Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb -s] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is very much a live wire , and he has great courage , ’ said David Tweedie , the ASB 's chairman , who was chairman of the APC when Mr Brindle was deputy chairman . |
| 2 | Poor land means less reward for more work , more risk of disappointment and failure , and it requires greater skill . |
| 3 | It 's magic , of course , and it brings great benefit to us but it could also have terrible dangers in store for us — just like magic carpets ! |
| 4 | And it makes great reading … |
| 5 | The man is an unreconstructed fascist chauvinist … but he has great charm . |
| 6 | But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact . |
| 7 | It may be wondered why this doctrine is retained , but it has great advantages for both the major groups involved — the ministers and the civil servants . |
| 8 | Of course people must be advised carefully but it shows great lack of faith in human na in their abilities and a great arrogance on our part Mr Mayor if we fail to market the ideas simply because we do n't feel the populus are competent to understand it . |
| 9 | They admit that this method has not reached the precision required for routine application ( because a 20% false negative and almost 20% false positive rate is too high ) , but it shows great promise . |