Example sentences of "have a great [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The West has a great political interest in seeing democratic systems based on market economies develop in Eastern Europe , since a collapse into worse poverty and anarchy would be a disaster , a tragic first chapter to the new peace between East and West . |
| 2 | Sutherland has a great sporting tradition . |
| 3 | ‘ Every country has a great national epic , ’ said Pierre Berton , Canada 's best-known journalist . |
| 4 | At the crossing , the vault is higher still ( the loftiest Romanesque example in Europe ) and has a great octagonal tower built on squinches . |
| 5 | Britain has a great artistic heritage and a lively contemporary arts scene . |
| 6 | Like Mr Major , Kenneth Clarke has a taste for chicken jalfrezi , but the Cabinet 's heavyweight diner also has a great soft spot for a grilled king prawn curry ( £12.50 ) . |
| 7 | I can always remember that yeah , I won a book called And then er when we came out pictures on Saturday afternoon , there always used to be a gentleman there and he 'd had a great big basket and he 'd like he 'd have a bag of sweets and oranges in these er basket and they used to give the children a bag of sweet and orange and they came out and see pictures for a penny . |
| 8 | The Chomskian might advance the speculative thesis that any mutation causing children to search immediately in the right class of grammars would have a great selective advantage , and that such evolutionary change might well have taken place , producing human beings who are now pre-programmed to process linguistic data in a specific way . |
| 9 | So the F-Plan does have a great stay-slim bonus . |
| 10 | Tinryland was terribly disappointing on his seasonal debut at Newbury , but he would have a great each-way chance if reproducing last season 's form . |
| 11 | Did n't have a great long list , perhaps only about six or ten major P L C's . |
| 12 | Er , you would n't have a great big stack of paper in the corner of the room . |
| 13 | They 're gon na have a great big lump stuck on the house . |
| 14 | So used to having a great big thing , I am . |
| 15 | The Galera is a Club Exclusive hotel and besides having a great easy-going atmosphere , is the scene of many lively Club get-togethers and parties . |
| 16 | " Here are the Maplin Sands , off Foulness Island , where at one time we were going to have a great new airport complex , " he said . |
| 17 | Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season . |
| 18 | We wo n't be able to have a great big piece put in the paper . |
| 19 | Scotland had a great new strike force : Jinky on one wing and Junkie on the other . |
| 20 | Britain , he said , had a great pub-going tradition . |
| 21 | ‘ He had a great long stride — like he was wearing seven league boots . |
| 22 | Teacher : Mr Y ( year head ) for example , I had a great verbal battle with him over a West Indian girl called June Green who I teach . |
| 23 | ‘ I think he had a great superficial knowledge , but if you delved too deeply you would probably have felt that he did n't know so much . |
| 24 | She had a great square face , with a large jaw , and cheeks that were permanently red . |
| 25 | William Carey always had a great social concern and had been horrified to witness the practice of ‘ Sati ’ in 1799 . |
| 26 | When we had a great big hole in the bottom of the dam , |
| 27 | ‘ She had a great big elephant … that 's one of those muckle beasts with two tails from Africa ! ’ |
| 28 | ROBBIE Sometimes when I was washing the car , he had a great big Ford estate , I 'd pick up a piece of gravel and just scratch the paint a wee bit . |
| 29 | And yeah , he had a great big bag of er naphthalene balls , and of course he , he went to a , near the villagers down here in and he knocked the door with a stick you ken ? |
| 30 | I have a great live band , probably one of the best in the world . |