Example sentences of "[prep] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is midnight and after great difficulty I managed with my little bit of French to convey to my dancing partner of the evening that I would like to see her home . |
| 2 | The Television Act was passed in 1954 after great controversy , including a powerful attack by Lord Reith in the House of Lords . |
| 3 | Some Women 's Action Groups were at the forefront of strike activity , sustaining its momentum ; indeed , many of the women involved were opposed to the final return to work , which they perceived as a capitulation by the men , after great hardship which had achieved little in tangible terms ( Young , 1985 ; Witham , 1986 ; Bloomfield , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | Glen after great glen , river after loch , bracken slope after forested range , all without the sight or sound of Man . |
| 5 | Of course it is always difficult to sleep after great excitement . |
| 6 | Johnston picked up his second try after great support for another fine Jonathan Wilson drive on the blind side . |
| 7 | Especially after great times at Burnley , Leeds and Vancouver . ’ |
| 8 | Neil Anderson , a partner in the firm , said it had made the cuts only with great reluctance and after great consideration . |
| 9 | Moreover , death is a time of great stress to those you love most . |
| 10 | In writing about Delacroix , he placed his hero in a pantheon of artists who were acknowledged masters of great decorative painting : |
| 11 | The art discussed may still be in situ , or at least in the country of its origin ; hence the immense attraction of travel to the sites of great civilisations such as Egypt or Mexico . |
| 12 | It might be thought that this was a natural consequence of the popularity of great artists , but in fact the economics of publishing result in some bizarre decisions about art books . |
| 13 | The topics include the first design , the sculptor 's aims , the carving of the work , the memorial 's defenders and attackers , and a final general reflection on the standing of great art and how it is likely to provoke opposition . |
| 14 | The 1991 Opening Shots Forum considers the opportunities for new directors in a period of great change for the film and television industries , but also in a climate of fast dwindling resources . |
| 15 | ‘ But there is also exultation , the fascination as well as the fear of great strength . ’ |
| 16 | Moreover he was a man of great devotion , who upheld the high ideals of the synagogue 's pulpit , the beauty of its services , as well as the splendour of the building itself . |
| 17 | Following her arrival , she obtained a temporary job as a nurse in the Hospital of Hope , and this situation was destined to be of great use , not least to her future husband . |
| 18 | From time to time other members would appear — the grandparents , the uncles , the cousins , business contacts and friends , a community within the community , and one of great internal strength . |
| 19 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 20 | All this is of great significance for exploring Leonard 's characteristics , for what was natural to Leonard 's incipient viewpoint and versification now found stimulating and corroborative encouragement . |
| 21 | There is a passage of great beauty and relevance to this in The Favourite Game ( pp116 ) , in which Breavman reflects on his family , its prominent position , and its meaning : |
| 22 | And it was here that he met Marianne , a young woman of great beauty , high intelligence , deep sympathy , and fun . |
| 23 | The historical progression that has led to this can , at the price of great oversimplification , be seen as follows . |
| 24 | These data are of great theoretical significance within cognitive neuropsychology . |
| 25 | However , a general consideration of the ‘ B ’ group is of great importance to both the serious and the casual trainer . |
| 26 | Retirement is a time of great change and should also be a time for development . |
| 27 | Sir Neville Cardus , another great music critic writing about the history of music , likened the image of great composers such as Bach , Mozart and Beethoven as , ‘ Looking at a range of mountains , those names are on the summits then one comes to a plateau — and there standing out and rising from it is the cathedral of César Franck . ’ |
| 28 | Some of the best examples of the single gesture of great significance are to be found in Ashton 's A Month in the Country and MacMillan 's The Invitation . |
| 29 | Layers of impervious shales and grits on a pedestal of Great Scar Limestone , which in turn rests upon impervious Silurian rocks , have created a varied landscape of crags , gorges with fine waterfalls , limestone pavements , streams vanishing and resurfacing and a array of caves second to none in Britain . |
| 30 | Far to the east , on the very borders of Europe and Asia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea , a range of mountains of great beauty and ultra-alpine dimensions holds a central knot of peaks 1,000 metres higher than almost anything in the Alps . |