Example sentences of "a great [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ormanroyd that 's a great header to win . |
| 2 | ‘ In Britain there is a great willingness to work ecumenically and a longing to find ways that we can actually share in the tasks that there are within the country . |
| 3 | This mean prostration has , I imagine , contributed in a great measure to raise that spirit of insolence among the vulgar which , like the devil , will be very difficult to lay . |
| 4 | The provincial presses , though they may lag behind their metropolitan brothers in equipment and technique , have a great story to tell . |
| 5 | City had a great chance to go ahead after 33 minutes but Carlyle , with only the keeper to beat , shot weakly at a grateful Henderson . |
| 6 | In 51 minutes Ian Ferguson crashed in a fierce 20 yarder which flew wide and Rangers missed a great chance to go ahead when Murdoch saved a Hateley penalty kick , after the keeper had been penalised for bringing down the big attacker . |
| 7 | And we did it first half , and when we were in possession , we were winning it in their sort of last third of the field , and that was giving us a great chance to create scoring chances and that 's what we 've done again today which has worked very well . |
| 8 | ‘ This gives us a great chance to put things right . ’ |
| 9 | One minute before the break Dundee had a great chance to equalise when Dodds broke through , but Maxwell got a hand to the attempted lob . |
| 10 | ‘ An expedition such as this is very good experience for students , ’ Kate added , ‘ Most zoology students do n't get such a great chance to visit an area as remote as the Serrania . ’ |
| 11 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 12 | She has been well taken care of by one of our professional crews , and offers a great chance to achieve one of these popular yachts . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've got games in hand and a great chance to end the season with a flourish . ’ |
| 14 | Boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ We have two home games after Southampton and it gives us a great chance to cement a top six place . ’ |
| 15 | This was a great chance to meet the family . |
| 16 | The East Lothian man missed a great chance to add a match-winning third shot and paid for his miss when Biggs took the shot on the next and deciding end . |
| 17 | The Scot picked up a double on the sixth end despite failing with a great chance to add a third with his last bowl , drew a match-saving shot on the next end and then produced the shot of the match . |
| 18 | The Scot picked up a double on the sixth end despite failing with a great chance to add a third with his last bowl , drew a match-saving shot on the next end and then produced the shot of the match . |
| 19 | It 's traditional Club 18–30 at its best — the time of your life at a price anybody can afford , and a great chance to make new friends in the sunshine . |
| 20 | In 1533 the Company of Leathersellers offered Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn a great banquet to celebrate Anne 's coronation on Whit Sunday in Westminster Hall . |
| 21 | Ten years later Darius 's son Xerxes led a great invasion to conquer Greece for the empire . |
| 22 | I feel the media have a great responsibility to inform the public in ways they can understand , how great the challenge is becoming and the need to make changes before it is too late . |
| 23 | Where it is good , it has a great ability to draw people into church . |
| 24 | The agency has a great ability to retain its clients . |
| 25 | Victor Sierra 's ‘ rubber band ’ possesses a great ability to frighten the life out of a pilot flying her for the first time , by apparently stopping if and whenever the revs drop below 1800 , when the most horrendous mixture-timing ‘ flat-spot ’ occurs and it all goes quiet up front . |
| 26 | For most people , this is a great hurdle to overcome . |
| 27 | Gavin , who chose The Crusades , 1095–1154 , as his final specialist subject , said : ‘ It came as a great surprise to win . |
| 28 | As a bowler at Middlesex , Tuffers has a great tradition to live up to . |
| 29 | According to Roger of Howden the fact that crusaders were exempted from paying the Saladin Tithe meant that the publication of the edict of Le Mans was followed by a great rush to take the cross . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad . |