Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifteen per cent first discovered the joys of sex in the living room , while the next most popular spots were either the back of a car or the great outdoors . |
| 2 | Of the promisingly-titled Bad Lord Byron ( 1949 ) , for example , Box remarked that ‘ nothing was artificially concocted , ’ but the film is also deathly dull to watch as various figures from Byron 's life come into a court room to debate whether he was a great poet or a great cad . |
| 3 | She would be a great actress or a great painter , or perhaps the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 4 | Disillusionment with the ‘ big ’ government philosophy of the New Deal and the Great Society had been growing during the 1970s — even Carter had been fairly conservative in domestic policy . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It is a great national loss and a great tragedy . |
| 6 | Jiang praised the armed forces for their loyalty and " high degree of political awareness " in quelling the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " in June , calling the PLA " a strong pillar of the people 's democratic dictatorship and a great wall of steel for the socialist motherland " . |
| 7 | Having done that you have to make up your mind and the great sin , it seems to me , is to put decisions off . |
| 8 | The long-term stagnation and the Great Depression of the interwar years , not to mention the two World Wars themselves , separated the Great Powers economically in clear-cut economic empires . |
| 9 | At Lichfield , demolition work was actually started ; some lead was removed from the roof and the great bell was broken up . |
| 10 | The Great Detective , for all that he figures in mere detective stories , is a figure to parallel with the great poet and the great scientist because in solving the sort of genuinely baffling mystery that confronts him , in fact he goes some way to solving a yet greater mystery , the mystery of the human personality . |
| 11 | Flagship of the new three-door range is the £14,500 16-valver : loads of torque and a great ride/handling balance |
| 12 | She walked out of the room and went to her own room , seething with rage , humiliation and a great sense of desolation . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ Julie was a super girl with a lot of talent and a great future . |
| 14 | He is an excellent musician and a great enthusiast . |
| 15 | TONY HEWITT-JONES was a versatile musician and a great character in Gloucestershire music . |
| 16 | The musicians on one side and the great love of his life on the other and I could see his conflict , but it was my nightmare . |
| 17 | DIRECTOR John Sturges , whose all-action films included The Magnificent Seven , Bad Day at Black Rock and The Great Escape , has died of emphysema aged 82 in California . |
| 18 | For a few it is immensely strong , and the search for law or a great master at Bologna — for theology and Abelard at Paris — played its part in bringing students to distant schools in the early twelfth century , the first great creative age in the formation of medieval universities . |
| 19 | I am afraid the cutting or the great Toxicodendron [ poison ivy ] is perished ; for it lay at the bottom of the box , where there had been wet . |
| 20 | For the average detectorist to do this would require a lot of knowledge , correct identification and a great deal of library work … not easy for those of us with limited free time available . |
| 21 | A large Roman settlement existed just north of the village and the great Iron Age hill-fort of Rainsborough lies a little to the south-east . |
| 22 | He had a real love of children 's work and a great sensitivity and insight into its many different qualities . |
| 23 | The outlines of its circular hall , the sweep of its symmetrical staircases ( the banisters surviving because they were metal ) , the gallery and the great dome were still apparent . |
| 24 | Orchestration does , however , demand some skill and a great deal of time . |
| 25 | But the car has inspired no great architecture and no great art . |
| 26 | The mare gave a sigh and a great shudder ran through her . |
| 27 | Some new palaces , like Whitehall and Hampton Court , had both a Hall and a Great Chamber for grand occasions . |
| 28 | Reading interesting books is a very great help and a great way of taking you out of yourself , especially travelling books . ’ |
| 29 | All the team here has turned them into citizens of the world with dignity , honour and a great future . |
| 30 | ‘ I was very surprised and absolutely delighted to be asked — it was great honour and a great challenge , ’ said Carol yesterday as the normally hushed shop and studio she runs with her husband Peter was suddenly thrust into the limelight . |