Example sentences of "with a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is a sense in which a rehearsal is the process of coming to terms with a great resistance . |
| 2 | A house with a great man in it and an old woman and a cat , that runs itself ? ’ |
| 3 | There was always something faintly implausible , on either side of the Atlantic , about confusing a critic with a great man . |
| 4 | The huge ship hit our tiny boat with a great crash . |
| 5 | When asked what his biggest weakness would be he replies , with a great laugh , ‘ My record . ’ |
| 6 | Analyses of science teaching ( see reference 6 ) have shown tendencies for the preferred style to be subject-dependent but with a great range within each subject . |
| 7 | In some cases geographers are adapting techniques , as in the use of soil micro-organisms as an indicator of the relationship between land use change and soil characteristics ( Maltby , 1975 ) and developing techniques with a great range of applications based upon magnetic susceptibility ( e.g. Oldfield , 1983a ) and dating using 210 Pb which is of great accuracy and value for recent sediments ( Appleby and Oldfield , 1978 ) , and particularly enhanced the study of lakes and their drainage basins ( Oldfield , 1977 ) and these developments are referred to also in chapter 6 ( p. 124 ) . |
| 8 | Man also has to cope with a great range of natural disasters , like earthquakes , hurricanes and volcanoes — other topics studied in Geography . |
| 9 | When it does , when the populace is stirred with a great idea — for good or evil — then such philosophy is never the same again . |
| 10 | Our first day on Martinque was rounded off with a great beach party with music provided by a local band . |
| 11 | He stood , and with a great sweep of his hand , bowed , said ‘ servus ’ , and drew out a chair for his lady guest . |
| 12 | One day I disturbed three separate males and was feeling thoroughly frustrated and incompetent when I saw a magnificent bull , silhouetted on a ridge against the setting sun , a graceful , powerful body with a great sweep of spiralling horns . |
| 13 | Mary 's heart was enlarged with a great vision of God who comes to overthrow the oppressor and rescue the poor . |
| 14 | The animal thrashed with the sudden pain , and sounded with a great gout of water tinged with blood . |
| 15 | Next morning I was sitting on the garage roof watching starlings squabbling on the lawn and wondering if they were too busy to have noticed me , when they suddenly took off with a great rush of wings . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's the tables done , ’ Sally said , coming in with a great draught that stirred the fire and puffed curls of smoke from under the mantel-shelf . |
| 17 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 18 | Miller admitted : ‘ They are the dangermen , with a great scoring record . |
| 19 | We got there and the Lieutenant Commander Captain who looked about thirty two or thirty three ah was about six foot two with a great shock of blond hair and of course I immediately nicknamed him Admiral because he looked Germanic |
| 20 | When they discovered this famous Plowden sentence about the importance of the child at the top of this chapter , they welcomed it with a great sigh of relief . |
| 21 | Finally and with a great sigh , Robyn forced herself into action . |
| 22 | She opened the surgery door and Helen greeted her with a great sigh of relief . |
| 23 | Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village , and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions . |
| 24 | It 's inserted into the poem in two ways : first the devils are identified with the pagan gods — they are introduced , indeed , with a great fanfare in the first book and given all sorts of classical erm and oriental names , and Milton explains to us that of course it was the devils themselves who managed to disperse this tradition that that 's who they really were ; and second , and though less central and less impressive in its poetic results , is perhaps the second device which is more interesting when we think of the poem in terms of Milton 's personal involvement . |
| 25 | Red Mars is one of those ‘ crossover ’ titles , with a great cover and a story that will appeal to the Tom Clancy/techno-thriller market . |
| 26 | He 'd often do that , ’ she added defensively , ‘ go off with a great pile of scripts , looking for his next show . |
| 27 | It left her with a great admiration for the contemplatives , even if God still has to forcibly take her by the scruff of the neck and put tier in a position where she has no option but to be still on occasion . |
| 28 | france crashing out at almost exactly 90 minutes with a great goal from kostadinov ( FC Porto , Portugal ) — that was fucking amazing when you think of that they went down to israel also at home in almost the same manner ( the other goals in this match was also a joy to watch — canto who said he never play in paris again was seen playing and scoring at least on my telly ) |
| 29 | They covered the bottles with a great heap of sand . |
| 30 | He took her to the deserted camp laundry : a large hut with a great copper the size of a steam-engine , a line of deep sinks , and rows of drying lines . |