Example sentences of "an enormous " in BNC.

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1 An enormous amount of work has been done and perhaps still more remains to be done in arranging works of art in exact sequence of time .
2 I learnt an enormous amount and felt then as I do now that there really is n't enough training .
3 But at the same time , an enormous sense of responsibility to protect the church , the family , and the minds and hearts of the faithful from incursions by the state was perceived to be the basic duty of the church leaders .
4 The sheer timing would also have been an enormous problem .
5 There is n't an enormous difference , let's face it . ’
6 In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ .
7 ‘ What an enormous bunch , ’ said the woman next to her .
8 Certainly , an enormous amount of unproductive work could have been saved if phenomenological analyses were first performed to ‘ see ’ if this supposed psychological state actually existed … ( p. 1236 ) .
9 I 'll marry one when I 've made my first million , and we 'll run an enormous model farm .
10 An enormous bible under his arm
11 I had always had someone to go round with , while in Europe , or in America ; and good company , any company , can make an enormous difference to one 's perception of whatever one happens to be perceiving .
12 Three basic pieces of equipment will enable you to perform an enormous variety of exercises to improve your physique or figure .
13 Not only was the non-fulfilment of the APT an enormous financial loss but since its rapid adoption in ‘ squadron service ’ had been presumed there were no alternative plans for either trains or track .
14 A significant feature was the realisation that BR 's policy to refurbish and life-extend the ageing fleet of diesel multiple units involved an enormous additional expense in the sudden requirement to extract all their blue and white asbestos .
15 Would-be choreographers have an enormous field from which to seek inspiration .
16 Whereas Symphonic Variations flows onwards in simple serenity , Ashton , following Rachmaninov , here uses an enormous variety of steps and constantly changes the choreographic phrasing to reflect the increasing or diminishing sounds and to match the tempi of the melody , in order to give his enchaînements light and shade and to indicate the sheer complexity of the orchestration .
17 Pointes can and do have an enormous part to play in classical ballet because there are so many ways in which they can be used to give character and variety to a role .
18 Scrutiny had an enormous influence on English studies , particularly in England , but its immediate model was the non-academic Calendar of Modem Letters , and more remotely the great Victorian reviews , whose contents might be described as the higher literary journalism .
19 ‘ It was a hell of a standard and an enormous challenge .
20 HAMMERSMITH in west London , home of some all too visible faceless architecture , has been chosen as the site of what promises to be one of Britain 's most remarkable buildings , an enormous office block designed on natural lines by the Royal Gold Medallist Ralph Erskine , Jonathan Glancey writes .
21 They have an enormous advantage in the strength of the yen and the size of their asset base .
22 A psychiatrist who specialises in executive stress thought the fencing indicated that the person it protected felt an enormous sense of isolation and betrayal at the hands of people who had failed to be grateful for years of selfless public service .
23 ‘ At one level — and leaving out the executive stress — this woman has to cope with an enormous sense of personal threat , ’ he said .
24 There must be an enormous sense of isolation , of being aware of being let down .
25 Collecting evidence was an enormous task involving tracking communications from their source across networks to target computers .
26 Halting that activity was the objective of the exercise , not the capture of an enormous haul of drugs .
27 Sorella , an enormous woman who brings out Bellow 's near-parental tenderness for physical peculiarity .
28 An enormous bowl of mussels cooked in a delicious liquor with celery , onion , parsley and plenty of black pepper can be had for about £4 .
29 We 've learnt an enormous amount because the microcapsule is such an ideal tool for simplifying and controlling food intake . ’
30 FOR THE last 10 years or so the British insurance community has attracted an enormous amount of takeover activity .
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