Example sentences of "had a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As far as the 1975 election is concerned VUPP had a greater proportion of seats than was warranted by its first preference vote for two reasons . |
| 2 | SM3 had a greater specificity for breast and lung tumours than NCRC-11 . |
| 3 | Those in more technical areas had a greater sense of optimism because they would leave university with practical training . |
| 4 | He has not , as a source , the shrewdness of his friend Charles Greville [ q.v. ] , nor the sharp asperity of his contemporary J. W. Croker [ q.v. ] ; but he had a greater sense of humour than either . |
| 5 | Nationalised industries were first set annual cash limits under a Labour administration , but the concept was in line with Conservative Government policy to cut direct taxation and release cash so that people ( voters ) had a greater choice with what to do with their money . |
| 6 | Standards were more likely to be improved , it was said , if parents had a greater choice of schools , and the new Technology Colleges were now to be among the choices on offer for those who lived in their catchment area . |
| 7 | This group of disturbed children also had a greater persistence of bedwetting . |
| 8 | Although it was more mundane than its northern contemporary , it had a greater influence on subsequent town planning because it was not conceived as industrial housing but as a genuine attempt to improve living conditions for the working classes and encourage independence . |
| 9 | Enabling service users and supporters — Staff noted that users tended to trust services more because of their relationship with their key worker and that service users generally had a greater say in what they required . |
| 10 | Most controls were from lower to mid-middle class , while the cases had a greater spread of social class . |
| 11 | Four of our six patients with active disease were on steroid therapy and they still had a greater absorption of PEGs than the patients in remission and controls . |
| 12 | This road had a greater significance in past centuries when it was the regular route to Skye , the way taken by Dr Johnson and Boswell in their tour of exploration ; a glance at the map shows that it followed a direct line from Shiel Bridge to Broadford across the Kylerhea ferry . |
| 13 | Thus we can see how Germany 's pro-natalist policies had a greater measure of success those in Italy . |
| 14 | Allegheny West had a greater percentage of units for which bond issue loans were allocated and a still greater percentage allocated to investors than its percentage of North Side units would account for . |
| 15 | Erm and when I looked at the figures , we had a greater percentage of institutions and pupils than the other sharer or partner in the process . |
| 16 | Now Tess had a greater problem . |
| 17 | At a recent meeting with some of my local farmers , I was most encouraged to see that they gave a far higher priority to and had a greater awareness of the need for better marketing . |
| 18 | Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future . |
| 19 | While it was doubtless a noble religion it still had a greater contribution to make to humanity . |
| 20 | This is emphasised by the fact that the Doric was the favourite order of the Greeks and was used above all others for important buildings ; to the Romans the Corinthian had a greater appeal . |
| 21 | The corpses now had a greater value . |
| 22 | The cottar , subsisting on an inadequate holding , had a greater need for cash earnings and more time to spare , but because he accepted the hierarchical consumption ethic of the village community his aspirations were lower , so that , although working longer , he did so at a lower intensity . |
| 23 | Yesterday Sudbury chairman Iain Hook said the club 's case was based on the fact the division four clubs had a greater need for support as a result of their geographical locations and inability to attract the same amount of outside backing as top clubs . |
| 24 | He had repeatedly demonstrated that he had a greater tolerance of G-forces than most other men ; Vologsky could take a full three minutes longer in the centrifuge chamber than any other member of his squadron . |
| 25 | However , even patients with ARF had a greater median carbamylated haemoglobin concentration than 20 subjects with normal renal function . |
| 26 | It is not surprising , therefore , that cultural influences from Italy have , until comparatively recently , had a greater effect than have those emanating from the Balkans . |
| 27 | Time had a greater effect on reducing the CCPR than did dietary calcium . |
| 28 | In the light of W. McCready 's findings in another study that the religious behaviour of the father had a greater impact on children , Greeley considered the fact that catholic schools were having an increasing influence on men to be of significant importance for the future of Roman catholicism in the USA ( 1976 : 173–5 ) . |
| 29 | Taken together with consultation with family members , this suggests that , when sectioned , family members had a greater impact on the length of admission . |
| 30 | These data suggest that unemployment had a greater impact on major illness ( sickness lasting three months or more ) over this decade than vice versa , although the effect is not tremendously powerful . |