Example sentences of "[vb pp] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1807 the British again returned to Madeira under the command of General Sir William Carr Beresford , who had already won a great reputation whilst still under forty years of age . |
| 2 | On 8 May 1429 the English abandoned the siege ; France , through Joan , had won a great moral victory . |
| 3 | Our friend Drummle has won a great prize ! |
| 4 | The rise of ‘ put-and-take ’ fisheries has paralleled a great explosion of interest in game fishing ; and as more and more people discover the delights of angling , tackle manufacturers have been quick to cash in on this growing demand . |
| 5 | She had earned a great deal of money from her swimming , which she then used to set up the Mercedes Gleitze Homes for Destitute Men and Women . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Her importance as a future Queen Consort naturally attracted a great deal of attention in 1980 and through to that summer of 1981 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | These classes are widely known by the label ‘ comprador ’ though this term has attracted a great deal of criticism . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Sir Steven Brown , the President of the High Court family division said the case involving the children had attracted a great deal of publicity . |
| 15 | Two consecutive wins and the signing of the year have lifted a great weight from the place . |
| 16 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 17 | By the turn of the century , which was only ten years since his first professional engagement , John Tiller had amassed a great fortune for himself whilst changing the lives of working-class girls by giving them good wages and a career . |
| 18 | This technique was originated by the Gestalt school , and since their early work experimental psychologists have amassed a great deal of information about which parameters influence the occurrence of apparent motion . |
| 19 | I would have thought that there would be an appreciable market for this CD , which , on a personal level , I have enjoyed a great deal . |
| 20 | In practice , writers on style have differed a great deal in their understanding of the subject , and one source of disagreement has been the question " To what or whom do we attribute style ? " |
| 21 | The lecture had kept her mind occupied all through breakfast , and had contained a great deal of sound advice on the best method of dealing with fitzAlan , which had not included embracing him as if he were in truth her husband . |
| 22 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 23 | Rhinos were also considered a great trophy from a day 's hunting . |
| 24 | Roasted Cave Squig is considered a great delicacy and captive Cave Squigs are kept as pets by Night Goblin Chieftains . |
| 25 | Tradition dies hard in the Hebrides and to be one of the guga hunters was considered a great privilege in Hess . |
| 26 | It was considered a great honour not only for Eva , but Salvation Army work as a whole . |
| 27 | Literary accomplishment was to be valued : all aspiring gentlemen were expected to know by heart the Gulistan ( The Rose Garden ) and Bustan ( The Orchard ) of Sa'di ; but more important still was grammatical correctness : ‘ In society the mirza should [ always ] try to guard against the shame of committing any mistake in conversation , for such incorrectness in speech is considered a great fault in a gentleman . ’ |
| 28 | He is a good midfielder but without the goals he 'll never really be considered a great player . |
| 29 | As Guthrie foresaw and wrote to me after attending an early performance : I feel confident that Gloriana will survive and be considered a great work … that disastrous miscalculation of opening it to an audience and on an occasion that required an all-star Iolanthe will set it back twenty years . |
| 30 | Immediately I saw that if Edward had mentioned that name it would have been deemed a great betrayal . |