Example sentences of "[verb] have [art] great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No one has had a greater influence on intellectual life in twentieth century Spain than Jos'e Ortega y Gasset ( 1883-1955 ) .
2 A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other .
3 AN APPEAL for homes for six unwanted puppies has had a great response .
4 HE HAS had a great run .
5 John , who has had a great season including previous wins against national champions John Leeman ( Stanley ) and international Terry Scott ( Gateshead ) , now has to take on Archie McLean who beat the experienced Hughie Whitehead in the other semi .
6 ‘ He has had a great season .
7 ‘ He has had a great number of stitches inserted in the eyelid and underneath the eye in an effort to keep it closed and avoid further damage .
8 The bishop 's hobbies include reading and walking and since his student days he has had a great interest in church and choral music .
9 If we follow Wimsatt and Beardsley this far , we arrive at a position that has had a great deal of attraction for literary critics , that the object of criticism must be the literary text itself .
10 This technique has had a great deal of impact in computer programming where it in systems analysis and design .
11 Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’
12 Thus , although the Labour movement has had no great success in squeezing the capitalists until the pips squeak , its leaders can point to a variety of real improvements in the living standards of the working class as good reason for continued support for their moderating policy .
13 He has had the great distinction of having to deny past intelligence experience — when the former Cabinet Secretary made his allegation a few years ago .
14 ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’
15 The creation of a new party was also a more exciting enterprise which was expected to have a greater effect on public opinion : for the first twelve months — until the Falklands crisis arrived — the SDP gained much favourable publicity and appeared to be potentially successful .
16 All rabbits carry fleas and it is most significant that does , as the result of being in recent contact with a nest , always appear to have the greatest infestations .
17 It was found that customer dissatisfaction and lost productivity due to computer downtime were considered to have a greater impact than the quantifiable loss of revenue due to downtime .
18 ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything .
19 Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time .
20 When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ?
21 The education convener , Mervyn Rolfe , said that although Tayside did not appear to have a greater bullying problem than elsewhere , anything which impeded a pupil should be tackled swiftly and methodically .
22 There are two puppy opens , with Williams ' ever-improving Arfur Daley , a recent open winner at Brough Park , looking to have a great chance alongside Gordon Rooks ' Movealong Sharp and Tommy Robinson 's Just Right Air .
23 So the missionary had to try to take the place of the doctor and the nurse , and had to keep with him a stock of basic medicines — iodine , castor oil , Epsom salts , santonin ( for worms ) , quinine tablets for malaria , and a plentiful supply of aspirin in which the village people seemed to have a great faith .
24 Of course the trade papers revelled in hyperbole but the claims that were being made had a greater validity than those that had been made for music-hall .
25 I happen to have a great deal on my mind at the moment .
26 It is going to have a great deal of influence on the future of Unix because it is going to influence , for example , how we spend our money on research and development . ’
27 The approach , however , is fundamentally marginal : it is not going to have a great effect on urban economies faced with the impact of massive corporate restructuring ( see Chapter 2 ) .
28 Today is going to have a greater significance on your life than you could ever imagine .
29 In other words , although they suppress the aberrant antibody , they suppress other antibody production too and also the production of blood cells , yet they seem to have a greater effect on the abnormal antibody than they do on normal ones and in quite large numbers of patients that have been treated in this way the side effects are really relatively slight .
30 Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life .
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