Example sentences of "[noun] has [been] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hair rig has been a great leveller of angling ability and because on most waters it is self-hooking this can often lead to complacency on the angler 's part . |
| 2 | It 's been a bit difficult because we are used to doing the things that choirs do , having music and hiding behind it , and of course getting the girls to be uninhibited has been a bit difficult , but they 've taken to it very well actually and having the costumes for today 's rehearsals has been a great help . |
| 3 | I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success . |
| 4 | Ivan Lendl has been a great credit to the game which he has played with distinction for so long . |
| 5 | And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ? |
| 6 | Belonging to a small community has been a great asset . |
| 7 | The thinning out process has been a great shock to me , I had a higher opinion of working class thought — but it is that where the weakness lies , not in our efforts of propaganda . |
| 8 | With a trading profit for C&P last year of £473 million on sales of £4.2 billion [ 9 per cent up on 1986 ] , there can now be no doubt that the move has been a great success and that the thinking behind it was sound . |
| 9 | Certainly the trouble in Yugoslavia has been a great surprise to many . |
| 10 | Joe — finishing his Bournemouth shows last night before a national tour — added : God has been a great solace to me , plus the love of my fans . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ J.K. has been a great help — he knows so much about left-arm swing bowling and about playing in India . |
| 12 | The Channel Tunnel has been a great source of work , but not profits , in the last five years . |
| 13 | Playing in this competition has been a great springboard for me . ’ |
| 14 | How such behaviours have evolved in the face of selection favouring the maximization of individual reproduction has been a great and tantalizing mystery to evolutionary theorists . |
| 15 | Gary Bennett ( centre back ) : Only five short of 300 appearances for Sunderland since signing from Cardiff for a bargain £80,000 , Bennett has been a great servant to the club . |
| 16 | Finally , to the one person who throughout my life has been a great friend and now my husband , . |
| 17 | Seeing the parachutes back in the air has been a great morale booster for the base . |
| 18 | The centre has been a great success since opening its doors a year ago and looks forward to celebrating many more birthdays . |
| 19 | A DIGITAL counting system to prevent overcrowding at Perry 's Brasserie in Beaumont Street , Darlington has been a great success , staff said yesterday The scheme was introduced last month after environmental health inspectors made a surprise visit and found about 930 people inside the capacity is 725 . |
| 20 | Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right . |
| 21 | A gift of £250 from Sir Alan 's will went towards the making of tennis courts , and in due course a Trust Fund was established , of which the School has been a great beneficiary over the years . |
| 22 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 23 | ‘ The scheme has been a great success — so much so we have decided to continue it , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The erm the discussion has been a great illumination . |
| 25 | ‘ People say I must regret joining United , but I 'm still pleased I came because working for Dave has been a great learning experience , ’ said Marwood . |