Example sentences of "of [art] great [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been the summer home of the Russian monarchy since 1716 and housed some of the greatest imperial palaces and parks in Russian history . |
| 2 | His family as he depicts it was one of the greatest senatorial families in Gaul . |
| 3 | The low royal turnout was a disappointment to some race-goers who travelled to Ascot in droves dressed in their finery to see and be seen at one of the greatest annual events of the high society calendar . |
| 4 | of the greatest 100 metres ever run , ‘ Lewis was ready , but Ben was more ready . |
| 5 | He thanked his family , in particular his wife Hillary who he said ‘ will be one of the greatest first ladies in the history of this republic . ’ |
| 6 | One of the greatest modern historians , Herbert Butterfield , wrote a book 40 years ago called The Origins of Modern Science . |
| 7 | The way in which the privileged were eventually led , not only by writers like Loudon but also by some of the greatest Victorian novelists , to consider whether the houses of the poor were comfortable or not , together with the consequences of their interest , will be the theme of this chapter . |
| 8 | Of course , the actual truth is that there 's different levels in everything , and while some of the worst Hawaiian records were released in the '40s and '50s , some of the greatest Hawaiian records were made at exactly the same time . |
| 9 | Born in St Petersburg , Iacovleff was associated with Bakst and Diaghilev before moving to Paris where such was his repute that Sargent described him as one of the greatest living draftsmen . |
| 10 | One of the greatest comprehensive collections of the decorative arts , natural history , geology and technology in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | The Grand National , after 154 years , is one of the greatest sporting spectacles in history . |
| 12 | It is this " odd prejudice against his subject " which causes Tindall to move beyond the bounds of " decency " : " What are we to say of a research student who [ sets ] in an ambiguous light the author of one of the greatest books in our language , and one of the greatest religious forces in the life of England ? " |
| 13 | In the eighteenth century it was more and more usual for an ambassador accredited to any of the greatest European courts to be given it , irrespective of how long he stayed there or what his duties were . |
| 14 | Mill Reefs victory had proved him one of the greatest European racehorses of the age . |
| 15 | Then before an outright war between Charles and Carloman could erupt , the younger brother died , leaving the way open for the development of one of the greatest European emperors in history — but not before earlier triumphs . |
| 16 | But they are worth looking at in that they give an understanding of royal taste in the 16 and 17C , and indeed their founder , Rudolf II , is considered to be one of the greatest European patrons of the arts ( see p. 9 ) . |
| 17 | Indeed the years immediately before 1789 saw in some of the greatest European monarchies ( most notably in Prussia ) a growing demand for the drawing up of fundamental laws which would prevent the ruler from behaving in an arbitrary manner , particularly by increasing the importance of legal institutions . |
| 18 | Either way , the outcome is a marked legacy in the economic landscape , representing today the ‘ continuing influence of Britain 's historical international position ’ ( Massey , 1986 ) : by the time of the 1930s depression , some of the greatest industrial regions of Britain , the specialist production regions of textiles , steel , ships and coal exports , with their ports , had already entered a long period of continuous decline . |
| 19 | The exhibition , which runs until the end of August , charts the development of one of the greatest Spanish artists of this century . |
| 20 | Too many books ( to boost sales one suspects ) tack on Americanisms , in language and practice , but Chris has made some of the greatest long expeditions over there , such as his 3000 mile Continental Divide route , so he is an authority on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 21 | Hugh Price Hughes chastised the 1896 Free Church Council meetings for its vociferousness and insisted that all should ‘ submit to those restraints and regulations which the experience of the greatest representative assemblies of the world has proved to be necessary to an intelligent participation in the business as it proceeds ’ . |
| 22 | The inventor of the ‘ atmospheric engine ’ , which was one of the greatest technological advances in modern history , was born at Dartmouth ( q.v. ) in 1663 . |
| 23 | Without having courted war , the new tsar had achieved one of the greatest Russian successes in the century-long history of Russo-Persian enmity . |
| 24 | This vast fortress is one of the greatest surviving castles of the medieval western world . |
| 25 | Turkey has some of the greatest historic sites of the world , good beaches , a long summer season , good food , and ( unusual for the Mediterranean ! ) really energetic people with a fine sense of service — which helps overcome the occasional power cuts and plumbing disasters . |
| 26 | One of the greatest historic collections of classical sculpture has been almost inaccessible since it was acquired by the Italian State in 1901 . |
| 27 | One of the greatest botanical artists of the period , Georg Dionysius Ehret ( 1708–1770 ) , was related to the Millers by marriage . |
| 28 | Already in 1093 and 1094 , before he received the pallium , he had had two acrimonious disputes about the services which he owed the king as one of the greatest territorial magnates of the kingdom , and it was a third territorial dispute in 1097 which finally made him resolve to leave England . |
| 29 | Khayyam was not one of the greatest Persian poets , nor the best loved in Persia , but Fitzgerald translation made large Western audience aware for the first time of Persian poetry . |
| 30 | In 1759 some of the greatest Portuguese nobles whom Pombal regarded as threats to his position , the Duke of Aveiro , the Marquis of Tavora , the Marquis of Alorna , were accused of conspiring against the king , tortured and in some cases broken on the wheel . |