Example sentences of "[prep] [art] great [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This power , above all things should be the unfailing ally of the forces trying to maintain law and order but it has been allowed to become weakened to the point that it is almost non-existent in the mental make-up of a great many people . |
| 2 | He and his wife Ann were unstinting of their time in attending lectures , functions and committees and they won the affection and admiration of a great many people at all levels . |
| 3 | For a great many people , Europe is fine for business and fine for holidays because the sun shines and the booze is cheap , but Germans are still chaps whom we beat in wars , and the French still let you down and think only of themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ In difficult times like a recession , getting the best value is absolutely crucial for a great many people . |
| 5 | Then another two or three days went by , and my brother 's wife telephoned from Bakovka ( where there was a dacha containing a collection of pictures by some young artists , along with a great many works and drawings by Anatoly Zverev ) : ‘ Fire ! ! ! |
| 6 | In a great many works of an advanced nature ( research material , monographs etc. ) style will not play a crucial role , since the content will be unavailable in any other form . |
| 7 | He said : " I express our sincere contrition at Japanese past actions that inflicted unbearable suffering and sorrow upon a great many people of the Asian-Pacific region . " |
| 8 | The treatment of diarrhoeal diseases therefore forms a subject which is relevant to a great many people throughout the world . |
| 9 | These are important to a great many people , whether they are perceived in terms of localised effects impinging on their everyday lives or in terms of the national picture which emerges from news media coverage and wider reading . |
| 10 | Lorton noticed that the news appeared to give pleasure to a great many people . |
| 11 | ‘ He was a young man , and I am sure that his message got through to a great many people . |
| 12 | He exposes the vague way in which Read deploys scientific vocabulary , pointing out how much work had had to be done by a great many people and already popularized , before a literary critic could talk in this way . |
| 13 | Mona was loved and tolerated for such ethics by a great many people , the young as well as the not so young . |
| 14 | But they were evidently believed by a great many people . |