Example sentences of "[pers pn] be a [adj] success " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is already clear that they are a real success , with enhanced scrutiny , better debate and , perhaps most noticeable , a reduction in the number of late-night debates on the Floor of the House . |
| 2 | I 'm so pleased with them — thank you for your advice , they are a great success , and the room now ‘ just ’ needs a coat of paint/wallpaper and a decent bookcase … but I doubt they 'll happen very soon due to my finances £18.66 to last 7 days oh dear oh dear ! |
| 3 | Oh of course they 're of course they are a great success . |
| 4 | They are a dramatic success for CERN and confirm Europe 's primacy in sub-atomic physics . |
| 5 | But when appear over here they 're a great success . |
| 6 | And they were a complete success . |
| 7 | They were a great success . |
| 8 | The recently formed energy and utility section held its conferences , regional and national , earlier this year , and from the report-backs I received er , they were a great success . |
| 9 | Printed on thin single sheets , suitable for enclosing in an envelope , they were a considerable success . |
| 10 | ‘ At that time there was no-one using plaid checks in furnishing fabrics , so they were a huge success . |
| 11 | The project only planning permission to operate for 3 months , but organisers are hoping to convince the council that it 's a runaway success . |
| 12 | In this sense it is a proven success , while democratic feminist socialism is , to most people in the world , an obscure jumble of aspirations . |
| 13 | If it is a runaway success the draw could pull in more than £3 billion , creating at least two new millionaires each week . |
| 14 | ‘ It will only really be meaningful and historic if he is a great success , ’ Davis said soon after firing the existing head coach Mike Shanahan . |
| 15 | IT WAS a first-time success for SAGARIKA CHATTERGEE when she entered the competition . |
| 16 | It was a small success , very far from proving who murdered Hal MacQuillan and not even proving who typed the letter but it was a promising line of inquiry : MacQuillan had been detested , his death had been welcomed and someone , who was probably on his staff , had actually thought of killing him . |
| 17 | It was a roaring success . |
| 18 | It was a real success , that party . |
| 19 | It was a short-lived success , and the principal landowners in both East and West Sussex forced him out in 1820 by putting up one of his neighbours , Curteis of Windmill Hill against him . |
| 20 | In 1979 we held the United Kingdom 's first showbiz-style election rally for Mrs Thatcher , and it was a great success . |
| 21 | ‘ Last year we went into the race blind , but it was a great success . |
| 22 | It was a great success . |
| 23 | It was a great success . |
| 24 | The opera was finally performed in July , and despite some organized opposition , it was a great success . |
| 25 | Will wrote his play Richard III for Richard Burbage , and it was a great success . |
| 26 | It was a great success , judging by the comments I heard afterwards , not only for enabling our volunteers to play an influential role in the local plans process , but for generating a sympathetic under- standing of the difficult balancing act expected of planners ! |
| 27 | ’ It was a great success , ’ Mr Duggan said . |
| 28 | In the 1980s , we had a Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Elmwood Hall and it was a great success . |
| 29 | From my point of view it was a complete success — fun , interesting and the chance for me to meet someone whom I 'd admired from afar since I was 14 years old . |
| 30 | It was a complete success and Charles walked out of the hospital unaided . |