Example sentences of "had great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ritchie ( 1985 ) and Whittington and Ritchie ( 1988 ) argue that extensive machair has developed in the last 4000 years and that such a fundamental change in the geography and soils of the west coast would have had great influence on settlement history and patterns in this extreme marginal area . |
| 2 | It is the latter development that has had great influence on the creation of the commercial AI industry . |
| 3 | ‘ I have never had great pace so I 've had little to lose . |
| 4 | French state and technocentric-inspired planning have had great successes in both telecommunications and space ; but the British have had their acknowledged successes also — most notably in the broadcasting field , where a traditional consensual policy has been modified step-by-step and channel-by-channel down the decades since 1922 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've had doubts that I could play at this level but I 've had great support from everyone . ’ |
| 6 | Council help has been refused to Strathclyde farmers , who have had great problems in disposing of animal carcasses since the BSE epidemic led to a collapse of local carcass collection enterprises . |
| 7 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 8 | But for the opening of two artificial pitches at Feltham School , they would have had great difficulty in finding a home venue in recent seasons . |
| 9 | Several touring sides are having to play each other because there is no Cornish opposition to play , and we 've had great difficulty in finding referees . |
| 10 | If they had served small areas , the CMHTs would have had great difficulty in liaising with the specialist facilities and organizations ( statutory and non-statutory ) which characterize the mental handicap field and which necessarily tend to cover large areas if not regions . |
| 11 | Despite her indulgence of him , she had kept him very much tied to her apron strings and had had great difficulty in relinquishing him to a wife . |
| 12 | Zoologists have had great difficulty in classifying colugos . |
| 13 | Malcolm Goodson of Cyprio explains ‘ We have had great difficulty in satisfying orders for our new model UVC . |
| 14 | Social anthropologists have had great difficulty in giving a clear definition of taboo , because it involves both an element of the sacred , the holy , and of the uncanny , the forbidden , and the dangerous . |
| 15 | ‘ When we visited the Ukraine , we had had great difficulty in explaining what a piper looks and sounds like , ’ said Peter . |
| 16 | However , it is hard to avoid the impression of a team who have not had the best of luck on and off the field , and who have had great difficulty in coping with Indian spinners , hitches , food and umpires . |
| 17 | In Opposition we had had great fun pursuing Bill Rodgers on the standard of the baked beans and the quality of the fried cod . |
| 18 | I 've had great fun and great service from the package and used it for designing several garments for both hand and machine knitting . |
| 19 | It is extremely difficult to discover any coherent pattern to the oprichnina and , although it is true his victims included many boyars , Western scholars have had great fun exploding the carefully constructed ‘ class ’ explanations advanced by Soviet historians . |
| 20 | She also wanted to put an end to any sexual intercourse with her husband , though formerly both he and she had had great enjoyment from it . |
| 21 | In Germany we have had great difficulties in opening branches as our representatives are threatened with expulsion and in Denmark one of our organisers was actually expelled by an order of the Secretary of State of that country " . |
| 22 | The complicated postures are such as no freestanding statue of the time could show , and the sculptor has had great difficulties . |
| 23 | Another group often mentioned is agricultural workers , who are thinly scattered across the land and have had great difficulties in forming a union with political and industrial strength . |
| 24 | The major exception to this , the palace shops , have had great success . |
| 25 | Many men buffeted by fortune will reach retirement prematurely ; some have had great success to be followed by even greater failure . |
| 26 | One Home has had great success with an art therapist who came over to take classes , combining residents from a number of Homes close to each other . |
| 27 | Although the industrial countries have had great success in cleaning their air and water , this very success has often increased the amount of solid dirt . |
| 28 | Above : the RYA Junior Windsurfing Scheme has had great success in getting young people involved . |
| 29 | He will know that the Scottish Beef Club has had great success in the export market and that the idea of Scottish beef has been extremely successful . |
| 30 | Elizabeth Fletcher , 14 , from Marton , Middlesbrough , has already had great success in her chosen sport of tennis , playing at county , regional and national level . |