Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [art] great [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The atmosphere and hospitality of the Orkneys made a great impression on all our crews . |
| 2 | Then Wayne Bullimore wasted a great opportunity for Barnsley after he beat Gittens . |
| 3 | Thomas Arnold made a great deal out of the distinction between the concept of service and the pursuit of profit . |
| 4 | That 's one of the very important advantages of this election result , and personally I think the Social Democrats in Germany made a great mistake by being equivocal on this issue . |
| 5 | The fact that Marianne places a great deal of store by marriage but not its permanence comes as no surprise to Warren Colman . |
| 6 | The tidal wave of Dancing Brave 's progress up the Longchamp straight to win the 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe provided the greatest moment of European Flat racing in the 1980s . |
| 7 | West Germany has a greater proportion of people economically active but they start work later and retire earlier than do workers in Pakistan . |
| 8 | Earlier work which suggests that West Germany has a greater capability than Britain to deal with structural industrial crises through the cooperation of the state , employers , unions and financiers will be pursued in relation to the chemicals industry . |
| 9 | As he came on , Rocky got a great reception from the crowd and a yellow card from the referee . |
| 10 | ‘ I do hope Mr Thayer appreciates the great sacrifices you 've made for him . |
| 11 | Thorfinn drew a great breath and roared , ‘ Albanaid ! ’ and was answered by a shout that drowned that of the Normans . |
| 12 | Abdu retained a great loyalty to his former mistress and spoke of her with reverence . |
| 13 | ‘ The Yamaha has a great sound , in either passive or active modes , and there are really no more controls than are necessary to change tones , so it 's fairly user-friendly . |
| 14 | Even a writer as far removed from the field covered in this book as John Le Carré owes a great deal , in all but his latest work , to the blueprint detective story . |
| 15 | Developments in Afghanistan assumed a greater significance for Western governments than they would otherwise have had because of the place they appeared to occupy in an ‘ Arc of Crisis ’ that extended from the Middle East to South-Eastern Asia . |
| 16 | The United States orchestrated the great increase in trade in order to take advantage of its overwhelming postwar strength . |
| 17 | Napoleon simplified the great patchwork quilt of minor German states and principalities , swallowed up a series of Free Cities , abolished a series of Church states and pushed the Germans into modern Europe , whether they liked it or not . |
| 18 | Those with kin in Ulthuan raised a great protest . |
| 19 | MacArthur emphasised the great importance of preventing the Chinese communists from gaining Taiwan ; this was vital to American policy in the region . |
| 20 | Rembrandt spent a great part of his life in Amsterdam and many of his works were painted in the city . |
| 21 | Arguably the most turbulent priest in the Anglo-Saxon experience , Wilfrid spent a great deal of his mature life entering into and returning from exiles imposed by English kings with whom he had quarrelled . |
| 22 | Many on Ulthuan feel the great days of the Elves are passed . |
| 23 | In the end it will need the writer of Jonah to recall the great truth which his people found , and which the Church still finds so hard to grasp , namely that God does indeed throw his largesse to all and sundry . |
| 24 | Lady Grubb knew a great deal about antiques and owned some beautiful pieces , but she topped up the genuine furnishings with reproduction Jacobean coffee tables and plastic cruets . |
| 25 | As she lay between the sheets , Hari felt a great restlessness grip her , she thought of Craig 's face so close to hers and she could barely breathe for the confused emotions that raced through her . |
| 26 | Afterwards , Thorfinn gave a great feast . |
| 27 | I 'm sure someone will tell us that Wetherall had a great game ( he must have — look at the result ! ) but surely Roecastle would have been a better bet ( or even Hodge ? ) . |
| 28 | One minute before the break Dundee had a great chance to equalise when Dodds broke through , but Maxwell got a hand to the attempted lob . |
| 29 | As far as the 1975 election is concerned VUPP had a greater proportion of seats than was warranted by its first preference vote for two reasons . |
| 30 | Pollerton 's Pride and Diane Clay have a great chance of defying a 7lb penalty in the Tyne Handicap Hurdle ( 3.05 ) . |