Example sentences of "is the great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some would say that it is the greatest part of the fun in aerial photography to achieve positive results by covering the target area with some precision . |
| 2 | ‘ Teacher , which is the greatest commandment in the Law ? ’ |
| 3 | In newsrooms libel is the greatest inhibition upon freedom of speech , although it also serves as a spur to accuracy and professionalism . |
| 4 | an education of this kind is the greatest benefit which could be conferred upon any citizen of a great state , and … the common right to it , the common discipline and enjoyment of it , the common possession of the tastes and association connected with it , would form a new element of national unity , linking together the mental life of all classes by experiences which have hitherto been the privilege of a limited section . |
| 5 | The old ones say that the first morning , the first experience of dawn in the camps , is the greatest test . |
| 6 | ‘ The bicycle is the greatest emancipator for woman extant … ’ exclaimed a ‘ lady-writer ’ in 1901 . |
| 7 | Finally he declared : All I can say as an honest person is that this boy is the greatest man now living in the world . |
| 8 | Coleridge was overwhelmed , as he made plain in a letter to Joseph Cottle : ‘ T. Poole 's opinion of Wordsworth is — that he is the greatest Man , he ever knew — I coincide . ’ |
| 9 | Luke says of his building worker stepfather Steve Bennett : ‘ He is the greatest man I know . |
| 10 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 11 | She decided he was one fat pig in Wimbledon who was not , could not , should not be brought under the knife of the evil abattoir man who lives , in case you need to know , in Clifton Road just off the common , and the story of how she fought off his terrible friend Farmer Dune , and rallied all the pigs of Wimbledon is the greatest story ever told . |
| 12 | I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity . |
| 13 | I think basically what I 'd like to say today is that I personally agree with what Ida 's saying that it is an attack on the Health Service , and it is the greatest achievement that the Labour Party has done in history in my opinion . |
| 14 | If advertising is as old as the first caveman who scrawled " Bonzo is the greatest Caveman " across a cave wall , then public relations must have started before Mankind learned to write . |
| 15 | It is the greatest mistake I have ever made . |
| 16 | Of all the host countries , there is the greatest possibility in Syria , as in 1949 , that the Palestine refugee population could be resettled and persuaded to accept its lot as a permanent part of the host country . |
| 17 | It is also a vindication of the lesson Weill , though one of Berlin 's most intellectual musicians , had taken from his mentor : ‘ My teacher Busoni , at the end of his life , hammered into me one basic truth which he had arrived at after 50 years pure aestheticism — the fear of triviality is the greatest handicap for the modern artist , it is the main reason why ‘ modern ’ music got more and more removed from reality . ’ |
| 18 | These figures , perhaps , go some way to dispute the widely-expressed view that Pipe is the greatest jump trainer in racing history . |
| 19 | HOW the Moores family made their massive mint is the greatest success story of the century . |
| 20 | Having read this novel , each page crammed full of description , mystery more than enough content to keep you reading , I agree that Great Expectations is the Greatest novel written in English . |
| 21 | Many critics claim the ‘ Great Expectations ’ is the greatest novel ever written in English and after reading and studying the book , I would have to agree with them . |
| 22 | I would definitely agree with the critics who say that ‘ Great Expectations ’ is the greatest novel written in English . |
| 23 | He is the greatest athlete of all time in my book . ’ |
| 24 | Nonetheless great as the good is that is done to other people , always it is the giver that is the greatest gainer . |
| 25 | The alleviation of poverty , sickness and hunger is the greatest goal that mankind can achieve . |
| 26 | What is the greatest percentage you find ? |
| 27 | When they had finished , Haydn turned to Leopold and said : ‘ As God is my witness , and as a man of honour , I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me , either personally or by reputation . |
| 28 | There remains truth in the adage , ’ The devil makes work for idle hands ’ ; and I assert that lack of hope is the greatest recruiting officer for all criminal activity . |
| 29 | FATHER-of-four Ken Jackson is the greatest dad in the world . |
| 30 | FATHER-of-four Ken Jackson is the greatest dad in the world . |