Example sentences of "great [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing so , he failed to appreciate the political impact on the British , who had put their faith in Skybolt as a way of maintaining the greatest measure of independence for their nuclear deterrent that was practicable at reasonable cost . |
| 2 | The economies of both Britain and France are currently undergoing major changes , and in both countries , this requires a great deal of flexibility in their respective labour forces . |
| 3 | That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was . |
| 4 | Men such as Syd obviously took a great deal of pride in their work — woe betide a fireman or fitter who did not do a good job ! |
| 5 | Luckily in all three of the situations outlined above , the carers have eventually discovered that support for them is available and this has made a great deal of difference to their lives . |
| 6 | ‘ Both put a great deal of time into their jobs , ’ Bloch says , ‘ and prefer rapid promotion to security and congenial work . |
| 7 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 8 | The Stotherts have invested a great deal of time in their house . |
| 9 | What is interesting about them is that while the development corporations acquired powers that gave them a great deal of autonomy within their own territories , there is today a variety of questions to be raised about the extent to which their ‘ success ’ was secured at the expense of other policies to which they ‘ ought ’ to have related . |
| 10 | Some struggled and cried and tried to escape , which caused a great deal of distress to their watching schoolfriends . |
| 11 | Given that any instance of one of these is erroneous , it is not worth putting a great deal of effort into their study . |
| 12 | This incident led Gattefossé to investigate the use of essential oils in skin conditions and to undertake a great deal of research into their medicinal use . |
| 13 | The Triton tubes are more expensive , but they provide a great deal of light for their size , they last a long time and they do not fade with age . |
| 14 | ‘ The unedifying scramble for a free judge causes great embarrassment to solicitors vis-a-vis their clients . ’ |
| 15 | Both had a great compassion for men in their frustrations , sufferings and lostness . |
| 16 | Perhaps the most famous weapon of the Franks was the sword : Frankish swords were in great demand across Europe for their balance and temper , and a number of restrictions were issued by Charlemagne controlling their export . |
| 17 | Having set off in great style from Salzburg in their own carriage , they were now so impecunious that they were obliged to sell it before the frontier and go on by postchaise . |
| 18 | They would not have a great choice of subjects in their fourth and fifth years . |
| 19 | They built a great number of cottages for their workpeople ; a Unitarian chapel for their spiritual welfare , a school for their children , and a mansion for themselves . |
| 20 | In fact , although the Gaels were dispersed over many lands and made a great contribution in relation to their numbers , the mass of Scottish emigrants were from the lowlands , including Ayrshire . |
| 21 | At the presentation , Sir Humphry did not pass up the chance to impress upon the business world the great value of science to their endeavours : ‘ Science , gentlemen , is of infinitely more importance to a state than may at first sight appear possible ; for no source of wealth and power can be entirely independent of it ; and no class of men are so well able to appreciate its advantages as that to which I am addressing myself . |
| 22 | In particular , the massive increase in car ownership from about 10 per cent in the early 1950s , to about 58 per cent of all urban households and around 70 per cent of rural households in 1982 ( Phillips and Williams , 1984 ) has let more and more rural people travel to a greater range of destinations at their own time and convenience . |
| 23 | Other movements in symphonies and chamber music may have a much greater degree of completeness in their melodies , especially slow movements and dance pieces such as minuets and scherzos . |
| 24 | In the more restricted circumstances in Britain , where such households are smaller and contacts between women in different households in some respects more difficult , women lose something of this support network although they may gain a greater degree of independence in their interactions with men . |
| 25 | Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future . |
| 26 | It is argued that this gives unions a greater degree of control over their members and greater bargaining strength . |
| 27 | It is hoped an Ada version of ANDF will allow government , defence and corporate procurers to exercise a much greater degree of control over their suppliers , by enabling them to separate hardware and software purchasing considerations . |
| 28 | Praxis argues ANDF will eventually allow government , defence and other large information technology procurers to exercise a much greater degree of control over their suppliers , by separating hardware and software purchasing considerations . |
| 29 | Several former advocates of behaviourist approaches have since changed their stance significantly , and begun to argue that all pupils , including those who experience difficulties in learning , should have a greater degree of control over their own learning ( Ainscow 1989 ) . |
| 30 | There were strong pressures from still further national minorities for a greater degree of control over their own affairs . |