Example sentences of "has been 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 . |