noble Minister aware that the site er which is referred to is not of great market value in the sense that it is scheduled by the planning authority for use only as an open space or for community housing . |
| 8 | Actually , the way helical molecules pack together is not of great interest because their structures are too rigidly determined and unyielding . |
| 9 | In one respect the local political structure in Clermont was relatively simple : although Theuderic mounted a raid on the Auvergne , and although Chramn took up residence in the district , for the most part the civitas was not of great interest to the Merovingian kings . |
| 10 | Thirdly there is the fact that in many respects law is not of great importance to business fortunes . |
| 11 | The consumption of oxygen or oxidizing agents by water arising from the presence of reducing substances , usually organic , is of value in the assessment of trade effluents and sewage but is not of great importance for process waters . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it should be noted that even for 20–25 year old temporary workers , by whom it was stated most frequently , this reason was not of great importance — it was put forward by only IS per cent of them . |
| 13 | In addition , because health problems associated with childbearing are not of great importance in the vast majority of developed countries , such data on material morbidity as are available are both unsystematic and infrequent , and must be culled from relatively obscure sources . |
| 14 | Priene was rebuilt near the mouth of the River Meander about 334 B.C. Because the town was not of great importance under the late Roman rule , few alterations were made to adapt it to Roman needs , so much of the Hellenistic building has survived . |
| 15 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , my personal reputation with the Labour Party was such that my association with Smith was viewed with tolerance if not with great approval . |
| 17 | Erm , could I ask you to just share with us briefly , er , not in great detail , but , just a few words about what it is that you want to influence somebody about . |
| 18 | Events moved quickly , though as Cullingworth 's history reveals , not without great uncertainty and confusion in Whitehall . |
| 19 | ‘ Office is an avenue to material well-being ; but not to great wealth ’ ( Miliband 1977 , p. 112 ; see Deutscher 1969 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ I remember at the 1987 Europe Cup in Prague , when I was n't in great shape . |
| 21 | We were n't on great pay as it was . |