Example sentences of "great [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find it impossible to comprehend the scale of this arena , and that afternoon provided a great opportunity to relax in the mountains and let them have their effect on us . |
| 2 | Cloudbase Paragliding are offering you a great opportunity to take to the air and raise money for the charity Barnardos . |
| 3 | Indeed , I am satisfied that the proposed trust , operating from a sound financial basis , with a management team , including clinicians , possessing a proven track record , and with sound proposals for improving facilities , offers a great opportunity to build on the already high reputation for patient care which the hospitals enjoy . |
| 4 | On grotty days it 's a great advantage to stick to the lowlands , and our valleys are just the places to head for with their tremendous scenery and often surprisingly challenging walking . |
| 5 | The brother-sister marriages of Roman Egypt probably had a great deal to do with the preservation of property and nothing to do with the preservation of genes ( Hopkins , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | The Collector suspected that the Bard 's success in this respect might have a great deal to do with the ballistic advantages stemming from his baldness . |
| 7 | This subtle shift has a great deal to do with the current fashion accessory of an eligible husband rather than an eligible boss . |
| 8 | Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’ |
| 9 | Many of the colleges with which CNAA committees and visiting parties were dealing — including the new polytechnics — had traditions of autocratic management which the DES did a great deal to undermine with the notes for guidance it issued in connection with the proposed designation of polytechnics . |
| 10 | The Bible has a great deal to say about the concept of the family , and the Christian ideal differs markedly from some current concepts . |
| 11 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 12 | Kirsten Matz , Expressen 's money page editor , said : ‘ It proves that sheer luck has a great deal to say about the stock market . ’ |
| 13 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 14 | The fact is that we still have a great deal to learn about the skills that animals use to find their way around their own home ranges and to travel the globe . |
| 15 | Returning to our personality types , the giver has a great deal to learn from the saying , ‘ blessed are those who mourn ’ . |
| 16 | It seems to me that , in this respect , we have a great deal to learn from the best American schools . |
| 17 | Mr Thornton 's position may be more sympathetically received today , when ‘ paternalism ’ has become a dirty word ; but if , as a later critic was to claim , such philanthropists as Dorothea wished only to fulfil their own personal sentiment of pity and justice , and could not escape the disability of their arbitrary self-appointment , they undoubtedly had a great deal to contribute in the absence of state measures to fill the gap . |
| 18 | Colleagues , can I now take , er , a moment of your time and it gives me very great pleasure to call upon the President to deliver his address to congress . |
| 19 | After a hard day tramping the hills in pursuit of brown trout , or fruitless hours on the banks of the river , trying to persuade salmon to rise , it is a great pleasure to plunge into the hotel pool and swim toils and tribulations away . |
| 20 | It gives me great pleasure to commend to the House the fourth report by the Select Committee on Social Security . |
| 21 | Innocent III himself by the bull " Vineam Domini " of April 1213 summoned a great council to meet at the Lateran in Rome on 1 November 1215 to be known as the Fourth Lateran Council . |
| 22 | There was moreover a great reluctance to intervene in the family itself . |
| 23 | All in all , it 's a great place to leave behind the routine of life at home and really be yourself . |
| 24 | It 's a great place to stay for the evening with much of the town 's Medieval and Renaissance character faithfully preserved . |
| 25 | As one of the team writing of the new catechism , Bishop David was in great demand to comment on the work which began some years ago . |
| 26 | It had been a great relief to learn from the lawyers that Sunset Cottage , Overclyst , their new home , was already furnished . |
| 27 | Some multicentre studies have been published in aggregate and separately , and we took great care to avoid including the same results more than once . |
| 28 | Is great adventure to go round the world , yes ? ’ |
| 29 | It would also be of great interest to learn about the distinctive experiences and initiatives taking place across the rest of the UK . |
| 30 | Each year , when shooting , stalking and fishing guests departed , estate employees were called to the great house to work in the armoury , which had one of the finest collections of antique weapons in Scotland : claymores , dirks , shields , spears and guns . |