Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rich oral tradition of the pesme made a great impression on writers and folklorists during the Romantic revival of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | The case aroused a great deal of comment . |
| 3 | The wave had a great deal of undertow . |
| 4 | Let's first go to David Waldon because I think that you you command the support of the largest group on the erm Oxfordshire County Council and I suspect that the budget had a great deal to do with your views . |
| 5 | With a tireless Pat Palmer rushing from A to B organising everything and trying to keep it all running smoothly , the course proved a great success . |
| 6 | Although a proportion of this was absorbed in investment and servicing the growing national debt , the bulk financed a great expansion of the apparatus of the State . |
| 7 | The horseman took a great pride in his horses , as we have seen ; and when he turned out on the highway he was careful to see they were braided up , the brasses highly polished , and the bounces — the ‘ lovely coloured worsted ’ , as one horseman called them — properly displayed . |
| 8 | The spectre carried a great staff and , with his high forehead and blond hair , bore an uncanny resemblance to a painting of St John . |
| 9 | Certainly she was too old to be Beth 's daughter , although it was obvious that the girl had a great affection for her . |
| 10 | of women raped by a relative ( not a husband ) reported that the rape had a great effect on their lives , whereas the same effect was reported by only 39 per cent . |
| 11 | The Committee heard a great deal of expert evidence from the promoters and petitioners . |
| 12 | The woman looked up as the waiter made a great show of placing the glass with its golden contents beside her , and nodded his head towards Jay . |
| 13 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
| 14 | The Duke took a great deal of interest in matters culinary , and spent 15 minutes deep in conversation with Gareth , who has not yet revealed what was discussed . |
| 15 | The King wore a great collar of gold , was robed in a linen garment embroidered with gold thread and decorated with pearls , and was armed with two gilded spears and a gilded shield . |
| 16 | It must be remembered , too , that the early years of the revolution saw a great demand for labour in order to rebuild the economy and , also , to fill the immense gap left by the departing middle class . |
| 17 | ‘ The game presented a great contrast in styles . |
| 18 | The inspector heaved a great sigh . |
| 19 | Although he did not specifically mention Articles Two and Three — which contain the claim — he said the constitution meant a great deal to nationalists in Northern Ireland , and it could not change in advance of an overall settlement . |
| 20 | The constitution contained a great deal that was familiar but also differences . |
| 21 | As she walked the woman breathed a great breath of warm night air and syringa , a waft of lime trees came with a burst of music as the big dipper swung into action ; smells of beer , cigar , shampoo , sweat through clean clothes , intermingled with the night exhalations of leaves and grass . |
| 22 | He wrote that ‘ all the activity on the beach had a great fascination for me — the nets hanging out to dry , people mending them , various types standing round watching , all the usual incidents that happen in a fishing village . |
| 23 | The government concentrated a great deal of effort during 1990 on restoring China 's image abroad , adversely affected by the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 . |
| 24 | Out to sea the beam of the lighthouse swept a great arc every fifteen seconds ; on one side of the headland were the lights of the town and harbour , on the other it was just possible to make out a line of cliffs receding into the darkness . |
| 25 | When the door opened a great smell of sweat and leather and stale cigar smoke rushed into the cold night air . |
| 26 | The Charmer had a great reputation with women , something he secretly envied . |
| 27 | At the lime that it was published , the report received a great deal of attention since it coincided with the brief economic boom of 1971 — 2 and workers were leaving agriculture at an alarming rate . |
| 28 | It is true that , at first sight , the rescript left a great deal to be desired . |
| 29 | Although , by now , many of the arguments it used had been well aired , the letter created a great impression . |
| 30 | The letter proved a great success . |