Example sentences of "[been] [adv] great a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an outcome would have been so great a blow to Edward II 's prestige that he decided to throw all his resources into reaching the garrison and destroying the besiegers . |
| 2 | Never had they been so great a power in the country . |
| 3 | ‘ Never has there been so great a need for the talented people universities can provide and nurture , ’ he says . |
| 4 | Edwin , ’ she added , without moving her gaze , ‘ Louisa has been so great a comfort to me I can hardly bear this parting . ’ |
| 5 | Monday afternoon in the House of Commons had been as great a triumph for him ( although he had said practically nothing ) as it had been a disaster for Churchill . |
| 6 | Young Daniel 's death had been as great a tragedy , but had not taken him like this . |
| 7 | Over-awed , converted both by her persuasion and her gold , Boult remains in prose ( any change would have been too great a transformation ) , yet agrees to help her . |
| 8 | After Hugh 's dismissal in 1172 Louis VII kept the office vacant for some years : Hugh had been too great a man for it to be wise or safe to raise up a successor to him . |