Example sentences of "[adv] prove a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No easy task , but it 's already proving a great success , as Richard Barnett reports :
2 Units are available on flexible leasing arrangements and have already proved a great success .
3 Whereas the problem of payment of compensation by local authorities to a developer refused planning consent had always proved a great obstacle to effective control , the new situation was that where land was developed , the increase in its value resulting from the grant of planning permission was secured for the community by the imposition of a development charge ( equivalent to 100 per cent of the increase in value ) , to be assessed and collected by a Central Land Board .
4 This religion often proves a great attraction to the romantic who is tired of concrete and high-power technology , and yearns for a return to nature .
5 Johnston had an unhappy time at Rangers after returning from French club Metz and his subsequent move to Everton has not yet proved a great success .
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