Example sentences of "great [noun] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer , the Prime Minister kept saying how essential it was for him to be present at Maastricht in December in order to make decisions , but the word from Downing street now is that the Prime Minister 's greatest ambition at Maastricht is to fend off making any decisions . |
| 2 | He regards it as the greatest force at man 's disposal . |
| 3 | One of the greatest allies at present is the church itself . |
| 4 | what is the point of asking a middle ranking executive about his greatest achievement at work in the past 10 years when he has probably been locked into office procedures laid down by senior management and where his scope for initiative has been restricted . |
| 5 | She covers the greatest distance at night while they 're all asleep . |
| 6 | Just as the O'Jay 's ‘ Love Train ’ and Silver Convention 's ‘ Fly Robin Fly ’ were intimately related , so the cheapest , nastiest nosebleed rave track is a distant cousin to the greatest night at Paradise Garage . |
| 7 | The fans are more fanatical and although we had some great times at Goodison , this could be something else . |
| 8 | Especially after great times at Burnley , Leeds and Vancouver . ’ |
| 9 | A valor of Crown lands put the rents of Great Woolstone at £6. 13s. 4d. , or ten times what the survey states ; at North Crawley rents were £11. 12s. 9d. compared with 2s . |
| 10 | The great park at Petworth was described by Arthur Young in 1793 as previously consisting only of ‘ bushes , furze , some timber and rubbish of no kind of use ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ After two great wins at Stockport County and West Brom , we hope to hit form at home . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But then we pulled off great wins at Leeds , Chelsea and Roker Park . ’ |
| 13 | The dramatic conclusion to United 's search for firepower was totally unexpected because Cantona , 26 , a great favourite at Elland Road and the subject of their ‘ Ooh ! |
| 14 | He became a great favourite at Versailles , where he demonstrated his tactics by breaking through a line of courtiers by the use of his fists and elbows . |
| 15 | Most significantly , he took over a monument in the great sanctuary at Delphi , previously intended to commemorate his vanquished opponent Perseus . |
| 16 | I had a great contract at Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | The great statue at Griffon Gate is completed . |
| 18 | Armiger flopped in the Great Voltigeur at York behind Bob 's Return who is on course for the St Leger and this winner of the Sandown Classic Trial in April would be my choice in the absence of Royal Ballerina , whom I still think is good enough to win a Classic for the likeable Kauntze . |
| 19 | Armiger flopped in the Great Voltigeur at York behind Bob 's Return who is on course for the St Leger and this winner of the Sandown Classic Trial in April would be my choice in the absence of Royal Ballerina , whom I still think is good enough to win a Classic for the likeable Kauntze . |
| 20 | In the formative stages , unavoidably perhaps , relationships were tense and difficult , with a great deal at stake in terms of the resources and status of each service . |
| 21 | She had n't been able to stomach a great deal at breakfast , not after everything that had happened ; now she was starving . |
| 22 | It 's not just that he has withdrawn from the business of running a diocese , or that he walks abroad a great deal at night but is scarcely seen during the day , or that he often wo n't accept phone calls . |
| 23 | You can be sure of a great deal at Radio Rentals … and a promise of Total Service at a time to suit you . |
| 24 | Although relations between Russia and Britain had traditionally been fraught with problems since the Crimean War , the deaths caused great distress at Buckingham Palace . |
| 25 | ‘ But I knew there were great opportunities at Ipswich and they are my sort of club — a family club . ’ |
| 26 | He would hold a series of great banquets at No. 10 as an example to the nation to spend its way out of depression . |
| 27 | But Keegan said yesterday : ‘ Steve 's got a great future at Newcastle . |
| 28 | Do n't Climb Out Of The Window now has pride of place alongside the great authors at Blackwells bookshop in Oxford . |
| 29 | The sketchbook is a great aid at times like this . |
| 30 | I 'll be honest , they were n't caused just by the Luciferi and some maniac loose in the chateau but by the Great Killer at Hampton Court and his desire to get that bloody ring back . |