Example sentences of "[prep] a great [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 35 minutes before the visitors threatened and it took a reflex save from Mark Morris to deny Graham Alexander after a great run and cross by Tony Daws . |
| 2 | Never perfect , it at least maintains the presence of Bosnia in its existing borders , and denies the Serbs their aim of a Greater Serbia and the Croats theirs of a Greater Croatia . |
| 3 | However , there does not seem to be a simple connection between resistant rocks and incised meanders , as Blache has pointed to the fact that the lower Loire passing through Palaeozoic rocks does not meander , while the Seine has meanders in the Chalk of a greater size than those found in the Mississippi . |
| 4 | After the Cuban missile crisis , however , there appeared signs of a greater maturity and moderation in external policies and a growing decisiveness at home . |
| 5 | The new variegated urban space meant the experience at any one time of a greater number and a greater variety of impressions . |
| 6 | The truly happy life has the resources of a great river that flows endlessly , bringing strength and hope to ourselves and to others . |
| 7 | It came from many sources and for many reasons ; but the growth of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries was stimulated first and foremost by the flocks of pilgrims who arrived on major festivals and sought shelter and a place to worship in the presence of the high altar of a great church and the shrines of its saints . |
| 8 | It may seem paradoxical , but New Historicism 's acknowledgement of a great complexity and subtlety between text and history and its hesitancy to make generalised claims for a culture has so far produced critical analysis of texts which tend to be recognisably similar to one another . |
| 9 | This is another aspect of my work with film that has so fascinated me : the physiognomy of a great orchestra when the players are really concentrating , really absorbed in the process of music-making . |
| 10 | The length of service is on record at Walworth Road and it would not be of a great cost if you look at retaining membership who are real stalwarts of the Party . |
| 11 | What emerges is not just a portrait of a great artist but also great campaigner , wife , mother , and human being . |
| 12 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 13 | Succulent spit-roasted lamb and chicken are also among the most popular regional meals , and inland , white truffles — ‘ al tartufo ’ — are something of a great delicacy when they come into season . |
| 14 | They were in full pursuit of a great boar when it sought refuge , exhausted , in the hermitage of a monk from the abbey . |
| 15 | The monograph and exhibition catalogue , broadly discussing the same group of pictures selected from Magritte 's oeuvre , adopt rather different approaches to their subject , and will be favoured , respectively , by a readership enjoying the labyrinthine mind of a great scholar or preferring the clean presentation of information and explanation in a sequence of numbered catalogue entries . |
| 16 | Accidents , coincidences , ordinary everyday events are all part of a great plot and — ’ |
| 17 | We are talking about a terminus in the heart of a great city and some proper consideration should be given to that . |
| 18 | It ca n't be that much of a great thing because I 've got , I 've got to go to a twenty first on Saturday . |
| 19 | We know we are part of a great community and so we now stand Lord as we remember those people who have been a part a part of this particular community to give thanks for their life and to give thanks for them . |
| 20 | The soft glow of the Enlightenment was merely the surface heat of a great fire that exploded in the volcanic fury of the French Revolution . |
| 21 | In these circumstances , it is the preservation not only of a great house that is assured , but also of the surrounding area of countryside . |
| 22 | Does the Minister agree that whether in Sheffield or throughout Yorkshire as a whole the history of a great industry and of a great industrial heritage was based on innovation and entrepreneurism ? |
| 23 | ‘ The fact that it 's tied in with Eric Liddell , combines the practical efforts of the community with commemoration of a great Scot and a great Christian Scot , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Memories of a great flood or floods are worldwide . |
| 25 | It is like a man who storms up to the top of a great mountain and then just drops down . |
| 26 | She highlights the importance of a research-based , problem-solving approach , a holistic assessment and the need for change in the nurse-patient relationship towards a greater participation and equality . |
| 27 | Might I suggest that young George should use his opportunity to put his expensive university education towards a greater purpose than the expansion of his wallet . |
| 28 | Janine took a deep breath and all the fears and worries inside her came tumbling out like a great canker that had finally burst . |
| 29 | It was a strange sound , that united wail — continuous , pitiful , strong — like a great sigh or murmur of vague desire and hope issuing from the heart of despair , piercing the gloom and murky atmosphere of that vaulted room , and reaching to the heart of God . |
| 30 | Talking about his selection he said : ‘ I think that most of us look at paintings not so much to find out about them , but to find out about ourselves , for like a great novel or play , a great painting offers us a unique opportunity of investigating our own experiences . ’ |