Example sentences of "shown a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crib-biting is shown a great deal by stabled horses . |
| 2 | Before the strict selection for black , all the Welsh types had shown a great variety of coat colours and patterns . |
| 3 | Flehmen is shown a great deal by stallions during mating , but also by other horses in response to other smells or tastes . |
| 4 | But Mr Stewart said his talks with Bruce Millan , the EC commissioner heading regional affairs , had shown a great deal of support for Merseyside . |
| 5 | But the hoteliers and staff have shown a great team spirit . |
| 6 | President Bill Clinton , giving his first formal press conference since he took office two months ago , said Mr Yeltsin had shown a great deal of courage in standing up for democracy , civil liberties and market reforms . |
| 7 | New Yorkers have always shown a greater genius for putting up new buildings than for repairing old ones . |
| 8 | A great deal of the argument against central controls has stressed that local government has shown a greater ability to reduce spending than the departments of central government and even the Audit Commission — in the early 1980s — has acknowledged that the operation of central rules may actually have encouraged increased levels of spending and a reduction in the accuracy of information feeding into the centre ( Audit Commission , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | Our parliamentarians , always sensitive to votes , had probably shown a greater concern over the cider riots ! |
| 10 | However , subsequent cases have shown a greater willingness to judge clauses unreasonable than those dicta might have suggested . |