Example sentences of "[noun] be a great [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Well , of course , dear old Fagg is a great man for believing whatever suits him and obviously the notion that this was an inside job is unlikely to appeal . |
| 32 | This was despite a strong sense that the man was unduly anxious about the outcome of his overture : anxiety is a great destroyer of response , and Frederica had no taste for being closed in a sleeping compartment with a worried man . |
| 33 | The sun was a great cauldron of red , painting the edges of clouds that swung round ponderously in the sky like a child 's mobile . |
| 34 | Reynolds was a great exponent of the idealized portrait typical of the day . |
| 35 | The battle was a great victory for the Knights of the Old World , made all the remarkable by a strange and prophetic occurrence . |
| 36 | Philip Bennet the second was a great friend of Ralph Allen , who , having made a fortune beyond realms with his stone quarries , began to build the gigantic Palladian palace in the adjoining Prior 's Park . |
| 37 | With the coming of palaeontology , the museum was a great resource for anybody interested in reconstructing fossil creatures . |
| 38 | Classical Corinth possessed some of the ingredients of Athenian-type democracy : she had what for Athens was a great catalyst of naval democracy , a colonial empire ( in the north-west and north-east ) , comparable to Athens ' possessions before 500 at Sigeion , the Chersonese and on Euboia at Chalkis . |
| 39 | Uncle certainly was , and Great-Uncle John Tallentire was a great admirer of Lloyd George . |
| 40 | The Labour leader , John Smith , in a tribute , said : ‘ Reg Underhill was a great servant of the Labour Party who devoted most of his life to the vital organisational work without which no political party can succeed . |
| 41 | Daily Post Editor Keith Ely said last night : ‘ These awards are a great achievement on the part of those involved and continue the paper 's winning record . ’ |
| 42 | Their courage in entering into the conflict and their presence of mind in circumstances in which they have been in enormous danger are a great tribute to the individuals themselves and to the institution that sent them . |
| 43 | Even after that , few people noticed the difference , and his mother confirms that both operations on his nose were a great disappointment to him . |
| 44 | SpinRite is a great source of information about drive types , including details on heads and cylinders |
| 45 | To me , this continuity is a great source of comfort in a world of change , tension and violence . |
| 46 | Hillsborough is a great stadium to be in when it 's almost full and you 've got a barnstorming derby to watch . |
| 47 | Danger is a great thing for getting the body to work ! |
| 48 | And I think the weight of public opinion is a great thing in our favour in our battle against pollution . |
| 49 | ‘ In the eyes of anyone who has noticed history , unruliness is a great virtue in mankind . |
| 50 | Keeping a balance between the competing needs was a great test of leadership and she was still only in her mid thirties . |
| 51 | Daukes was a great admirer of Pugan 's architecture , including St Marie 's Grange , though not of his high-minded religious ideas , ; he was very low church himself . |
| 52 | Tipsy cake was a great favourite of his . |
| 53 | Sir Louis was a great advocate for the cutters and in addition to the official cruises he often spent the odd informal day out with us , sometimes bringing his wife , family and little dog . |
| 54 | The medium of the films was a great escape for him . |
| 55 | The setting up of our branch in Sonsonate was a great occasion for us . |
| 56 | The publication of Forbes ' theory to explain the spread of arctic plants was a great disappointment to Lyell 's better-known disciple , Charles Darwin ( 1809–82 ) . |
| 57 | Our national and county display teams are a great asset to the Society but need to be seen by a much wider public to promote our work ( indoors ) . |
| 58 | Traditional stories are a great source of enjoyment , and those like ‘ The Three Bears ’ include mathematical ideas which might be explored in talk and creative work . |
| 59 | My childhood memories were a great source of strength to me after the members of my family died , one by one , and I was left to work the farm alone . |
| 60 | er , when you know you go home and lying on the doormat on the Friday night is a great tome of paper that came second post which made me out to be the biggest idiot philanderer , thief , cheat and liar in the world |