Example sentences of "on [art] great [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had fixed his star on the great Shakespearian roles — that , in his professional life , was what he lived by , that was how he tested himself to the limit . |
| 2 | I tucked into bacon and eggs and fried bread and pondered on the great philosophical issues of life such as why you never got fried black pudding for breakfast any more . |
| 3 | The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years . |
| 4 | A strong and forthright stand will continue to be taken in accordance with Christian principles on the great moral issues of our day . |
| 5 | The names of these directors of change in your country alone are still recalled , novelists who seized on the great scientifico-social changes of their day and moulded a more sensitive appreciation of life to respond to it : Disraeli , Mrs Gaskell , the Brontë sisters , Charles Reade , George Meredith , Thomas Hardy , George Eliot , your friend Peacock , many others . |
| 6 | It had dawned on the great slow creatures outside that something was wrong . |
| 7 | The European flag ( a circle of gold stars on a blue field ) has replaced national ensigns on a great many yachts this year , though as yet few of these are British . |