great mystery

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandmystery

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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mystery
noun
uk
/ˈmɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪs.tɚ.i/
something strange or not known that has not yet been explained ...
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(Definition ofgreatandmysteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is still agreatmysterywhy the human brain can support sequences and symbols at an abstract level denied to other species.
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Perhaps we are entering a time when thisgreatmysteryof identity may be unravelled: there are already some indications of progress.
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Here we are at the door of agreatmystery, which has long been the subject of debate in philosophy.
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That's right, and there's nogreatmysteryto it.
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That is because it is agreatmysteryto most people.
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There seemed to be agreatmysteryabout it.
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I do not think there is anygreatmysteryabout this.
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It is not a matter ofgreatmysteryhow many patient journeys are emergency and how many non-emergency.
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People regard the procurator fiscal as in some way a part of thegreatmysteryof the legal process.
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For me it was always a place ofgreatmysteryand fascination, particularly since one was never allowed in.
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Thegreatmysteryto me has always been the business of the infamous 45-minute piece of intelligence.
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There is nogreatmysteryabout why this has happened.
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We know that the responsibilities of one stops and the other starts, but agreatmysterysurrounds coroners.
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There is nogreatmysteryabout what will happen thereafter.
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There is onegreatmysteryabout the whole of this.
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There is nogreatmysteryin the zone system.
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Frankly, there is nogreatmysteryabout a landfill site.
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I do not think that agreatmysteryneed be created about this matter.
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It is a source ofgreatmysteryto me that we did not fight the election on those issues.
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This is one of thegreatmysteryareas.
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