Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a [adj] deal [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 As a city it has a great deal to offer — especially to someone like myself who works in the rag trade .
2 It costs a great deal to keep him in the home , as well as your father . ’
3 It helps a great deal to keep us in touch with what 's happening at school and enables us to exert some influence , I suppose , on what happens in schools , hopefully in the interests of the candidates .
4 It helps a great deal to have a large number of clear , separate concepts , ideas that can quickly and easily be applied to the sometimes confusing variety of animal actions we observe when we sit down to watch other species .
5 I have included this somewhat lengthy account of the inception of the AEP since it does a good deal to explain some of the subsequent strengths and weaknesses of these highly influential programmes .
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