Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] a great [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my experience a great number of these are people who lacked little in terms of orthodox belief or depth of experience but who have never understood why their faith is true . |
| 2 | I felt this was totally unjust : the reason I did n't like him was because he was a selfish and violent man who was causing my sister a great deal of misery . |
| 3 | There is at present in my business a great dislike of the bulk chemical businesses , and a great wish on the part of most people to shift out of them . |
| 4 | He had been causing my friend a great deal of trouble , so , to shut him up , he had you make an implant of the man committing a murder . |
| 5 | The area that is modern France displayed within its boundaries a great variation on the Romanesque architectural theme , since it was not one nation but a number of states whose buildings were influenced by climate , materials and purpose . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems strong enough , ’ he said , pressing into her hands a great hook of rusted iron . |
| 7 | The Group is rich in tradition and strong in resources offering to its employees a great deal of scope for a fulfilling and rewarding career . |
| 8 | Her father is in the government , her mother a great campaigner for under-privileged children . |
| 9 | His head had dropped forward and over his chest a great mat of blood had spread like a bib . |
| 10 | ‘ He 'll be a real help to the batsmen , and it will do his confidence a great deal of good . |
| 11 | Bob Sillitoe says that since he came back from Kilimanjaro he 's been looking for something else … another challenge … the climbing has given his son a great sense of confidence |
| 12 | ‘ It does n't strike me that Joe 's dad has given his son a great deal of thought this year , ’ I said , bluntly . |
| 13 | The response to this ad has illustrated what many of us suspect these days : there is in our industry a great wealth of under-utilised talent and experience which , far from regarding itself as unemployed and job hunting , is highly entrepreneurial and self-reliant . |
| 14 | Even during our period a great part of agriculture was conducted in ways which would have been quite familiar a hundred , even two hundred years earlier , which was natural since striking results could still be achieved by generalising the best methods known to pre-industrial farming . |