Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] the great [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A keen sportsman , he has several times completed the Great North Run . |
2 | It 's collected into books called The Great Lovers ' Valentine World Anthology of Love Poetry or whatever . |
3 | The curriculum areas accorded the greatest number of teacher-days were maths , English and science , with English accounting for more than twice as many as science , and these two areas between them taking up about as many teacher-days as maths on its own . |
4 | The curriculum had been debated , if at all , by Local Education Authorities , teachers , and the largely teacher-dominated Schools Council , as well as by the Examination Boards , over which the universities exercised the greatest influence , but never by ministers or the general public . |
5 | According to legend , the gods placed the great peak of Gunung Agung on Bali to stop this island paradise rocking — today the 10,400 sturdy feet of mountain rise high above the island and survey the scene of banyan trees , palm groves , bays of soft , pearl-white sand and terraced rice fields which lie at her feet . |
6 | Further changes required the greatest prudence . |
7 | It is harder to measure how far the campaigns of the civil wars affected the great mass of the population or the country 's internal economy , but the damage may not have been particularly great , as much of the fighting was confined to limited areas . |
8 | we will do all we can for , well especially at the centre and while , whilst acknowledging the need for it to resource at the schools at this conference the voluntary agencies , parents and even teachers admitted the greater need for specialists at the centre , that is we want more education psychologists , advisors of all sorts and er , therefore supporting options er at ten , one C , small roman one , and small roman three on the agenda , but er that is reluctantly not er not small roman two . |