Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two , our institute has its own hall and as this is now about seventy years old and was not particularly well built in the first place , you will understand that it costs us a good deal in money and effort to literally keep the roof over our heads . |
| 2 | It tells us a good deal about the relative values of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that where the Victorians modelled their stations on cathedrals and palaces , Modern Man models his on shopping centres and office blocks . |
| 3 | She had a little smile on her face because she had won that round easily and it gave her a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 4 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 5 | ‘ You know , Frome , it gives me a great deal of pleasure to think of you as head boy here next year . |
| 6 | ‘ I am sure it earns you a great deal of money . ’ |
| 7 | The report points out that quantifying risks is not without its uses : it teaches you a great deal about the way that the engineering systems you 're analysing behave . |