Example sentences of "[art] great [noun] for [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 TODAY is a great day for everyone at Vauxhall 's Ellesmere Port plant .
2 Your orders are clear and sensible and without arrogance , and you have a great enthusiasm for everything you do . ’
3 He said : ‘ It 's a great honour for everyone .
4 Dave 's verdict : certainly not a technical tent with high tech fabrics , but a great tent for someone who wants a reasonably priced geodesic dome with good internal space for campsite camping .
5 The work has been quite hard , actually little short of the 24 hours ' teaching a week which I originally feared we might have to teach , but it 's a pity not to offer the course as we prepared it in Peking , complete with extra lectures , as there seems to be a great demand for anything we teach , which is understandable considering that it 's a chance of a lifetime for some of the teachers ; in fact , some have never spoken to a foreigner in their lives before !
6 When there is a great wish for something to be true but the evidence for it is not yet complete , it can require great strength to resist the pressure to say more than the data warrant .
7 ‘ It went much better for me on Sunday and the result is a great boost for everybody . ’
8 With the coming of palaeontology , the museum was a great resource for anybody interested in reconstructing fossil creatures .
9 Holmgren , though , is being careful not to raise expectations : ‘ We are in a position to make the play-offs and that is a great thing for everybody .
10 The worst bit was coming over the runway for the landing when I felt that I was no longer in control , but he made a perfect landing … a great landing for anyone , but incredible for someone who had never flown before . ’
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