Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broking scandals came at a time when the Japanese government was already under pressure , both at home and abroad , to improve the supervision of its financial markets , to make insider trading illegal , and simultaneously to allow foreign institutions a greater degree of involvement in the domestic securities markets . |
| 2 | Despite the many improvements in state provision Eva found her time at social services a great eye opener . |
| 3 | Will my hon. Friend consider allowing working women in such circumstances a greater disregard ? |
| 4 | About five minutes later as they watched its dying effects a great sound wave enveloped the ship . |
| 5 | However , the cost of repairs , lack of heirs and financial or family problems inevitably mean that every two or three years a great house faces sale and break-up . |
| 6 | Built in Test ( BITE ) where available has helped diagnostic procedures a great deal , but problems still remain . |
| 7 | It is hoped that by examining the experience of family life of these couples a greater understanding may be achieved of how donor parentage affects the marital relationship , parent/child relationship , and relationships within the wider family . |
| 8 | On all measures a greater proportion of patients in India , Colombia , and Nigeria had better outcomes than their counterparts in Denmark , London , Prague , and Washington DC . |
| 9 | Hopefully , this knowledge will save many householders a great deal of elbow grease ! |
| 10 | The increased investigative powers contained in the latter piece of legislation is likely to give the regulatory authorities a greater degree of success in detecting insider abuse , however , the subjective elements of the substantive offence , as enshrined in the CSA 1985 , remain an onerous burden for the prosecution to discharge . |
| 11 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 12 | The point is that an orderly community can exist only if it shares many practices , and that in all modern pluralistic societies a great measure of toleration of vastly differing outlooks is made possible by the fact that many of them enable the vast majority of the population to accept common standards of conduct . |
| 13 | Clean sheets a great comfort , eh ? |
| 14 | Over the last two decades a great deal of work has been published by historians on the subject of popular culture . |
| 15 | In recent years a great number of two- , three- and four-star hotels and apartment hotels have opened . |
| 16 | Within two days a great plan was conceived to drive the Dark Elves from the land . |
| 17 | For the next four years a great part of my time was spent in secret meditation upon this subject , I could not speak to anybody about it for fear of giving pain . |
| 18 | This will make integration with other children a great deal easier . |
| 19 | You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought . |
| 20 | By way of postscript to these observations , some have discerned in the latest Soviet systems a greater introduction of new technology than is normally the pattern : a reflection , perhaps , of greater design confidence , but just as possibly the expression of worry about the pace of technological change in the present decade . |
| 21 | In later centuries the rate of clearance may have slowed , and in the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of replanting was carried out in the formation of the large parklands . |
| 22 | Neville Whittaker , the ebullient chief executive of the North East Civic Trust , says the region has so many bad buildings a great deal of it would not be left standing if he could invoke the Heseltine solution . |
| 23 | In earlier years a great deal of lip service had been paid in Scandinavia to cooperative efforts , up to and including economic cooperation ; but the several discussions had been infrequent and without any tangible results . |
| 24 | In the ensuing years a great number of new mines came under the aegis of Johnnies and prior to the opening of the Rand Refinery in 1922 , all the gold from JCI 's mines on the Witwatersrand , was refined in the UK by JM . |
| 25 | In the short term , this would involve giving local government representatives , health workers and voluntary bodies a greater influence within the NHS . |
| 26 | If he does respond , the early stages of the diet may produce a remarkable improvement , which makes the subsequent stages a great deal easier for all concerned . |
| 27 | The unions have attempted to accommodate work group aspirations by allowing local unions a greater say in employment practices and — via legislation — expanding the role and powers of shop stewards , including the right of safety stewards to order a work stoppage in certain circumstances ( Forsebäck , 1980 ) . |
| 28 | The unions have attempted to accommodate work group aspirations by allowing local unions a greater say in employment practices and — via legislation — expanding the role and powers of shop stewards , including the right of safety stewards to order a work stoppage in certain circumstances ( Forsebäck , 1980 ) . |