Example sentences of "was [vb pp] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was given a great welcome by the waiters and Jane was introduced to the Maître in person . |
| 2 | It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ . |
| 3 | He was taken to the hospital by police , where he was given a great deal of medicine and became unconscious . |
| 4 | This line of attack was given a great impetus when it was suggested that the wave/particle duality characteristic of light might be a universal phenomenon . |
| 5 | Full credit goes to secretary for organising the event which was deemed a great success . |
| 6 | The evening was deemed a great success — in more ways than one — as , in addition to the excellent dinner and the dancing , it also happened to be Red Nose Day and by fair means and foul the 155 people who attended , plus contributions from the social club , and the company , a total of £270 was raised for Comic Relief . |
| 7 | Tradition dies hard in the Hebrides and to be one of the guga hunters was considered a great privilege in Hess . |
| 8 | It was considered a great honour not only for Eva , but Salvation Army work as a whole . |
| 9 | He was made a great pet of by Edouard 's manservant , George , and by his cook . |
| 10 | I do n't think I was told a great deal about the facts of life . |
| 11 | It was set a great deal more by the massive alteration in the balance of the Catholic community — the decline of France , Italy and Spain , the rise of Brazil , the United States , the Philippines , even Zaire , the revival of Catholic Eastern Europe , the larger shift from both west to east ( especially in Europe ) and from north to south . |
| 12 | The Musical Medley held on Friday , 27th April was acclaimed a great success and requests were made for another such event to be featured in a future syllabus . |
| 13 | Regardless of technical hitches Pathfinders in Space was judged a great success , leading to a second series being commissioned in 1960 . |
| 14 | Erm , but erm , I had go was allowed a great deal of latitude . |