Example sentences of "proved a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community . |
| 2 | A recently acquired photo-copier has proved a great time-saving boon for note taking . |
| 3 | This residential healing centre has proved a great blessing to many of my friends . |
| 4 | The Contemporary Art Society 's idea of shopping for art at low prices and in an informal environment , has proved a great success over the past nine years . |
| 5 | To date parishioners have been extremely generous in their giving and the scheme has proved a great success . |
| 6 | Although his Cooking in Ten Minutes ( Bruno Cassirer , distributed by Faber , 15s. ) , a lighthearted treatise on how to make the most of charcuterie or delicatessen food — first published in England in 1948 — has proved a great favourite , there exists a much more representative book , a collection of lectures , radio talks , recipes and articles , called Cooking with Pomiane ( Bruno Cassirer , distributed by Faber , 18s . ) . |
| 7 | Whereas the problem of payment of compensation by local authorities to a developer refused planning consent had always proved a great obstacle to effective control , the new situation was that where land was developed , the increase in its value resulting from the grant of planning permission was secured for the community by the imposition of a development charge ( equivalent to 100 per cent of the increase in value ) , to be assessed and collected by a Central Land Board . |
| 8 | The common law has not proved a great source of procedural protection for aliens . |
| 9 | Johnston had an unhappy time at Rangers after returning from French club Metz and his subsequent move to Everton has not yet proved a great success . |
| 10 | Units are available on flexible leasing arrangements and have already proved a great success . |
| 11 | One teacher showed a brief extract from a historical film that had proved a great box office success . |
| 12 | The recently electrified East Coast route has proved a great success … but could such modern technology be adapted to a railway designed more than a hundred and fifty years ago ? |