Example sentences of "[noun sg] be the great " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the high incidence of dangerous lobon-gur solutions was very worrying , especially since those unions in the Concentrated Reinforcement Programme were the greatest offenders . |
| 2 | The other factor we should also bear in mind is the great majority of the people are not only not interested , they 're basically hostile the whole business and I think that members may not have really noticed if they looked at the European newspaper , the highest ever figure , fifty three percent of all the people of Britain are now totally and completely opposed to the whole business of the E C , they do n't think it 's a good idea . |
| 3 | To be set against the longitudinal study is the greater cost although , of course , the basic need to define population and sample is common to both . |
| 4 | By far the most interesting room in the complex is the Great Hall on the first floor , where degrees are conferred . |
| 5 | ‘ But a girl 's wedding 's the greatest day of her life . |
| 6 | Religion was the greatest difficulty : the thin crust of philosophic theism was hardly capable of containing the wilder emotions of prophecy , ecstasy , mystery and ritual cruelty . |
| 7 | The famous Swedish Don Giovanni , John Forsell , declared that the young Tauber was the greatest Ottavio he had ever heard , and he was noted for the intense conviction with which he declaimed to his Donna Anna ( in the German text then still generally in use , even at festivals ) the solemn oath , ‘ Ich schwöre ’ . |
| 8 | The result was the greatest phenomenon in the history of chess : three sisters , Zsuzsa , Zsofia and Judit Polgar , all of whom have achieved Grandmaster results in their teens . |
| 9 | The result was the great British compromise ; Tawell would be charged with the lesser crime of possessing a forged bond rather than actually forging it . |
| 10 | Labour was the greatest input , but we must also remember manure , especially if the area was cropped annually . |
| 11 | The older areas of irrigation were extended and intensified by the Imperial Canal ; begun under Charles V , its completion was the greatest public work of the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | At the time , what can hardly have failed to make a strong impact on the boy were the great ritual events , including the assemblies , which punctuated the life of the court , and which Charles presumably was brought out by his nurse from the women 's quarters to attend : the arrival of envoys from Constantinople at Compiègne in September 827 ; the public deposition from office of Hugh and Matfrid in February 828 ; the reception of the relics of SS Marcellinus and Petrus at Aachen a few weeks later . |
| 13 | If the laws in question were the great legal compilation known as the Codex Euricianus , then the king must have had the support of numerous Roman lawyers from relatively early in his reign . |
| 14 | Finally he declared : All I can say as an honest person is that this boy is the greatest man now living in the world . |
| 15 | Now , using Carbonflo , consumption is 24 mpg on unleaded and is improving Another very real benefit is the greater power — a fact , not just opinion . |
| 16 | It is an accepted fact that , in canoeing , panic is the greatest danger , incurring , as it does , a risk to the canoeist and any potential rescuer . |
| 17 | Where mobility is the greatest , and where in consequence primary controls break down completely , as in the zone of deterioration in the modern city , there develop areas of demoralization , of promiscuity and of vice . |
| 18 | To the south is the great bulk of Cadair Idris . |
| 19 | Whatever else we do tonight , we should reject the cruel illusion that the ERM is the great magic system that can give the people the stability they desire — in real life we can promise that to no one . |
| 20 | But in Dublin they proved that their real home is the great indoors . |
| 21 | In newsrooms libel is the greatest inhibition upon freedom of speech , although it also serves as a spur to accuracy and professionalism . |
| 22 | And of course , the gospel is the great thing , and this is a message of the gospel , that Jesus has come to change our nature and give us a new nature , put in put within us his nature . |
| 23 | Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete . |
| 24 | An exception to this general attitude was the Great Eastern Railway , which , as the price for getting parliamentary permission for the extension of Liverpool Street Station , introduced workmen 's trains in 1872 , with two-penny return tickets for a journey of up to ten miles . |
| 25 | I 've got this bit of hotel notepaper upon which Toni has kindly reviewed Rollercoaster for me — ‘ The Mary Chain are the greatest pizza ever served ; Curve are the greatest sex ; Spiritualized are sugar being licked by Sylvia Plath ’ . |
| 26 | The most striking feature of pupil descriptions of what it is to be a good teacher is the great emphasis placed on interpersonal respect . |
| 27 | The environments are similar ; without doubt the single most important difference is the greater opportunity for recruitment from adjoining forest , steppe and alpine regions in the north . |
| 28 | I know that in the mundane , the thought of never having been understood or recognised rankles ; but the transcendent joy is the greater and I get instead the hidden flowers of sorrow of my own soul with their scent and their beauty . |
| 29 | In this case , the revelation is the greatest of all : that Jesus is the Christ . |
| 30 | Parenthood is the Greatest of All Human Responsibilities |