Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am a great believer in the egos of company chairmen , ’ he says , adding hastily ‘ and their concern for the good of the country . ’ |
| 2 | On the second question , I am a great believer in the common sense and balance of all the people of Ulster . |
| 3 | I am a great believer in TV giving people what they want . ’ |
| 4 | Now you might say perhaps , without really thinking about it , well if he 's got any sense he wo n't have a lot of fe , faith in me because I am , I am a great failure , I 've let him down . |
| 5 | I am a great fan of Monica Seles but I can not believe all the letters about these two players . |
| 6 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 7 | I am a great fan of rave music yet the lyrics have never made me want to try the drug . |
| 8 | ‘ I am a great fan of the OU , it has broadened my horizons so much . |
| 9 | ‘ He should have called his paper ‘ Why I am a great critic ’ , a disciple sadly remarked on leaving one of his seminars . |
| 10 | I am a great admirer of Vernon Handley too , especially his Vaughan Williams Fifth Symphony , the Guildhall String Ensemble in Stravinksy 's Apollo , Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 by Andrew Litton ( who is wonderful to work with ) , and also my work with Sir Charles Mackerras . |
| 11 | I am a great admirer of longevity and Michael has been a friend and colleague for 32 years . |
| 12 | If I 've got to turn out drawers or turn out the airing cupboard or get the kitchen tidy , it 's a relaxation for me and I like it , or just going through some interior decoration books or moving the furniture round — I 'm a great mover of furniture . |
| 13 | ‘ Not that I 'm a great cook , I 'm not like you . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm a great disciplinarian , I 'm tough on politeness and all that , but at the end of the day he 's done a good job on himself . |
| 15 | I 'm a great believer in putting house plants out in the garden for a ‘ summer holiday ’ but this does provide something of an open invitation to the vine weevils to lay their eggs in the pots . |
| 16 | As you know , I have been wildly opposed to PEPs since their introduction , in part because I 'm a great believer in removing tax breaks rather than distorting the investment climate by introducing new ones . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 'm a great believer in learning to walk before you can run , ’ said Shaun , wisely , ‘ but I 'm not ruling out expansion . |
| 18 | Ruth Hyson , a Labour councillor and a member of that committee , said : ‘ I 'm a great believer in a family unit . |
| 19 | I 'm a great believer in it , I , I park my car close to that and find it a most convenient way of travelling around . |
| 20 | I 'm a great I 'm a great believer in the fact that everybody should hear the gospel in their own tongue . |
| 21 | And I 'm a great believer in everybody should be accountable right ? |
| 22 | So er , kind words to us , thank you very much , but there are bodies which are working very effectively to spread the net , er , my view , by the way , is of course erm , I 'm a great believer in , er pressures being exercised by every mechanism . |
| 23 | ‘ Stan 's just what the doctor ordered , a man with personality and I 'm a great believer in personality , ’ says Mr Evans , leaning against his walking frame at Caerphilly 's Abbeyfield Home . |
| 24 | but um I 'm a great believer that it 's rather nice to have that going on while the event is going on you know you sit and munch a corned beef butty as you dribble your coffee down the front of your shirt |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm a great delegator , but it is important to delegate to those who are capable of carrying through the task and you must have a good report-back system . ’ |
| 26 | " I 'm a great deal more mad than that ! " |
| 27 | I 'm a great lover ! |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm a great admirer of Liverpool and certainly there 's no malice lingering from my point of view . ’ |
| 29 | I particularly like Hans Holbein from the drawing point of view ; I 'm a great admirer of the clarity of his drawings and paintings . |
| 30 | There does n't seem to be any great love lost between Reed and Harris , and even now Harris says , ‘ Oliver and I have never met but I 'm a great admirer of his . |