Example sentences of "[verb] a great [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Companion animals provide a great benefit for a large number of people . |
| 2 | The 1990s provide a great opportunity for Her Majesty 's Government to demonstrate to our Community partners the validity of the new hybrid approach that the Government have pioneered . |
| 3 | By the turn of the century , which was only ten years since his first professional engagement , John Tiller had amassed a great fortune for himself whilst changing the lives of working-class girls by giving them good wages and a career . |
| 4 | By doing so I hope to provide a great example for others to follow and to leave my name and footprints in the history of my school . |
| 5 | This part is taken from the first 4 bars of the Pride And Joy solo and illustrates a great device for filling out the sound of your lines . |
| 6 | The future lay with Amstel and Muiderpoort in Holland ( 1939 ) , two stations which created a great stir for their up-to-date functionalism of form and line . |
| 7 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 8 | Twin Oaks looks a great type for the fences and may be the hardest to beat but I also have a healthy respect for Cool Ground and Brown Windsor . |
| 9 | This powder has a great attraction for all animals , and the horse itself . |
| 10 | Bahdon Farah , however , complained in an interview on Radio Djibouti on Jan. 27 that " Alain Vivien has a great love for those who invaded Djibouti " . |
| 11 | Normally , Mr Rigby says , he has a great admiration for predators but only of the kind that need to be conserved . |
| 12 | Keast , 10 years May 's junior , has a great respect for his front-row colleage . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ Ellen said , ‘ I am very fond of my husband , in spite of my western ways , and I know he has a great respect for you , Nerina ; and is thrilled about your publishing contract , and any betrayal of confidence has been totally inadvertent . |
| 14 | And the Fifth still has a great fascination for me — in particular , how to bring off the very end of the work . |
| 15 | Work in something of a muddle , but Vicky has a great eye for detail . |
| 16 | ‘ The machine has a great potential for use at the centre and its restoration has been a project that we have all been working towards for some while . ’ |
| 17 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 18 | I would like to state that CAMRA has done a great deal for beer drinkers throughout the country . |
| 19 | This has done a great deal for the world . ’ |
| 20 | This union has done a great deal for equality . |
| 21 | And I agree , the Government claims it 's done a great deal for the environment . |
| 22 | The Centre for the Unemployed has done a great deal for us . |
| 23 | By the judicious application of support in the areas where it could be most effective , government has done a great deal for the industry . |
| 24 | There was some scepticism about this solution — given that we had altered the recommendations for doctors and dentists — but it says a great deal for the good sense of the nurses that they accepted the plan . |
| 25 | It says a great deal for this extraordinary organisation that it can inspire such dedication in children who , prior to joining the Horse Rangers , would never have even so much as patted a horse . |
| 26 | The parishes were more or less equal in area , around 4000 acres ; their layout says a great deal for the Saxon ability to recognise and exploit soil features and for their respect for mutual rights of neighbouring communities . |
| 27 | It says a great deal for Saxon resilience that the Sussex settlements do not seem to have reverted to wholesale waste , and the pressure was greatly liked in 1017 when Cnut was elected king of England and the country passed under a Scandinavian aegis for the next half century or so . |
| 28 | It says a great deal for the language faculty of the Polytechnic of Central London that it not only survived having this vociferous cuckoo of a course in its midst but is planning to repeat it . |
| 29 | How they coped with no child benefit or social security back up says a great deal for their determination and the sacrifices that had to be made by them all . |
| 30 | Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We have had a long period of success under a lot of good coaches and we are confident John can do a great job for us . ’ |