Example sentences of "[pron] has a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They get top coaching and everyone has a great time . ’
2 The very ubiquity of the mass media removes media as a whole system from the scope of positivist social analysis ; for how may we ‘ measure ’ the ‘ impact ’ of a social force which is omnipresent within social life and which has a great deal to do with constituting it ?
3 Similarly , the person who has a great love of music might find blindness less of a handicap in obtaining pleasure than would the person who had a passion for football .
4 Even if you are drawn against an élite performer who has a great deal of experience , the fact that you may be younger , hungrier , fitter could be to your advantage .
5 The hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who has a great interest in education , spoke for a long time , as did other hon. Members on both sides of the House .
6 She has a great laugh .
7 Though her long musical career has seemed very erratic , the overview provided by Greatest Hits 1965–1992 from I Got You Babe and the brilliant Gypsies , Tramps and Thieves right up to The Shoop Shoop Song — proves she has a great voice and a devilish way of picking the best tunes .
8 She has a great voice , ’ said one reveller .
9 Christine McCracken , her teacher at St Bartholomew 's school in Haslemere , Surrey , said : ‘ She has a great hunger to communicate and understand . ’
10 She has a great future ahead of her and will undoubtedly improve as here serve and volleys do .
11 Germany 's failure to achieve political greatness further encourages the view that she has a great future before her .
12 Anisette is not a liqueur which , speaking at least for myself , one has a great compulsion to swig down in quantity ; in my cupboard a bottle lasts for years .
13 With meat , however , he has a great affinity .
14 And Crosby said : ‘ If he looks after himself he has a great chance .
15 If Gala 's Image wins , and he has a great chance , the tears of celebration will flow .
16 Normally , Mr Rigby says , he has a great admiration for predators but only of the kind that need to be conserved .
17 He has a great vision of the game , and can play stunning rugby — just as he did in the test against New Zealand when some of his tactical options were simply excellent .
18 He has a great advantage , for seldom need anything be done to alter its physical features : it is merely a question of dressing it with suitable plants .
19 Er , er Mr might have added that er the village hall management committees which er he has a great affection would not be unhappy if they had the sum of five hundred and one thousand one hundred and thirteen pounds with which to provide sources , er resources for the communities that he represents .
20 ‘ As you know , Sally , he 's no great shakes as a shot-maker but a wonderful putter — he has a great feel .
21 This film proves he has a great range as an actor . ’
22 He has a great sense of humour and will keep you all well-amused .
23 He tired late on , but he has a great future .
24 Now , he says , he has a great desire to write .
25 ‘ Well , ’ Ellen said , ‘ I am very fond of my husband , in spite of my western ways , and I know he has a great respect for you , Nerina ; and is thrilled about your publishing contract , and any betrayal of confidence has been totally inadvertent .
26 Apparently he has a great estate beyond the Sierra Nevada — big hacienda or some such thing .
27 He has a great generosity of spirit and a vast encyclopaedic knowledge that far outstrips the cozy insularity of his contemporaries . ’
28 In Miss Weeton 's Journal of a Governess , she writes on 15th September 1810 : ‘ I would have introduced you to Mr. Green , who keeps an exhibition of drawings ( all his own ) in that village where you might have been amused for two or three hours-for he has a great number , two rooms being kept open for the purpose .
29 On the other hand , he has a great deal of confidence in Noorda 's intellectual prowess and innate capitalism to deliver for Sun what Sun needs from USL as USL 's ‘ largest customer ’ : low royalties , available source , open interfaces , technological innovation and resolution of any channel conflict with SunSoft .
30 He has a great deal of land , his fingers in numerous profit-making pies , owns racehorses — and , of course , the added bonus of being extremely attractive to women .
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