Example sentences of "[noun] were [adv] great [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The burdens of organising , public speaking and reacting to rapidly changing circumstances were so great that few of those responsible for the new unionism could lay claim to being efficient administrators . |
| 2 | Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea . |
| 3 | Such ideas were abandoned only when advocates of a third force were squarely confronted in 1948 with a precise timetable — namely that Britain 's needs were so great that ( to be of value ) such a " force " would need to be created within five years . |
| 4 | The Chancellor had left Blackpool late on Monday night , after addressing party agents , but conference jitters were so great that his unexpected disappearance prompted rumours that he had gone back to London for crisis talks . |
| 5 | Too often in the past , he said , politicians had been bamboozled by specialists into believing that the problems were so great that the answer was to set up bodies like the UGC and let them make the decisions . |
| 6 | These variations were so great that he questioned the applicability of formulae which used this approach to sampling . |
| 7 | The rights assigned to the empire by these jurists were so great that many cities refused to acknowledge them . |