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Meanings of great city in English

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Usage of great city in English
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Such trials in fact contribute to the spirit of a great city.
The Guardian
2
Nothing was left of their farms, their villages, or their great city.
To the blight: the eye of the world
3
Many explanations are given for the demise of a once great city.
The Irish Times
4
What makes New York a great city now is its cultural diversity.
The world without us
5
The events in Manchester in May do not reflect our great city.
The Guardian
6
The sign of the Lombards is very common in the great city.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
7
On the contrary, the once- great city began to recover under his rule.
Tulipomania: the story of the world's most coveted flower & the ...
8
There was a great city there, which was not of this place.
The evolutionary void
9
He was already in the suburban chain that ringed the great city.
The Boy Scout Aviators
10
A great city is destroyed in one day by a commanding general.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
11
He made the great city of Fork for them to live in.
Night gate
12
For two years he lived in the great city poor and unknown.
Selections from Five English Poets
13
That would be valuable knowledge to many people in the great city.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
14
But I am not blind to the seductions of the great city.
The Romance of an Old Fool
15
Thus the great city-thecity of her ambitions-sankmistily on the horizon.
Together
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Silent and empty lay the great city-emptyand silent the surrounding air.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
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Great city through the time
Great city across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common