Example sentences of "[pers pn] as a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It strikes me as a great idea , and it 's hard to see how they can lose when you consider that 2000AD magazine sells 300,000 copies a week .
2 ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer .
3 Mabel looked astonished ; any event in her life , no matter how mundane , always came to her as a great surprise .
4 The word of Jesus had come to her as a great challenge .
5 However , although his bust shares a place of honour in the apse of Westminster Abbey with that of Darwin , commemorating him as a great co-pioneer of rational science , elsewhere his memory is largely eclipsed perhaps because of the premature breadth of that dream .
6 As he had held the highest office of state the inhabitants of Edfu regarded him as a great man and therefore after his death honoured him as a god , making his tomb a holy place .
7 One was always conscious of him as a great Christian ; only later did you become conscious of his denominational affiliation .
8 Tolstoy clearly appealed to him as a great apostle of non-violence , and one who enabled all votaries of ahi sā to realize and understand that non-violence involved not only the negative attitude of freedom from anger and hate but also the positive attitude of love for all men .
9 As a person , Whitaker was frequently described by those who knew him as a great store-house of energy and enthusiasm , who could manage that rare gift of imparting such enthusiasm to others .
10 Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it .
11 That while recognising that the men have had a real grievance in that some firms have employed an unfair proportion of young girls at apprentice wages , or nearly so , we women regard it as a great injustice that one of the main skilled industries open to Edinburgh women should be closed against them .
12 She also thought of it as a great household , in which her son could find a favoured place .
13 Federalists and functionalists alike regarded it as a great achievement and a decisive breakthrough in the fight for a united Europe , and immediately set out to make the new body a more effective organ of integration than was apparent in its charter .
14 The Government have put large sums of money into the public services for many years , but have not proclaimed it as a great virtue .
15 We call it now , the Battle of Britain , and think of it as a great victory .
16 Toby , next morning , was inclined to regard it as a great victory .
17 ‘ I actually saw it as a great challenge .
18 I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers .
19 Barry Humphries ' cartoon hero Barry McKenzie made cracks about Château Chunder , the star wine from down under , fondly describing it as a great emetic .
20 Now that is a large part of our culture , which in a sense gets sucked into the educational establishment and sucked into teaching relationships , and because it 's such a consistent part of the way in which women are seen , I think they perceive it as a greater problem .
21 Some cover may be withdrawn as the insurance company sees it as a greater risk .
22 But I really also see us as a great link between our two countries .
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