Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text has achieved great influence , disseminated widely among senior officers , and taught formally at the Bramshill Police College . |
| 2 | Jenkins has enjoyed great success with Llanelli : the Schweppes Cup in 1988 , the Welsh Merit Table and Cup final in 1989 , the Cup and second place in the inaugural Heineken League in 1991 . |
| 3 | During over 30 years of adventures Bonington has faced great danger — he admits he is lucky to be alive — and lost many friends . |
| 4 | Even Miss Lilian has shown great fortitude in her own way . ’ |
| 5 | He will know that the Scottish Beef Club has had great success in the export market and that the idea of Scottish beef has been extremely successful . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner . |
| 7 | ‘ Both sets of supporters have brought great credit to their clubs and to the reputation of British football by their exemplary behaviour . ’ |
| 8 | He will tell them that the proposal has caused great alarm and anxiety , and will ask the company to examine alternative ways of improving the efficiency of its limestone transport system , possibly with a conveyor system . |
| 9 | But the displacement of large numbers of people from the rural to urban areas has put great pressure on the previously more privileged urban education sector . |
| 10 | One Home has had great success with an art therapist who came over to take classes , combining residents from a number of Homes close to each other . |
| 11 | Initially , the new campaign had shown great promise , but the sinking of the Sussex provoked an unexpectedly violent reaction from President Wilson . |
| 12 | Although the industrial countries have had great success in cleaning their air and water , this very success has often increased the amount of solid dirt . |
| 13 | These companies have developed great expertise in radioisotope technology for their own use over the past 30 years , and these skills , together with special instruments , are now offered by the Group to the chemical , oil and other process industries at large . |
| 14 | Erm the North Yorkshire County Council have made great play and we did n't know it was coming in until we got that information , upon the public consultation document . |
| 15 | By contrast , Rhone Poulenc and Molycorp have set great store on producing consistent levels of purity . |
| 16 | General Leclerc 's troops had shown great skill and speed , Gracey said , but much unnecessary brutality . |
| 17 | In 1620 the Lord President and the Council of the North reported to the Privy Council that the enclosure of the ‘ best part ’ of Galtres Forest had inflicted great hardship upon the poor of Easingwold and Kirkby . |
| 18 | The Republicans have placed great emphasis on their claims that the Democrat frontrunner Bill Clinton was guilty of anti American behaviour while he was a student in England . |
| 19 | ‘ The offer was nice , but I stayed here because I think Wycombe have got great potential . |
| 20 | I have been reading AIM as long as I can remember , and over the years have gained great inspiration form it . |
| 21 | Moneylenders have abounded in every society , and in recent years have achieved great importance in developed economies because of the stimulus that their services have given to trade . |
| 22 | But although Christine was exhausted after the first six weeks , Anna has brought great joy into their lives . |
| 23 | The event had created great excitement at all levels of society and was eagerly anticipated . |
| 24 | Some teams have made great progress : if well organised they can screen diabetic patients at least as well as outpatient clinics . |
| 25 | Our young men were quick-tempered , and i have had great trouble in keeping them from doing rash things . |
| 26 | Tenants have suffered great distress ; many thousands of them have been forced out of their homes and businesses . |
| 27 | The news has caused great excitement among scientists in Liverpool , who say their Edinburgh colleagues ' work could provide the missing pieces of the puzzle . |
| 28 | The delay in the prosecution of this claim has created great dissatisfaction amongst Bank Assistants who have viewed the Bank 's blatant stalling tactics with considerable anger . |
| 29 | TEENAGE striker Stephen Perkins has just returned from a week 's trial at Stoke City and the Potters have expressed great interest . |
| 30 | These mosaics have suffered great damage through the ages , particularly in countries occupied for centuries by the Turks such as Greece and Turkey itself . |