Example sentences of "it [was/were] [art] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitted against it were the great princes , some with ambition to achieve political and legal independence of the crown . |
| 2 | This race had all the earmarks of a mediocre 1,000 Guineas rehearsal and it was no great surprise to see Musicale , the winner of last Friday 's Fred Darling Stakes , at Newbury , cut to as low as 11–4 favourite for the 1,000 Guineas , on April 30 after yesterday 's race . |
| 3 | It was no great shock , therefore , when around the time of my nineteenth birthday , the police informed me she was in hospital again . |
| 4 | It was no great surprise when Middlesbrough took the lead . |
| 5 | On the other hand , it was no great sum and Hope 's custom had given him publicity . |
| 6 | Well , it was no great loss : I mean , standing up for yourself is one thing but that female was downright vicious . |
| 7 | It was a greater task to be as he was in his given circumstances than among God-fearing people : in that fact itself there was an urge towards determination , and a hint of comfort . |
| 8 | It was a great experience . |
| 9 | It was a great shock to him , though , after years in the House of Lords , to encounter once more the bear-garden of the Commons : he was unprepared for the shock of the sheer weight of noise from the opposition benches ( which were more crowded in those days ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a great moment for us to win . |
| 11 | It was a great honour for the Association to take part in this National occasion , an occasion which provided an opportunity to pay a tribute to those who fought the Battle of Britain , and to remember the welfare needs that exist today as a result of that Battle . |
| 12 | It was a great way to die . |
| 13 | It was a great performance by the sergeant as he strolled up to The Mighty Tharg . |
| 14 | It was a great evening . ’ |
| 15 | I certainly feel it was a great delight to him during the last days of his life . ’ |
| 16 | Ardiles said afterwards : ‘ It was a great game of football . |
| 17 | It was a great number and they took notice of him even though he was just on his own . |
| 18 | But apart from that incident , it was a great show and he did the same kind of thing in Seattle , Kansas City and the sort of cities in the Mid West where they had n't heard of him — it was too early — but Tony DeFries was as good as his word . |
| 19 | I think it was a great relief for him to think that Tony DeFries would deal with things and all he had to do was deal with his artistry . |
| 20 | When he was younger he 'd write songs about a laughing gnome , or a song about a laughing policeman , and I think it was a great outlet for David because he could almost blow his character out of all proportion and be able to pretend whatever he wanted to pretend , which is what actors and pop stars do . |
| 21 | It was a great opportunity for registering resentment . |
| 22 | It was a great way to get revenge for various slights , lost jobs , bad reviews or even undeserved success . |
| 23 | It was a great mound of leaves and garden rubbish nearly as tall as we were — cabbage stalks , I can smell them now . ’ |
| 24 | It was a great release from the torture of doubt , confusion , and anxiety to abandon her mind to revenge . |
| 25 | I thought it was a great phrase . ’ |
| 26 | It was a great learning experience for me . |
| 27 | It was a great deal to hope of anyone , particularly since the political and intellectual principles of the Welfare State were so utterly at odds with the privileged hierarchical structure which had the monarchy at its head . |
| 28 | So it was a great disappointment to discover that she was quite unlike all the other home-bred horses , and that she would give nothing in return to those who cared for her and bestowed affection upon her . |
| 29 | In 1979 we held the United Kingdom 's first showbiz-style election rally for Mrs Thatcher , and it was a great success . |
| 30 | They were invaluable to our road campaign and it was a great and new experience for them . |