Example sentences of "we have [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after I 'd explained , and we 'd laughed a good deal , and taken off each others ’ wet clothes , it was . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've achieved a great deal . |
| 3 | ‘ In the past 50 years we 've done a great deal of abolition . |
| 4 | But then , of course , in the last year we 've seen a great deal of each other . |
| 5 | And sir the other strand which we 've heard a good deal about has been the nature of the vegetative screen which occurs between D thirty nine and D forty on the one hand , and land to the north of it on the other . |
| 6 | Although we 've advanced a great deal in the last fifty years , we still have a way to go and our self esteem is lower than men . |
| 7 | Wembley 's Martin Corrie said : ‘ We 've spent a great deal of money substantially improving our toilets and we 're in the process of installing additional facilities for ladies . |
| 8 | Colleagues , I know that people are starting to move out , and I 'm sure that it 's got nothing to do with Mick 's appearance at the rostrum , but colleagues seriously , seriously for the last couple of days we 've had a great deal of disciplines so please try and be as quiet as possible . |
| 9 | And , and Chairman , that we 've had support , we 've had a great deal of help from party in Europe and it 's kept us informed |
| 10 | And we 've had a great deal of helpful cooperation and it 's very much erm going right into the schools , right into the whole system of government and control of the schools , erm and I think again is going to produce some very interesting results before too long . |
| 11 | All these questions were dealt with fully during the course , so Derek and I felt that we had learnt a great deal of new and fascinating information that we just could n't have got out of books . |
| 12 | We have completed a great deal and the team knows exactly how a thing must be done , so it is simply a question of completing the sequence , designing our record packaging , and also seeing how the market is developing for the video players and monitors . |
| 13 | We have heard a great deal about the upheavals in Eastern Europe in recent months . |
| 14 | We have heard a great deal about the assistance that will be given to buy-outs . |
| 15 | It was sold as part of the National Bus Company sale to a company about which we have heard a great deal in our deliberations , Stagecoach , which is based in Perth . |
| 16 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |
| 17 | ‘ Our intention was always to purchase a CT scanner in our business plan this year and we have done a great deal of work , ’ he said . |
| 18 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |
| 19 | We have repaid a great deal of debt over recent years . |
| 20 | Since the end of the war , we have lost a great deal more of our forest land . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ We have achieved a great deal together over the past six years . |
| 22 | Tim Holton said : ‘ We have achieved a great deal in a short time but there is still a long way to go . |
| 23 | We have negotiated a special deal with one of the world 's leading car hire organisations , that enables us to pass on to you the corporate rates and preferential service for car hire that they usually offer only to large companies . |
| 24 | We have spent a great deal of time recognising and analysing the political problems we face and comparatively less time looking at ways to get rid of them . |
| 25 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 26 | The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do . |
| 27 | However , the Select Committee report is based on clean coal technology , on which we have taken a great deal of evidence from expert witnesses . |
| 28 | Social services chairman Bob Pitt said : ‘ We have put a great deal of effort into preparing contracts , which we believe are both fair to the homes and ensure that resources are used effectively . ’ |