Example sentences of "had a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future . |
| 4 | Taken together with consultation with family members , this suggests that , when sectioned , family members had a greater impact on the length of admission . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Blacks ( 48.9 per cent ) had a greater prevalence than whites ( 37.5 per cent ( P<0.05 ) and Asians ( 35.4 per cent(P<0.05) . |
| 8 | Females ( 49.1 per cent ) had a greater prevalence than males ( 33.0 per cent ) ( P<0.001 ) , a trend noted for all ethnic groups . |
| 9 | Those not receiving insulin therapy had a greater prevalence ( 45.6 per cent ) than those on insulin ( 30.7 per cent ) ( P<0.001 ) , although this relationship was not found in blacks in whom the prevalence of hypertension was similar regardless of the type of diabetic therapy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | While it was doubtless a noble religion it still had a greater contribution to make to humanity . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The political élite paid it more attention than it did radio , even though the latter had a greater importance insofar as size of audience was concerned . |
| 15 | No single book ever had a greater impact on pacifist thinking in Britain than Norman Angell 's The Great Illusion . |
| 16 | Those in more technical areas had a greater sense of optimism because they would leave university with practical training . |
| 17 | This group of disturbed children also had a greater persistence of bedwetting . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Of course the trade papers revelled in hyperbole but the claims that were being made had a greater validity than those that had been made for music-hall . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | SM3 had a greater specificity for breast and lung tumours than NCRC-11 . |
| 23 | That is , when asked which tree had more or when asked to make a tree so it had more , children responded appropriately : they picked out the tree with the greater number , and they added apples until the target tree had a greater number . |
| 24 | But when asked which tree had less , or to make one of two trees have less , children again chose the tree with more , and they added to the target tree until it had a greater amount than the other . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Most controls were from lower to mid-middle class , while the cases had a greater spread of social class . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This had a greater impact on Moscow since it was followed by the declaration on the neutrality of Laos on 23 July adopted by the states which participated in the Geneva Conference . |
| 29 | Now Tess had a greater problem . |
| 30 | 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 . |