The phrase "adhere to the great" is not a standard expression in written English and may be unclear in meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing adherence to significant principles or ideals, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "In our organization, we strive to adhere to the great values that define our mission and vision."
Alternatives: "follow the important" or "stick to the significant".
After initiation a monk must adhere to the "great vows" (mahavratas) to avoid injuring any life-form, lying, stealing, having sexual intercourse, or accepting personal possessions.
The idea is that it is effectively owned by the customers, so it is always trying to adhere to the Great British public's moral standards.
-- GEOFF McFETRIDGE Unlike other mothers, whose take on the bagel included butter, sugar or cinnamon, my mother adhered to the great lox tradition and tolerated little else, onions optional.
Regardless of how the government views this defendant as a person, the implications of a failure to adhere to the Convention are too great to justify departures.
Furthermore, neutrophils become sensitized (primed) to activating factors, such as chemotactic cytokines, after they adhere to the endothelium, and thus generate much greater quantities of ROS.
"Unlike our enemies, which deliberately and pointedly violate the law of armed conflict, the United States takes great care to adhere to the fundamental law of armed conflict principle of distinction, which requires that attacks be directed only against military objectives and that civilians and civilian objects not be the target of attack".
In a 1997 interview, Wright explained how the episode's dialogue posed a challenge in that not only did he have to take great care to adhere to the vernacular of Star Trek and not sound too contemporary or "too 1997", but he had to take several days to accommodate himself to the episode's "treknobabble" with the assistance of Robert Duncan McNeill Tomm Paris).
The formed cubosomes have great tendency to adhere to the polymer film.
Your story describes these Sherlock Holmes fan clubs — one of which Green had joined — which play what is called "the great game," in which they adhere to the premise that Holmes and Watson were real people.
(2) In matters of greater importance, they adhere to the persuasive and undiverted.
Marketers must be great listeners; they must adhere to the advice from analysts, press, PR agencies, prospects, customers, sales people, product management etc.
