Example sentences of "to [art] great [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anthropologists have to point again and again to the great many societies in which spouses are arranged and not freely chosen . |
| 2 | THANK you to the great many readers who have written to me in the past couple of weeks about the Royals . |
| 3 | Also numerous parcels now belonged to the great religious foundations of the region as a result of pious donations ; if many of these were tenanted in conjunction with other , larger holdings , they were unavailable for small men , while there were not enough of the big farmers , who did occupy them , to employ more than a very limited number of servants . |
| 4 | If there is any one awareness common to the great modern writers , it is that language will not do our bidding , that good or bad intentions do not so much pave roads , as poke up odd coloured weeds through the roadway . |
| 5 | The raison d'être for this recording has to be the extraordinary ‘ mad scene ’ from Semiramide , eighteen minutes of the most astonishing music Rossini ever wrote , truly looking forward to the great lyrical outbursts of Verdi , and given a superb performance by Ramey . |
| 6 | RE should give access to the great spiritual traditions — the vocabulary used , and the kind of symbolism . |
| 7 | The cupola and pendentives descend to the great flat sides , pierced by semi-circular headed windows and the arcades below . |
| 8 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 9 | Thence it goes via Venice to the great German families , the Welsers and Fuggers , westwards to Antwerp , Amsterdam and , eventually , London . |
| 10 | But this volcanicity also testifies to the great tensional stresses that were still affecting Europe , producing vast fissure eruptions and long straight lines of volcanic cones , such as the Chaine de Puys near Clermont Ferrand ( plate 8.2 ) and the puy-like volcanoes in the " Czech Auvergne " on the west side of the Bohemian Massif ( plate 8.3 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ And those shoes , ’ said Angalo , pointing to the great white shapes like beached boats a little way away . |
| 12 | It sounded as though he had already said the same thing to a great many others . |
| 13 | Zoos are host to a great many viruses . |
| 14 | This is not always so , but according to a great many sportsmen , their overconcentration on sport , often as a result of the encouragement of teachers , led to a neglect of academic work with the consequence that examination results failed to convey accurately what they felt to be their actual capability . |
| 15 | Professional markers are a superb sketching medium , adaptable to a great many styles and very fast to use . |
| 16 | Avoiding the foods in question may be quite difficult , especially at school or with friends , and you may wish to reconsider other options , especially if your child is not affected all that severely or if he reacts to a great many foods . |
| 17 | It was a considerable while before I came to know more Tory politicians and acted as an adviser , not to the party , but to a great many Tories . |