Example sentences of "been [art] great [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around the turn of the century there had been the great triumvirate of Braid , Vardon , and Taylor but American dominance was established between the wars in the shape of Walter Hagen , who won the Open four times , and Gene Sarazen . |
| 2 | The next morning brought more early arrivals ; namely , the two ladies from Germany — who had travelled together despite what one would have imagined to have been the great contrast in their backgrounds — bringing with them a large team of ladies-in-waiting and footmen , as well as a great many trunks . |
| 3 | It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present . |
| 4 | It had been bored or dug or had occurred naturally at an incline of about thirty degrees , so that all the way down into the mine , holding onto the rope , they had had purchase for their feet , had almost been able to walk don , though describing it thus made a dull and orthodox act of what had been the great adventure of their boyhood . |
| 5 | She had always been the great friend of Noreen 's and of Liam too in his young days . |
| 6 | She had told no one at all but it had been the great dream of her life to go to Spain , the real Spain . |
| 7 | It had once been the great hall of the castle , and is among the fairest buildings of the twelfth century which Britain possesses . |
| 8 | Bringing music to so many people has been the great satisfaction of my life . |
| 9 | Justification had been the great theme of the Reformers , especially of Martin Luther , and Ritschl aimed to restore it to the centre of theology by drawing out its consequences and implications in reconciliation , and opening up the force and meaning of Christianity from that centre . |
| 10 | This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place . |
| 11 | There would have been no great age of dinosaurs , but there would have been a flowering of mammals 130 million years earlier . |
| 12 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 13 | An account to substantiate his claims showed that there had indeed been a great output with £8,000 paid in Royalty over the last 17 years of operation . |
| 14 | The visit should have been a great success for both the tall and the short mavericks of the respective alliances . |
| 15 | The centre has been a great success since opening its doors a year ago and looks forward to celebrating many more birthdays . |
| 16 | The key-fobs sent to each individual member and Group secretary during 1979 have been a great success with many people writing in to the office expressing their appreciation ; it is hoped to produce a further token during out 30th anniversary year . |
| 17 | Scotland coach Allan Hosie said the Pacific tour had been a great success considering eight Scots were on the British Lions tour and other players were not able to make the trip . |
| 18 | This had been a great success in both countries not only for the deaf but for their hearing fellow citizens , who made " learning sign language " the second most popular study after English in adult education . |
| 19 | The small orchestra was ‘ feeble ’ , and Mozart wrote sadly to his wife that the concert had been a great success from the point of view of honour and glory , but a complete financial flop . |
| 20 | IT SHOULD have been a great year for Julie Walters . |
| 21 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 22 | Mr Devlin said afterwards it had been a great day in Yarm 's history . |
| 23 | In between there has been a great diversity of titles and two journals . |
| 24 | Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 . |
| 25 | Your conductors ' competitions brought on some new talent , beginning with the Finnish conductor Okko Kamu , who won the first competition in 1969 ; and you 've been a great help to most of the new generation of top conductors — Abbado , Ozawa , and so on . |
| 26 | My last telephone call was to the head of Oatridge agricultural college , which has been a great help to the agricultural community in Scotland . |
| 27 | Lois adds : ‘ Dad 's been a great help to me . |
| 28 | Yeah , cos he 's been a great help to me ! |
| 29 | I can talk to her in a way I could n't before and she 's been a great help over the past year . |
| 30 | Tom had been a great help in advising him on the farming aspects and , of course , on the teaching . |