Example sentences of "[vb base] a great [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously the decrease in the amount of time spent with the first-born will have an effect but many parents are aware of this and make a great effort to give attention to the older child . |
| 2 | Not only is a solidly struck drive a great shot to play , but it can also be translated into lower scores . |
| 3 | It 's a great beach but it 's not like my home beach of Port Philip Bay , in Melbourne , which is a bit messy , but seeing the sea I get a great urge to swim in it . |
| 4 | Does she agree that tobacco companies also contribute a great deal to sport , and that they employ tens of thousands of people directly and indirectly ? |
| 5 | Yet , embittered pigeons have a great tendency to come home to roost at a later date , wreaking merry havoc as they zoom in on perceived injustices and ensure that all and sundry realise the iniquities of their previous employer . |
| 6 | It is an apt example for people in the government machine who , according to Roith , have a great part to play in sowing the seeds of industrial success . |
| 7 | The Elves still have a great part to play before the final act of their long drama is played out . |
| 8 | The provincial presses , though they may lag behind their metropolitan brothers in equipment and technique , have a great story to tell . |
| 9 | I feel the media have a great responsibility to inform the public in ways they can understand , how great the challenge is becoming and the need to make changes before it is too late . |
| 10 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 11 | Commodores , members , I have a great announcement to make , there have been no other nominations for President of the Association . |
| 12 | Women have a great task to accomplish — something along the lines of what one of our revolutionary leaders once termed " the revolution within the revolution " . |
| 13 | Those who sell dogs in the first place have a great deal to answer for when it comes to explaining why the human-dog relationship is so often a disastrous mismatch . |
| 14 | ‘ Spencer Grenfell , you have a great deal to answer for , ’ Emily said bitterly . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Burns , you have a great deal to answer for , ’ she muttered savagely , hauling the insubstantial scrap of ribbon and lace that claimed to be a nightdress over her head and reaching instead for jeans and a sweatshirt . |
| 16 | ‘ I have a great deal to do , ’ she said in a dismissively grown-up voice . |
| 17 | I have a great deal to do . |
| 18 | I have a great deal to do . ’ |
| 19 | I have a great deal to say . |
| 20 | ‘ We have a great deal to say . |
| 21 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 22 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 23 | Now it seems to me that the Churches have a great deal to gain from this method of selling their message . |
| 24 | Squeeze packs therefore have a great deal to commend them but where quantities of wash water requiring dosing are high the amount of detergent thus available is too low . |
| 25 | When you come to detailed programme planning , you need variety and balance and , if you have a great deal to get through and a concentrated message to communicate , you still have to break it up and give people a chance to relax their brains as well as their bodies . |
| 26 | I imagine you have a great deal to keep you awake at night . ’ |
| 27 | Writers such as C. P. Taylor , David Halliwell , Peter Nicols , Caryl Churchill and Louise Page have a great deal to offer . |
| 28 | RESOURCES : When it comes to trade , Banks have a great deal to offer . |
| 29 | I 'm with the Scottish Ballet , and I think the royal family have a great deal to offer all of us , through the arts . |
| 30 | It seems that if we as adults have the courage to talk openly and honestly to children then we have a great deal to learn from them , given their openness and ability to describe simply matters of life and death with great dignity and inbuilt wisdom . |