Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have a [adj] deal " in BNC.

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1 I had the feeling on reading it that a dam had just burst , and that she had a great deal more to say .
2 The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values .
3 ‘ The more I see of you , the more I 'm convinced that we have a great deal more in common than being related to a tiresome adolescent .
4 I recognise that we have a great deal of work to do in planning for the next steps in taking our strategy forward .
5 Finally I 'll just say this to him , I agree that we have a great deal of things to learn from the United States , not in the way he suggests but it is a fact that er over the economic cycle of O E C D between seventy nine and eighty nine er America the United States saw growth of twenty six percent which created eighteen and half million jobs in their free enterprise economy .
6 There is not much evidence of a determined drive by the Communists to control NICRA and even less that they had a great deal of influence .
7 Thus , older workers were more than twice as likely as those under 40 to say that they had a great deal of respect for the top management at the firm ( 72 per cent ) .
8 A comparison of the three Gospels shows not only that they have a great deal in common but also that , in many cases , the wording of individual stories is either identical or very similar ( for example , compare Mark 2:3–12 ; Matt.
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