Example sentences of "[adv] great [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ floating cloche ’ makes it possible to cover much greater areas of plants for the same outlay .
2 Results show a much greater variation of readings at stone circle sites compared with the control locations , but , for the patterns and cycles involved to be defined , long-term continuous monitoring at numerous sites will have to take place .
3 Failure to do that would mean a much greater cost in terms of lost hopes and demoralisation .
4 There are now great opportunities for independent producers to sell their programmes to new television channels and international markets , and there is much greater choice for viewers as a result .
5 A reasonably typical example is provided by Kenchester , where the early ribbon development , extending over some 700 m ( 2300 ft ) , was apparently modified in the course of the second century by a much greater concentration of streets within the defended enclosure ( see fig. 15 ) .
6 But when they were originally written erm I think it were f seen as fairly low key but now they 've taken , assumed a much greater importance in terms of them being the actual service specification for the new careers services under the , the employment legislation .
7 Where London sees this in terms of restoring some increased role to Westminster MPs , Bonn envisages a much greater role for Members of the European Parliament .
8 This has made it possible to keep much greater numbers of animals in much greater stocking densities in intensive housing , and it is this that has made factory-farming possible .
9 Suppose , first , that what is true to a limited extent of pain were true to a much greater extent of feelings of hot and cold .
10 Whereas it seems unlikely that these concerns have penetrated school syllabuses , it is possible , given the much greater autonomy of institutions of higher education , that they have had a greater influence on higher education syllabuses .
11 Perhaps more interestingly , it indicated general practitioners ' overall high level of satisfaction with the quality of community health services but identified a wish for a much greater volume of services to be provided .
12 So there are successes in Horizons Agency , you just have to at the moment by the difficulties in finding the necessary funding to cater for people who are not great achievers in terms of output funding .
13 As we all know , there is still great prejudice among speakers of RP against other accents such as Cockney , and in England the correct accent is a mark of social acceptability .
14 And finally the determination of his crews to influence an ever greater weight of bombs to be left in the right place in Germany .
15 The still greater rarity of references to the economic activities of grandmothers than of grandfathers reflects the shrinking participation of married women in paid work at this time .
16 As a consequence , Sayers introduced the concept of metal straps between alternate segments which allowed the achievement of still greater power at efficiencies of some 50 per cent .
17 To some extent the far greater proportion of farms with large numbers of sheep in Powys , and the much higher proportion of small sheep farms in Cantal , reflects the historically much smaller size of French farms ( including those in the LFAs ) , as illustrated in Table 11 .
18 We have to have a far greater tolerance of difference and a far greater respect for differences of view .
19 Thus , while the far greater number of ratepayers in the open villages meant that there was no disincentive to build houses , those that were built quickly became decrepit rural slums .
20 It claims for all women a far greater potential in terms of powers and skills than any woman has ever demonstrated .
21 This last disappointment bestowed proportionately greater importance upon developments in the southern sector .
22 The declining number of school leavers , many of whom enter nursing , will result in an even greater shortage of students of nursing than was experienced in the late 1960s .
23 Equally , members of the European Parliament will welcome Bonn 's decision to extend its role , which may encourage demands for an even greater transfer of powers from national parliaments to Strasbourg .
24 The reasons for this are difficult to establish but it may well be that the university expansion coincided with an even greater expansion of candidates with A levels , with the result that competition for university places did not ease .
25 East Lindsey is an area of Lincolnshire blessed with a very great variety of attractions of interests .
26 Mr. Levy has very great experience of cases of this type and Ward J. suggested that he be consulted .
27 This would also account for the significantly greater proportion of women in group A , as the incidence of gall stones is higher in women than men and in this study the excess of patients with gall bladder calculi was made up by women .
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