Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] great " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I know the piece ’ , he wrote ; ‘ it is a very silly play and the translation will have to be altered a great deal if it is to work as an opera …
2 I was lucky to be given a great deal of freedom with the first draft .
3 You wo n't be given a great deal of feedback in that session , just enough to get you going .
4 ‘ We are going to be seeing a great deal of him . ’
5 He is a good midfielder but without the goals he 'll never really be considered a great player .
6 As Guthrie foresaw and wrote to me after attending an early performance : I feel confident that Gloriana will survive and be considered a great work … that disastrous miscalculation of opening it to an audience and on an occasion that required an all-star Iolanthe will set it back twenty years .
7 Our working relationship , I am sure , would be made a great deal easier . ’
8 As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive .
9 From the fact that the whaler was lying stopped in the water and that Cousteau , his hand resting idly on the tiller , appeared to be expressing no great degree of interest in anything , it was obvious that his wait had been a vain one , a fact he confirmed on his arrival on the bridge .
10 Nevertheless , the word continues to be used a great deal , even by those who do not wish to pinpoint its meaning .
11 All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’
12 If the eighteenth century is often described by architectural historians as the great age of the English house , the Victorian period might equally well be called the great age of the English home .
13 It used to be called the Great Western railway , which was built in the 1830s under the guidance of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel .
14 Although she will not be running a great deal , I think she will win a decent prize and could easily prove top flight .
15 We shall be doing a great deal of work in the coming months to discourage the government from taking a decision which would send book prices soaring and seriously damage the health of the trade . ’
16 They never seem to be having a great time .
17 We should be spending a great deal of our time making children into heroes , identifying good work , putting good examples of work on display and bringing it to the attention of others .
18 While not stated overtly by most interviewees , although some were asked specifically about this , there was a tendency to use the word ‘ friend ’ to signify a pre-heroin relationship , whereas phrases such as ‘ this guy I know ’ and ‘ a bloke who lives around the corner ’ were used to describe a post-heroin use relationship even though the user might be spending a great deal of time with that person on a daily basis .
19 ‘ We seem to be spending a great deal of time apologising to one another these days .
20 But there will be a great many more , soon , and they 'll be asking a great many questions . ’
21 Here 's me who should already be starting the Great Southern and Western in Dublin , and the chief away .
22 In traffic terms however , these streets are quiet , safe and free from excessive through travel and aggressive driving ; as such they must be judged a great improvement on what went before .
23 In its narrow streets are to be found the great architectural masterpieces of Fatamid and Mamaluke Cairo .
24 He never needed any encouragement in these moral quests , and my guess is that the recent favourable publicity about him means we will be hearing a great deal more of the Preacher from Plains .
25 Despite its importance and grade II* listing , the treatment it has received in recent years has been disgraceful , and it is to be hoped a great many lessons will have been learnt about how to deal with irresponsible owners of such important listed buildings .
26 No doubt you will be putting a great deal of time and effort into the arrangements for your wedding , ensuring that your chosen colour theme and style are just right .
27 Does not that mean that we should be putting a great deal more money into such research or is it to remain the Cinderella of medicine for ever ?
28 I feel that if I am not with her I will be making a great mistake , missing a real opportunity .
29 Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do .
30 Although I listened with interest to the case adduced by the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Committee which has made the recommendations , I still believe that the House would be making a great mistake to accept the motion , for it would add to the automatic nature , as it were , of debates and would play into the hands of the Government of the day , thereby strengthening their position over that of the House .
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