Example sentences of "[adv] been a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last two summers have been very hot and dry , although this summer has luckily been a great deal better . |
| 2 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 3 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 4 | It had also long been a great source of amusement to the more belligerent regulars as they watched the uninitiated stumble in and sit down . |
| 5 | At a personal level the visit had obviously been a great success , but Napoleon III came away without any specific extension of the Entente and he left the British Ministers unconvinced of his desire for peace and stability in Europe . |
| 6 | Coach Marcia says it 's still been a great expericence . |
| 7 | Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 . |
| 8 | Kenco smooth , rich-tasting coffee and superb aroma has always been a great favourite , but now Kenco Single Grind has gone one better — it can be used in any coffee-making system you choose . |
| 9 | Quite frankly , I 've always been a great believer in equal opportunities ! ’ |
| 10 | She readily admits she has " always been a great enthusiast . |
| 11 | In times of hardship , as in the depression in the 1920 's and 30 's and rationing during the 1940 's and 50's , there has not always been a great choice of food . |
| 12 | Worth buying for the introduction alone , this collection of Burchill 's contributions to a variety of British papers and magazines ( including us , of course ) highlights why she has always been a great read . |
| 13 | This has always been a great mystery to me because I remember seeing photographs of my father in hospital uniform wearing sergeant 's stripes ( which I understand was the practice then ) and later , after the war , he was a corporal . |
| 14 | David had always been a great fashion person as well . |
| 15 | This man has always been a great study , Emily thought . |
| 16 | There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow . |
| 17 | The time difference between London and Mexico City is six hours , and because we had been travelling with the sun , it was still quite high in the sky as we descended into the sepia haze that hung over the whole flat expanse of what had once been a great lake . |
| 18 | The enthusiastic support of the influential Association of MBAs has also been a great asset . |
| 19 | With greater individual involvement , there has also been a great increase in the number of links with universities and other outside research centres . |
| 20 | ‘ Israel has fled before the Philistines , and there has also been a great slaughter among the people ; your two sons also , Hophni and Phinehas , are dead , and the ark of God has been captured . ’ |
| 21 | There has also been a great deal of adulation which is perhaps even more harmful for it generates mysticism . |
| 22 | Although there had clearly been a great deal of bumping and brawling , Aboyeur 's jockey Edwin Piper declared on unsaddling that he had would not object . |
| 23 | An account to substantiate his claims showed that there had indeed been a great output with £8,000 paid in Royalty over the last 17 years of operation . |
| 24 | By 1989 InterCity director Dr john Prideaux was reassuring his customers that it was wrong to regard the APT as a failure ; it had indeed been a great design success ! |
| 25 | THE CAUSE hamper campaign this Christmas has once again been a great success , thanks to the generosity of so many people in our diocese . |
| 26 | It 's funny they 've never been a great juice freak really |
| 27 | Getting power out of the Honda NSR has never been a great problem though . |
| 28 | Puzzled , for Dermot had never been a great correspondent , Kelly read : |
| 29 | ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed . |
| 30 | There had never been a great deal of money , but no one had ever gone hungry and the feelings of warmth and love between the members of the family had more than made up for the lack of luxuries . |