Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It strikes me as a great idea , and it 's hard to see how they can lose when you consider that 2000AD magazine sells 300,000 copies a week . |
| 2 | ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've got ourselves into a great position , even over our closest rivals in fourth and fifth spot , ’ says Gunn , who is in his seventh season with Norwich . |
| 4 | Despite these fluctuations in his status I remember him fondly on his infrequent leaves as someone with a great sense of fun . |
| 5 | Recognizing his potential ability — not as a dancer , but someone with a great deal to offer to theatre — I obtained permission from the Senate and the Dean of the Faculty of Music ( of which the ballet school was a part ) for John to be a registered student on the three-year Ballet Certificate course . |
| 6 | Women 's exemption from these time-geared precepts was the result both of their extensive periods of ritual impurity and of their designated role as closeted homemakers — though of course in making such a statement , we immediately involve ourselves in a greater degree of circularity . |
| 7 | Kenny Milne is far and away the Scots ' best hooker and his injury robbed them of a great deal in both tests . |
| 8 | He tells me of a great battle his ancestors fought near Lake Victoria . |
| 9 | There were times when his own belief in himself as a great player could backfire on him if he failed to realize that he was having an off day , and he could look stubborn and bloody-minded as a result . |
| 10 | He thought of himself as a great collector — I believe there were great collections of Chinese porcelain made by Victorian and Edwardian connoisseurs , but he was pretty small fry , just being fashionable . " |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You had to get up in the morning and see that there was plenty of a great pot of of hot water , boiling water . |
| 13 | That ’ s our stupidity , ’ he said sadly as if unburdening himself of a great guilt . |
| 14 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 15 | This experience appeared to transform him and he threw himself into a great surge of composition , writing a Mass of Thanksgiving for unaccompanied choir filling 100 pages of manuscript , which he completed in 15 days , as well as other works , including a setting of Out of the Deep which is given its first performance by his choir at St Philip and St James , Cheltenham , at his funeral on today . |
| 16 | However , it does not take somebody with a great imagination to think of using someone 's invention to base two of the hatter 's obsessions upon . |
| 17 | So he shaved himself in a great hurry . |
| 18 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 19 | In bringing the case , the Turkish government is presenting itself as a great ally of archaeologists . |
| 20 | In a new job , a few quick drinks after work can provide you with a great deal of information and understanding . |
| 21 | In Chapter 3 it was argued that pre-colonial society was indeed authoritarian , and that this expressed itself in a great stress on the conformity of the individual , and on a hierarchy of relationships between young and old , between chiefs and people and between men and women . |
| 22 | If Protestantism was more Conducive than Catholicism to the expansion of science , one would expect this to manifest itself in a greater receptivity toward new and controversial ideas . |
| 23 | Even though your school may not have the most modern and well equipped building set in extensive playing fields serving a prosperous suburb this need not put you at a great disadvantage in marketing the school . |
| 24 | The work ranged from small debt collection to very large acquisitions and disposals for the four main divisions of the company , and provided me with a great variety of work which was predominantly commercial . |
| 25 | Many modernisation theorists argued that industrialisation would open up opportunities for women , providing them with a greater variety of possible roles and increasing chances of social mobility and a less subservient existence . |
| 26 | Spatz looked up at Ellis and took the files from him , sorting through them with a great show of self-importance , before finally setting them aside and looking across at Kim . |
| 27 | The minister was told plainly that ‘ the election of a member of parliament , and other publick services , has drawn me into a great deall of expence , and no small trouble … ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 30 | Lee Fagan scored no less than four goals in the first half , one with a great shot from outside the area . |