Example sentences of "have be a great success " in BNC.

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1 Finally , the Gatwick Express service between London ( Victoria ) and Gatwick Airport was launched by InterCity in May 1984 and has been a great success .
2 And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ?
3 The privatization of industries , ranging from Britoil to British Gas , British Telecom and British Steel , has been a great success , partly because they have touched a public nerve , but also because the share issues have usually been made at below market value .
4 I very much agree with my hon. Friend that local management of schools has been a great success .
5 The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million .
6 The centre has been a great success since opening its doors a year ago and looks forward to celebrating many more birthdays .
7 ‘ The scheme has been a great success — so much so we have decided to continue it , ’ he said .
8 DUNE , Christian Dior 's latest perfume , has been a great success .
9 A DIGITAL counting system to prevent overcrowding at Perry 's Brasserie in Beaumont Street , Darlington has been a great success , staff said yesterday The scheme was introduced last month after environmental health inspectors made a surprise visit and found about 930 people inside the capacity is 725 .
10 Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right .
11 With a trading profit for C&P last year of £473 million on sales of £4.2 billion [ 9 per cent up on 1986 ] , there can now be no doubt that the move has been a great success and that the thinking behind it was sound .
12 The visit should have been a great success for both the tall and the short mavericks of the respective alliances .
13 Deemed to have been a great success , the HAA indicated that this sort of event would become a regular part of their work — being an extension of their long declared task , to increase the fund of knowledge relating to the operation and display of historic aircraft .
14 ‘ Your interviews seem to have been a great success , ’ said Melissa casually as she helped herself to cheese .
15 Since it had been a great success when read aloud to ‘ our local club ’ , Tolkien had absolute confidence in submitting it to the publisher of The Hobbit , Stanley Unwin .
16 THE OPENING ceremony had been a great success .
17 His landscaping at Quernmore Park near Lancaster had been a great success , as was his probable design for Casterton Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale , which looks uncommonly like Leck .
18 THE Brownies ' Hallowe'en party had been a great success Carol had enjoyed every minute of it .
19 The small orchestra was ‘ feeble ’ , and Mozart wrote sadly to his wife that the concert had been a great success from the point of view of honour and glory , but a complete financial flop .
20 Kate said the evening had been a great success : it received plenty of local press coverage , the Rossendale Group increased its membership , and the Mayor agreed to donate £100 to Amnesty .
21 All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success .
22 This had been a great success in both countries not only for the deaf but for their hearing fellow citizens , who made " learning sign language " the second most popular study after English in adult education .
23 JC : Kenneth Green had designed our production of Cosi fan tutte which had been a great success .
24 Scotland coach Allan Hosie said the Pacific tour had been a great success considering eight Scots were on the British Lions tour and other players were not able to make the trip .
25 Generally the first year of the expanded Civic Theatre had been a great success .
26 The magazine , which featured a photograph of and comments from Sedgefield MP and employment spokesman Mr Tony Blair , had been a great success , said Miss Armstrong .
27 The committee was told a similar event in Stockton had been a great success .
28 The fiscal incentives for use of unleaded petrol have been a great success .
29 All the investments we 've made in clean room technology have been a great success and the new laminate tubes business is doing well now after a difficult start some years ago .
30 The key-fobs sent to each individual member and Group secretary during 1979 have been a great success with many people writing in to the office expressing their appreciation ; it is hoped to produce a further token during out 30th anniversary year .
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