Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [vb pp] [prep] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | This solution has been analysed in great detail by Chandrasekhar and Ferrari ( 1984 ) . |
| 2 | The Committee itself concluded ‘ that the overall technical standard of the operation has been high , both in the sense that the signal itself has been generated with great skill and proficiency and that the practical and logistical problems associated with presence of televising personnel and equipment have been kept to a minimum ’ . |
| 3 | Calor 's continuing sponsorship of the Nationals , which involves over 400 teams in five divisions , has been rewarded with great enthusiasm and some staggering catches . |
| 4 | In particular the branch of geometry which studies any smooth curved surface , which is known as differential geometry , has been applied with great success and has produced both new insights into correct statistical theory and has also produced many important new results . |
| 5 | This represents a large increase in productivity compared with pre-1970 levels but it has been achieved at great cost in terms of environmental degradation and human health . |
| 6 | The transformation has been achieved with great taste and a total respect for the original character of the buildings . |
| 7 | Our teachers have mastered its methods with ease and it has been met with great success , interest and enthusiasm by our students . |
| 8 | For NDT Systems , the UTEA-1 represents the first in-house designed and manufactured ultrasonic products , which has been met with great enthusiasm . |
| 9 | And the news has been met with great excitement by scientists in Liverpool who say their colleagues ' work could provide the missing pieces in the puzzle . |
| 10 | " … a guide for the medical practitioners of both tropical and temperate regions to the origins and diagnosis of infections that are tropical as opposed to being cosmopolitan , and of great value for training and teaching because it reproduces much better and more comprehensively than is possible with ordinary textbooks the appearance of specimens that will be examined … has been prepared with great care and deserves to remain one of the standard texts in the subject for many years . " |
| 11 | Little scientific data has ever been released to assess the effect of the killing on the dolphin population , and much of what is known about the hunt has been gathered at great personal risk by non-government organisations . |
| 12 | The enemy 's base , a disused farmhouse , has been examined in great detail by an earlier reconnaissance patrol and everyone knows , in theory at least , how to reach it and What to do on arrival . |
| 13 | It is this project which has been pursued with great tenacity by Nicos Poulantzas , who has applied Althusser 's general theory to a specific case . |
| 14 | West Indian Tony Gray has been signed at great expense while former Durham County stalwart , Johnnie Johnston , is set to return to the club for one final fling . |
| 15 | Due to its flat landscape , Norfolk has long had a reputation for its fantastic light quality , a phenomenon that has been captured to great effect by many painters . |
| 16 | In the Littlewoods case in which the court upheld a 12 month restraint allied to protectable business secrets , Lord Denning MR said that the information acquired by Harris was confidential : " It has been acquired at great expense and by great expertise by Littlewoods . |
| 17 | One place where Westmorland slate has been used to great advantage is in the new Coventry Cathedral , but it can also be seen in vernacular building , particularly at Elterwater ( q.v. ) and Troutbeck . |
| 18 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 19 | They would have read about these things happening , but now it has come to their own door it has been greeted with great sadness . ’ |
| 20 | Charlotte Keatley 's My Mother Said ] Never Should has been greeted with great acclaim by the male critical establishment who appear unable to apply their usual standards to the work of a young woman . |
| 21 | This has been investigated in great detail elsewhere , and the guidelines may be summarized as follows : |
| 22 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |