Example sentences of "attract a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes in the course occur because of the need to attract a great number of students ; recently there has been a move to introduce a greater element of electronics in the course because |
| 2 | Nicholson , at this point , was in the news through the acclaim being bestowed upon him for Easy Rider , and his first taste of stardom was received with some apprehension ; his on-screen connections with marijuana and LSD also attracted a great deal of media coverage ; serious press interviews , with him personally as the focus and centre of attention , were also unfamiliar territory into which he ventured nervously , almost unsure of what he was going to say and how he was going to express his feelings and opinions ; he had plenty , and serious ones at that . |
| 3 | Since it first appeared , Althusser 's work has attracted a great deal of attention , and his opponents have focussed in particular on his holist stance . |
| 4 | Rousseau as a theorist of democracy has attracted a great deal of hostile commentary , in particular from writers who see " totalitarian " implications in Du Contrat Social , or even a blueprint for what has been termed " totalitarian democracy " . |
| 5 | The general practice fundholding scheme , which was introduced as part of the package of organisational reforms to the NHS in April 1991 , has attracted a great deal of comment . |
| 6 | Her importance as a future Queen Consort naturally attracted a great deal of attention in 1980 and through to that summer of 1981 . |
| 7 | Free range chicken production has recently attracted a great deal of interest from our friends in Brussels and for months now a battle royal has been going on to tie up the system of rearing birds to a ‘ given ’ free range name . |
| 8 | These classes are widely known by the label ‘ comprador ’ though this term has attracted a great deal of criticism . |
| 9 | Over the last two decades the study of code switching has attracted a great deal of interest from researchers working in different areas of linguistics . |
| 10 | Sir Steven Brown , the President of the High Court family division said the case involving the children had attracted a great deal of publicity . |
| 11 | The recently completed and award winning St Mary 's Field development in Wallingford by Salthorp attracted a great amount of attention during its construction . |
| 12 | Because he was so old and feeble , Baxter 's imprisonment attracted a great deal of sympathy from many people , and was becoming an embarrassment to the authorities . |
| 13 | John 's recovery attracted a great deal of media attention in Australia . |
| 14 | Hahnemann 's theory of miasms attracted a great deal of scorn and scepticism in his day , and this attitude has tended to persist , particularly in orthodox medical circles . |
| 15 | The event was organised by Kate Arklay and Diane Bennett and attracted a great response from both knitters local to the area as well as those from further afield . |
| 16 | The important judicial dignities in Edinburgh attracted a great deal of competitive interest , and men watched the health of the incumbents closely in order to be sure to be first to ask for the vacant place in the event of a death . |
| 17 | They were thus inspired to assume flower names , and attracted a great deal of attention and interest — precisely , in fact , what they had previously been denied . |
| 18 | Because of this and because the colony was committed to religious toleration for everybody , it attracted a great many immigrants . |
| 19 | As soon as it was launched in 1986 the East London Compact attracted a great deal of attention from people wishing to learn how a local Partnership between Education and Industry could work to enhance the educational experiences and vocational opportunities of young people . |
| 20 | Although the specific physiological mechanism which they proposed to explain the effect , based on Livingston 's ( 1967a , 1967b ) ‘ Now Print ! ’ theory has attracted little support , the basic demonstration of a surprising ability to report such memories even after considerable delays attracted a great deal of interest and has now been found in a large number of studies ( e.g. Bohannon , 1988 ; Christianson , 1989 ; Colegrove , 1899 ; McCloskey , Wible & Cohen , 1988 ; Pillemer , 1984 ; Winograd & Killinger , 1983 ; Yarmey & Bull , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | Well I became aware of the University of Sussex when the Gardener Centre first opened I think , because at that time I was working at the Arts Council of Great Britain and it was erm an innovative scheme which attracted a great deal of national interest , and we were naturally invited down to have a look at it , both the design and the programme that was being planned for the opening season at that time . |
| 22 | Increased tutorial fees would not , I think , attract a great deal more people to our work . |
| 23 | When the villu is full , the reedy margins attract a great many wading birds such as the Ceylon black-winged stilt which , like many of the island 's 380 birds , is a unique subspecies . |
| 24 | Field archaeology attracts a great deal of interdisciplinary interest since it offers so many varied and interesting problems . |
| 25 | Attracts a great deal of attention , erm , from theorists , but in er , in reality , it 's not as common as some lobby groups might suggest that it is . |
| 26 | Large cities are powerful magnets attracting a great many people . |
| 27 | And the city 's Greensight Project , started by the Rural Preservation Organisation , is now attracting a great deal of attention . |
| 28 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 29 | Cranking the aircraft around in order to spot the rest of the attacking aircraft and determine the damage caused to the target , the Blenheim stayed in the Bremen area for 10 minutes , attracting a great deal of flak and being hit about 20 times . |
| 30 | Of course , it was n't made any easier by the fact that Jack was attracting a great deal of interest , anyway . |