Example sentences of "it [verb] [be] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been a great joy to me that we have remained a very close family . |
| 2 | It has been a great privilege to see how God has been at work in their lives and to be part of His plan for these men . |
| 3 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 4 | It has been a great triumph for France 's construction and agricultural engineers , a dazzling testimony to the industry and enterprise of a people who so often appear , to those who do not know them , to be in a perpetual state of political and economic chaos . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been a great cause for concern in London , particularly when he lives not far from where the Anti-Terrorist Squad uncovered a quantity of Semtex explosives in an IRA dump . |
| 6 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
| 7 | I did not sleep well that night : it had been a great day and the call of the wild kept me nervous and excited . |
| 8 | Since it had been a great success when read aloud to ‘ our local club ’ , Tolkien had absolute confidence in submitting it to the publisher of The Hobbit , Stanley Unwin . |
| 9 | It had been a great relief to learn from the lawyers that Sunset Cottage , Overclyst , their new home , was already furnished . |
| 10 | It had been a great moment . |
| 11 | All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success . |
| 12 | Kenneth thought it had been a great year . |
| 13 | It had been a great directorship . |
| 14 | it had been a great patrol during which we had made a lot of new friends , carried out a great deal of work en route and broken into completely new territory for the cutters . |
| 15 | As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan . |
| 16 | Mr Devlin said afterwards it had been a great day in Yarm 's history . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's been a great school for the temper . ’ |
| 18 | Seles said : ‘ It 's been a great season , and a great way to end it . ’ |
| 19 | It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month . |
| 20 | It 's been a great pleasure to meet you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ In fact it 's been a great few weeks for me . |
| 22 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
| 23 | ‘ She was a very lovely girl and it 's been a great shock to us all , ’ agreed Melissa . |
| 24 | The Government says it 's been a great success — those living close to its route say its ruined their lives . |
| 25 | It 's been a great experience . |
| 26 | Neil Johnston meets James Kelly , doyen of Ulster journalism ‘ It 's been a great game to be in … ’ |
| 27 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 28 | IT 'S been a great 10 days for Scots living in England . |
| 29 | Sadie Murray , of Irvine , who has worked at Digital for more than five years , said : ‘ It 's been a great worry over the last few weeks . |
| 30 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |