Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling . |
| 2 | The atmosphere and hospitality of the Orkneys made a great impression on all our crews . |
| 3 | As I said in Committee , the lack of redress in terms of the activities of bus companies compared to the activities of rail or ferry operators represents a great anomaly . |
| 4 | Here I must emphasize that , although social anthropologists in the field concentrate a great deal of their attention on day-to-day domestic relationships , it is not really the set of domestic relationships as such which is their ultimate focus of interest . |
| 5 | This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school . |
| 6 | There 's a great atmosphere around the hotel 's lovely pool , and the large bar/lounge plays a great mixture of music , and shows English videos every day . |
| 7 | Then Wayne Bullimore wasted a great opportunity for Barnsley after he beat Gittens . |
| 8 | The rich oral tradition of the pesme made a great impression on writers and folklorists during the Romantic revival of the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Luck plays a great part in success and as mine would have it , I was chosen for the pre-Christmas show . |
| 10 | We can not smell their pheromones , though it is clear from their behaviour that smell plays a great part in social life : in mother-foal bonding , group identity , individual recognition , mating , tracking , perhaps recognition of home range , and so on . |
| 11 | Thomas Arnold made a great deal out of the distinction between the concept of service and the pursuit of profit . |
| 12 | That 's one of the very important advantages of this election result , and personally I think the Social Democrats in Germany made a great mistake by being equivocal on this issue . |
| 13 | This powder has a great attraction for all animals , and the horse itself . |
| 14 | The crag contains a great selection of classic climbs ; it would be a pity to lose access to it because of the thoughtless actions of a few loud-mouthed oafs . |
| 15 | The fact that Marianne places a great deal of store by marriage but not its permanence comes as no surprise to Warren Colman . |
| 16 | New moves tend to come from middle-class artists who have had the opportunity to absorb a great deal early and feel sufficiently confident in an educational and financially secure context to move it along . |
| 17 | The appeal of St James , and his influence , became for a space immense ; his cockle shell a great mark of prestige and spiritual hope worn by successful pilgrims , or those who wished to be thought so , for centuries to come . |
| 18 | Kirsten Matz , Expressen 's money page editor , said : ‘ It proves that sheer luck has a great deal to say about the stock market . ’ |
| 19 | As he came on , Rocky got a great reception from the crowd and a yellow card from the referee . |
| 20 | Whether this will in practice make a great difference may be doubted , since it seems unlikely that a court will come to the conclusion that a chief constable of police has come to a decision that he could not reasonably arrive at , which is the critical test for the exercise of the powers of judicial review . |
| 21 | Inevitably review plays a great part in the process of quality control by external agencies . |
| 22 | And this is why your first attempt to conduct a great work will often end up as a disaster , because you do n't know where the real points of stress are , you do n't know how the piece is distributed . |
| 23 | ‘ I know that people are not going out of their way to create problems but I believe the national side has a great role to play in terms of providing players with status , confidence and a substantially increased market value . |
| 24 | Companion animals provide a great benefit for a large number of people . |
| 25 | Magnetic saturation has a great influence on the torque produced by a stepping motor ( Fig.3.1 ) and its effects can be included in pull-out torque calculations ( Acarnley and Hughes , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ No , but your cleavage looks a great place to rest my head , ’ he grinned . |
| 27 | Thorfinn drew a great breath and roared , ‘ Albanaid ! ’ and was answered by a shout that drowned that of the Normans . |
| 28 | Sir Ralph Halpern believes our manufacturing industry has a great deal to learn from labels such as Benetton and Hennes in Europe , and The Gap , Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein in the States , in terms of creating brand and image . |
| 29 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
| 30 | Food : As we have seen in an earlier chapter , our physical condition has a great influence on our minds and our emotions — the reverse also being true . |