Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] [prep] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | This finding is of great interest with regard to the postvagotomy stomach . |
| 2 | This story is of great importance to both Mark and Matthew . |
| 3 | Even without elaborate camouflage markings , this immobility is of great value to prey species because the eyes of prowling killers are more sensitive to movements than to static shapes . |
| 4 | For the eight-year-old Louis-Napoleon , this episode was of great importance for it provided his only memorable contact with his uncle . |
| 5 | A very high proportion are of great antiquity , including prehistoric field monuments such as Maiden Castle , prehistoric structures such as Stonehenge , Roman monuments , such as Wroxeter and parts of Hadrian 's Wall , and a large number of medieval buildings . |
| 6 | This point is of great significance in so far as any increase in the value of partnership property belongs to the firm . |
| 7 | This event was of great significance for the development of landscapes on a continental scale because it led to the establishment of new base levels for continental erosion . |
| 8 | This service is of great benefit to the gardens . |
| 9 | As there was at that time no one else to take up the cudgels nationally on their behalf this service was of great value to the deaf and dumb population , and is no doubt one explanation for the BDDA surviving its early difficult years . |
| 10 | The historical collection is of great value to researchers and publishers working on plant collecting , biogeography , and other historical research , but it is separated from the documentary archival material held in the Library . |
| 11 | These are a relic of the independent existence of Medieval Serbia when this territory was of great importance in the Balkan Peninsula at a time when the Byzantine Empire was at a low ebb . |
| 12 | This information is of great importance in planning national transplant services . |
| 13 | Adequate training is of great importance for all those engaged in this work . |
| 14 | This idea is of great benefit in examinations . |
| 15 | His association with the New English Weekly was of great value , and lent considerable prestige , to that minority journal , because some of those connected with it were decidedly eccentric , unpractical and in need of guidance . |
| 16 | This fact is of great importance , for it carries within it irrefutable evidence that whatever definition of ‘ god ’ is finally accepted , mankind must be , if not the sole architect of it , then at least to have had a very considerable influence on it . |
| 17 | While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor . |
| 18 | While financial resources and technical equipment are of great importance in the effort to establish and operate an adequate information and communication capability , it is skilled personnel who constitute the most critical factor . |
| 19 | The whole simple interior is of great beauty . |
| 20 | The interaction of chance and personal agency is of great importance in Masefield 's adventure novels : dogged by ill fortune , by evil coincidence , by accident , his heroes face the odds in a way that is both practical and ideal . |
| 21 | The Darlington eight-rink team was in great form against a combined Nottingham and Somerset side with outstanding performances from Lee Shepherd , Ken Abbott , Cec Houghton , Alan Moore , Eddie Taylor , Frank Elgie , Colin Young and Graham Peacock who had decisive victories after a flying start . |
| 22 | It must not be forgotten , however , that although a particular period may contain a low proportion of defective items , if publications from that period are in great demand , a larger number of defective items from that period may be issued ( and may suffer further damage ) than from a less popular period , even if the latter contains a higher proportion of items in need of repair . |
| 23 | While the need to protect old people and their carers from unwarrantable intrusion is of great importance , it would seem that there is a strong case for new legal provisions to afford better mechanisms for protecting old , abused people , in the community and in residential care . |
| 24 | The nature of the processes causing this longshore drift is of great importance in understanding many constructional shoreline forms . |
| 25 | The second major problem which follows from the conventional categorization is of great sociological interest . |
| 26 | When this situation exists the freedom to protest outside the parliamentary system is of great importance to such minorities . |
| 27 | ‘ Technological capability is of great interest to the customer but above all he wants a quality product at what is perceived to be value for money . |
| 28 | He did not believe that long discussion was of great value , rather that a considered insight or idea produced far more than a wealth of verbal expression . |
| 29 | A search for minerals in short supply was carried out and deposits of potash and mica were discovered , assessed and exploited , the latter material being of great importance in aircraft production . |
| 30 | Percussion instruments of indefinite pitch are of great variety — many different drums , idiophones of metal , glass , or wood , played by striking , shaking , stroking , or scraping . |