greatest virtue

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandvirtue

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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virtue
noun
uk
/ˈvɜː.tʃuː/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being ...
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(Definition ofgreatandvirtuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreatest virtue

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Hisgreatestvirtueis that when he lectures he shows you how he does research.
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It is, finally, the coherence that is imposed on an almost overwhelming amount of material that is the book'sgreatestvirtue.
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The tendency for performance to fall short of (or move beyond) its official function might be considered its fundamental weakness, but for my current purposes it is itsgreatestvirtue.
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Is not the accessibility of the site itsgreatestvirtue?
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Thegreatestvirtueof this directive is the adoption of the waste hierarchy.
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I think sentiment, after all, is thegreatestvirtuein the human race.
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We all agree that thegreatestvirtueof the health service is the general practitioner service.
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I congratulate the rapporteur on his excellent report whosegreatestvirtueis its balanced content.
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This is thegreatestvirtue, in myopinion, of this pause or standstill—call it what you will.
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There is nothing spectacular or showy about it, and that indeed is itsgreatestvirtue.
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On the offensive side, they have the system of a nation which sets thegreatestvirtueon under-cover work.
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For the exercise of thegreatestvirtue, one needs the greatest capacity to keep on keeping on to the end of the road.
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Its illogicality may be itsgreatestvirtue.
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I know one or two who get great joy from their dogs, which of course have thegreatestvirtuethat one can look for—loyalty.
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Thegreatestvirtueof this programme is that it can be carried out by the associative networks, which, on the ground, foster citizenship.
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Possibly thegreatestvirtueof further education is the flexibility with which it caters for the needs of the individual—flexibility which comes from its undoubted diversity.
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Itsgreatestvirtueis its worst flaw sarcasm and stubbornness.
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In fact, he considers his addiction to ideas to be hisgreatestvirtue.
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Unquestioning obedience to authority is thegreatestvirtue.
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Her formidable manner struck terror to the hearts of those who tried to take advantage of her husband, and tact was not hergreatestvirtue.
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