Example sentences of "[noun sg] had a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone at general command had a great idea , a cheap-rate sequel to GI Blues in which a young Scottish footballer plays the part of a handsome conscript . |
| 2 | For a long time , the public relations industry had a great number of former journalists working on it . |
| 3 | Kings wanted to build up reserves of bullion for the very practical reason that it would enable them to recruit armies , and it was also true that gold and silver had a great power to dazzle men 's minds . |
| 4 | Those not receiving insulin therapy had a greater prevalence ( 45.6 per cent ) than those on insulin ( 30.7 per cent ) ( P<0.001 ) , although this relationship was not found in blacks in whom the prevalence of hypertension was similar regardless of the type of diabetic therapy . |
| 5 | of women raped by a relative ( not a husband ) reported that the rape had a great effect on their lives , whereas the same effect was reported by only 39 per cent . |
| 6 | Humpty Dumpty had a great fall , |
| 7 | Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall , Humpty Dumpty had a great fall all the king 's horses and all the king 's men could n't put Humpty together again |
| 8 | Yeah Humpty dumpty sat on the wall , humpty dumpty had a great fall , all the king 's horses and all the king 's men could n't put humpty together again |
| 9 | Certainly she was too old to be Beth 's daughter , although it was obvious that the girl had a great affection for her . |
| 10 | Gently , Anna tried to suggest that a life free of an ageing queen had a great deal to recommend it . |
| 11 | Susan did n't get up that day , so Breeze had a great deal to do . |
| 12 | That is , when asked which tree had more or when asked to make a tree so it had more , children responded appropriately : they picked out the tree with the greater number , and they added apples until the target tree had a greater number . |
| 13 | Ken was rediscovered in the nineteenth century by the Oxford Movement , for whom his idea of the Church of England as part of the Universal Church and his ascetic character had a great appeal . |
| 14 | In the light of W. McCready 's findings in another study that the religious behaviour of the father had a greater impact on children , Greeley considered the fact that catholic schools were having an increasing influence on men to be of significant importance for the future of Roman catholicism in the USA ( 1976 : 173–5 ) . |
| 15 | But the Board of Trade had a great deal of latitude to vary the precise details of the arrangement , and insisted that , for discs , the records should bear the stamps , not the sleeves . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that this early form of man had a greater impact on the natural world than any other animal . |
| 17 | He wrote that ‘ all the activity on the beach had a great fascination for me — the nets hanging out to dry , people mending them , various types standing round watching , all the usual incidents that happen in a fishing village . |
| 18 | The Black Boar had a great crest running from his head along his spine , like the dorsal fin of a fish , the hairstyle of a Mohawk or the rays of the sun . |
| 19 | This road had a greater significance in past centuries when it was the regular route to Skye , the way taken by Dr Johnson and Boswell in their tour of exploration ; a glance at the map shows that it followed a direct line from Shiel Bridge to Broadford across the Kylerhea ferry . |
| 20 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 21 | The Charmer had a great reputation with women , something he secretly envied . |
| 22 | His new personality had a great dislike of Ralph and Jack ordered a hunt to be started out after him . |
| 23 | These data suggest that unemployment had a greater impact on major illness ( sickness lasting three months or more ) over this decade than vice versa , although the effect is not tremendously powerful . |
| 24 | City had a great chance to go ahead after 33 minutes but Carlyle , with only the keeper to beat , shot weakly at a grateful Henderson . |
| 25 | Let's first go to David Waldon because I think that you you command the support of the largest group on the erm Oxfordshire County Council and I suspect that the budget had a great deal to do with your views . |
| 26 | The wave had a great deal of undertow . |
| 27 | At that time Kiev was one of Russia 's greatest cities and within half a century had a great cathedral and hundreds of churches . |
| 28 | The Filmophone Company had a great deal of legal trouble with the British branch of another company , the German ‘ Phonycord GmbH ’ . |
| 29 | This idea had a great influence upon the thinking of Schopenhauer who followed up its implications more thoroughly than did Kant. 9 . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're so lovely , ’ he said huskily , and her throat had a great lump in it suddenly that threatened to choke her . |