Example sentences of "[adv] owe a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | This idea of the innovative power of movements obviously owes a great deal to the events of the 1960s when there appeared quite suddenly large-scale movements expressing profound discontent with , and opposition to , the existing social and political order . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , he does report many developments in the American social scene , which obviously owe a great deal to the careful monitoring of many local newspapers . |
| 3 | book , commandos would be — I believe — the first to accept that those who received awards usually owed a good deal to the support of their fellows , in spirit if not by arms . |
| 4 | But his recovery also owes a great deal to his personal courage . |
| 5 | It is basically a German cathedral as it was mainly built by Germans , but it clearly owes a great deal to the influence of French cathedral design . |
| 6 | The success of Leapor 's subscription , though on a much smaller scale , probably owed a great deal to this family 's wide social connections . |
| 7 | Such approaches probably owe a great deal to consideration of research by the National Children 's Bureau under Dr Mia Pringle and a consideration of children 's needs as well as their rights . |
| 8 | The ending can also owe a great deal to the composer or arranger of music . |
| 9 | And this really owed a great deal of tension ! |
| 10 | He makes the point that research collection developments often owe a good deal to chance , in addition to the institution 's stated priorities . |
| 11 | Its present appearance today owes a great deal to the Duke of Marlborough who in 1704 remodelled the town . |
| 12 | It was ironic indeed ( although , of course , no one mentioned it ) that , having risen to power by lambasting the liberal democracies as " anti-Spain " , Franco 's permanence from the 1950s onwards owed a great deal to the political and economic capital invested in Spain by those same nations . |