Example sentences of "[adv] been a great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The last two summers have been very hot and dry , although this summer has luckily been a great deal better .
2 His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion .
3 His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion .
4 It had also long been a great source of amusement to the more belligerent regulars as they watched the uninitiated stumble in and sit down .
5 At a personal level the visit had obviously been a great success , but Napoleon III came away without any specific extension of the Entente and he left the British Ministers unconvinced of his desire for peace and stability in Europe .
6 He had been out and was coming in , although the way he walked suggested that going out had not been a great success , and that not much awaited him at home .
7 Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times .
8 This high incidence of viral infection is perhaps all the more surprising since there has not been a great deal of flu around this winter so far , and many sufferers no doubt believed that they were going to escape altogether .
9 But , apart from there 's not been a great deal of er anthropological study of gypsies a as an ethnic group and you know , studying their and their relationship with the the common population .
10 Coach Marcia says it 's still been a great expericence .
11 Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 .
12 Kenco smooth , rich-tasting coffee and superb aroma has always been a great favourite , but now Kenco Single Grind has gone one better — it can be used in any coffee-making system you choose .
13 Quite frankly , I 've always been a great believer in equal opportunities ! ’
14 She readily admits she has " always been a great enthusiast .
15 In times of hardship , as in the depression in the 1920 's and 30 's and rationing during the 1940 's and 50's , there has not always been a great choice of food .
16 Worth buying for the introduction alone , this collection of Burchill 's contributions to a variety of British papers and magazines ( including us , of course ) highlights why she has always been a great read .
17 This has always been a great mystery to me because I remember seeing photographs of my father in hospital uniform wearing sergeant 's stripes ( which I understand was the practice then ) and later , after the war , he was a corporal .
18 David had always been a great fashion person as well .
19 This man has always been a great study , Emily thought .
20 There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow .
21 The time difference between London and Mexico City is six hours , and because we had been travelling with the sun , it was still quite high in the sky as we descended into the sepia haze that hung over the whole flat expanse of what had once been a great lake .
22 The enthusiastic support of the influential Association of MBAs has also been a great asset .
23 With greater individual involvement , there has also been a great increase in the number of links with universities and other outside research centres .
24 ‘ Israel has fled before the Philistines , and there has also been a great slaughter among the people ; your two sons also , Hophni and Phinehas , are dead , and the ark of God has been captured . ’
25 There has also been a great deal of adulation which is perhaps even more harmful for it generates mysticism .
26 Although there had clearly been a great deal of bumping and brawling , Aboyeur 's jockey Edwin Piper declared on unsaddling that he had would not object .
27 Investment banking although this year it 's a very different difficult environment for investment banking particularly a house that concentrates on , on corporate finance er there has n't been a great deal of M and A activity and if , if there has it has n't been a very high erm very high ticket .
28 An account to substantiate his claims showed that there had indeed been a great output with £8,000 paid in Royalty over the last 17 years of operation .
29 By 1989 InterCity director Dr john Prideaux was reassuring his customers that it was wrong to regard the APT as a failure ; it had indeed been a great design success !
30 THE CAUSE hamper campaign this Christmas has once again been a great success , thanks to the generosity of so many people in our diocese .
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