Example sentences of "be great [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 Other people have sworn by the virtues of Figi or Scorpion skis ( only around 65cm long ) but these sink too much at slow speeds , though they 're great fun for the occasional skirmish .
2 There are n't too many movies these days that are great fun for parents and kids . ’
3 In addition , of course , there are great demand for increased information .
4 At just 34p to all international destinations Aerogrammes are great value for money , and the easiest way to get your message across .
5 ‘ You 'd be great company for me , and you 'd just love it , I know you would . ’
6 Edward G. Robinson had been good in the previous year 's Little Caesar and there was to be great acclaim for the explicitness of the following year 's Scarface but it was Cagney 's 1931 performance in The Public Enemy that occasioned the most significant debate .
7 There always appears to be great competition for food on these waters and very often it is just a case of the more successful angler reducing the odds against catching the larger fish .
8 The original documents are themselves artefacts , and there can be great value for pupils in seeing and even handling parchment and yellowed paper .
9 There 'll be great trouble for her .
10 Outside Rangoon there is great competition for the title of Burma 's most devastated town .
11 Test opener Mark Taylor , one of four Aussies who attended the FA Cup final at Wembley , is likely to miss out and there is great competition for batting places .
12 If the potential business is valuable enough , or of the deficiencies are such that they can be convinced that improvement will improve their trading prospects as a whole , then there is great scope for negotiation to seek changes that will satisfy requirements .
13 If acceptance can be achieved at this level , then there is great scope for development .
14 Much of the savings , in the official view , will arise from the new structure 's needs for fewer managers , but even that is less than convincing for there is great scope for an increase in bureaucracy , from the need to dispatch the business deriving from the newly acquired functions to the formation of twice the number of existing education , roads and social work departments . ’
15 As he rightly suggested , there is great scope for local initiatives to increase awareness , particularly among young people , of the dangers of carrying knives and offensive weapons and to encourage the safe disposal of those weapons .
16 There is great scope for the study of " value-laden " words and terms .
17 Environmentalists also point out that there is no need to expand Russia 's overall energy-generating capacity because there is great scope for conservation measures .
18 There is great scope for a company of classically trained dancers performing modern work with the leading European choreographers . ’
19 In beautifully landscaped settings , this unique zoo is great fun for all the family .
20 This rag doll treatment of our things is great fun for him .
21 Armies are not as feared by Western nations as they are by countries in Latin or South American countries ( to which I will refer later ) , in fact in the UK , by an attempt to cut government spending , it was revealed that there is great support for the army .
22 It carries such a weight of ideology , however , that there is great room for misunderstanding .
23 This three and half star hotel is great value for money .
24 As a low-cost learning toy , water is great value for money .
25 ‘ I think there is great potential for nursing which has got lost in all the hype about hospitals . ’
26 It is hoped that this will continue in an atmosphere of sharing , as there is great potential for future development .
27 Such an organisational structure entails long chains of command , with the consequence that there is great potential for the distortion of instructions from senior managers as they pass down the hierarchy .
28 ‘ There is great potential for us to build on this foundation , a process we are just beginning . ’
29 With a population of 30 million there is great potential for business links with Britain and I want Darlington to benefit .
30 With a population of 30 million there is great potential for business links with Britain and I want Darlington to benefit .
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