Example sentences of "be [verb] a 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 | An ordinary NHS patient can ask to be given a greater degree of privacy in a separate room if it is not needed on medical grounds for other patients , and can pay for the privilege . |
| 3 | During the summit , Heads of Government will decide whether the European regions should be given a greater role in decision making in the Community . |
| 4 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 5 | In Germany , too , pressures for the Reichstag to be given a greater say in the conduct of foreign policy could be felt . |
| 6 | I was lucky to be given a great deal of freedom with the first draft . |
| 7 | You wo n't be given a great deal of feedback in that session , just enough to get you going . |
| 8 | ‘ We are going to be seeing a great deal of him . ’ |
| 9 | He is a good midfielder but without the goals he 'll never really be considered a great player . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the same way he himself seemed to be acquiring a greater and greater starkness , and soon after settling into Carlyle Mansions the order of his new life emerged . |
| 12 | The general thrust of policy guidelines seems to be to encourage a greater contribution from the voluntary sector . |
| 13 | Our working relationship , I am sure , would be made a great deal easier . ’ |
| 14 | As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the word continues to be used a great deal , even by those who do not wish to pinpoint its meaning . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | If you suspect you will be facing a greater daemon spare no effort to acquire the Banishment spell . |
| 18 | Although she will not be running a great deal , I think she will win a decent prize and could easily prove top flight . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 21 | They never seem to be having a great time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ We seem to be spending a great deal of time apologising to one another these days . |
| 25 | But there will be a great many more , soon , and they 'll be asking a great many questions . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Because the institutions will generally be taking a greater commercial risk ( by subscribing or lending much larger amounts than management ) one would expect to see the institutions paying less per share . |
| 30 | 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 . |