Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] great a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should this make so great a difference ? |
| 2 | For most people alcohol does not present too great a problem provided it is taken in moderation . |
| 3 | To devolve responsibility for the kind of social services we currently enjoy to a mass of informal , ill-organised groups and organisations would constitute so great a dismantling of the personal social services system as to leave its functions solely to hidden providers of informal care . |
| 4 | We can not let them get too far ahead as it will become too great a gap to close even if they did happen to fall over their showlaces again . |
| 5 | That would constitute too great a loss of face . |
| 6 | BELVILLE : I hope , Lady Davers , she can make as great a convert of you from pride as she has of me from libertinism . |
| 7 | HIV 2 may not have as great a potential to cause illness as HIV 1 . |
| 8 | He hoped Mother Francis would n't get too great a shock . |
| 9 | If this is your motive it is important to recognize it , and to make sure that does not impose too great a burden on the person cared for as well as on yourself . |
| 10 | It could also prove too great a hurdle for Mr Gould , a well-known Euro-sceptic , who made clear that he would be pressing for Labour to rethink its economic policy and to advocate realignment of the pound within the European exchange rate mechanism to enable it to put forward more positive policies on industry and employment . |
| 11 | Because of economic and other pressures , schools in South Asia may place too great a reliance on a curriculum trapped between the covers of a book . |