Example sentences of "[be] a great [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving house in real life can be a great worry to young children . |
| 2 | ‘ He could be a great asset to you , Stephen . |
| 3 | I 'm sure I can be a great asset to you , Stephen . |
| 4 | ‘ This most modern building will be superbly equipped and will be a great asset to the whole of Fife . |
| 5 | This was not just a polite brush-off , for Steel-Maitland was anxious to find a seat for Hewins ( who was a tariff reform professor of economics who would be a great asset in parliament ) and finally managed to do so . |
| 6 | Do you think that there will be a great development in perhaps new subjects in schools ? |
| 7 | In my simplicity I duly said the collect , which was listened to with silent interest until the end , when there would be a great burst of laughter , which mystified me . |
| 8 | But no joy for him … the race turned out to be a great duel between Staurt Meade and the eventual winner Chris Stoney who was rather pleased at his success . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend is known to the House to be a great expert on this issue . |
| 10 | At last lie spoke : " Would n't this be a great location for a cigar commercial ? " . |
| 11 | He 's a very aggressive batsman , but he finds the time to be a great encourager of his partners , and Phil Bainbridge is convinced that he 's never run faster than when they were in together against Lancashire . ’ |
| 12 | Julia 's courage must be a great inspiration to those people facing a similar ordeal . |
| 13 | It will be sent unsolicited to all parents , so that there will be a great increase in the information available to them about the school . |
| 14 | Used to be a great friend of Billy 's until he moved away , but Billy still used to go and see him . ’ |
| 15 | If the daggerboard does not fully retract it will be a great hindrance in making progress . |
| 16 | The ancient town of Montreuil with its twisting cobbled streets and lovely old buildings is full of character and turned out to be a great favourite of ours . |
| 17 | I believe it would be a great service to our democracy . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , my friend was voicing fears and doubts : ‘ There might be a great hole in the road ! ’ |
| 19 | It would be a great holiday for us . ’ |
| 20 | The Government are neglecting what should be a great jewel in the British crown . |
| 21 | " If it is , and he 's dead , it 'll be a great relief for Maurice . " |
| 22 | It would probably be a great relief to him to be able to stop worrying about his constituency and start worrying about other things . |
| 23 | Often it can be a great relief to a young child that issues are being brought out into the open and talked about . |
| 24 | They anticipate that OC use will act like pregnancy on breast cancer risk and thus be associated with a reduction in risk at older ages , It would be a great relief to young women now if there was indeed such a decreasing risk . |
| 25 | ‘ It will be a great relief to me when I can walk normally again , ’ she muttered . |
| 26 | IT will be a great relief to Abi King at the Arts Theatre if the props she needs for a new play can be turned up by the public at large . |
| 27 | If that is true , it would be a great relief to the indigenous black population of South Africa , who had their country appropriated by foreigners who then proceeded to deny them basic human rights . |
| 28 | Now if we can get a proper public transport system , a properly funded public transport system which will make , you can force people off the roads but you can also force them to persuade the approach with a properly funded er public transport system which is A priced within the peoples pockets and B er you can lead to views that will be er , er will be a great advantage for the area and the fifth terminal at Heathrow could fall par to this structure but if this new structure is n't there and if it is n't part of this adequately funded transport system then there is no point in , in building it was as I said earlier be , be madness . |
| 29 | I haven 's seen the film but I can imagine that it would be a great advantage to be shown the highly symbolic garden and to breathe the house 's atmosphere of sunny perversity . |
| 30 | It must be a great advantage to those who live , work and shop in the area … ’ |