Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , the relations between the American and the British peoples have improved a great deal since then . |
| 2 | In addition , the short units have enabled a great variety of topics to be included . |
| 3 | ‘ The homes have generated a great deal of interest . |
| 4 | Recent years have seen a great expansion in the number of librarians working in educational institutions and specializing in educational librarianship ; in Britain this was a later development than in the USA , but none the less the libraries of almost all colleges of education , further education and technology are now run by chartered librarians , and some five hundred or more librarians are also found in secondary schools . |
| 5 | The municipal authorities of Barcelona , who over the past few years have acquired a great deal of experience and expertise in founding and running cultural centres , have recently signed an agreement with the Fundación Salvador Allende to collaborate in setting up a museum in Santiago , Chile , to be called the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende . |
| 6 | The Stotherts have invested a great deal of time in their house . |
| 7 | This technique was originated by the Gestalt school , and since their early work experimental psychologists have amassed a great deal of information about which parameters influence the occurrence of apparent motion . |
| 8 | The ‘ Lucy ’ poems have received a great deal of critical attention ( see , for example , F. R. Leavis in Revaluation ) ; it is because the ‘ Matthew ’ poems are so frequently ignored that I have chosen one of them for special comment . |
| 9 | Three recent significant changes have created a great opportunity to focus research on the health needs of the population . |
| 10 | I would have to say that social conditions have changed a great deal today , going back to what the first |
| 11 | ( All the PTEs have done a great deal of work on the integration and simplification of fare-structures and the provision of interchangeable tickets . ) |
| 12 | Various pundits and committees have made a great mystery about gluing . |
| 13 | Would you say that things have changed a great deal from the days when you finished your drama school training at Central in 1966 ? |
| 14 | In most Western democracies in the twentieth century , legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches . |
| 15 | But the hoteliers and staff have shown a great team spirit . |
| 16 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 17 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the Government have done a great deal to assist the Scottish economy . |
| 18 | The Government have put a great deal of effort into persuading employers to take seriously the issues involving minorities in employment , including people with disabilities . |
| 19 | While the procedures have many similarities , the differences have created a great deal of confusion , and it is for this reason that the whole of Chapter 15 is devoted to an explanation of the distinction between arbitration and expert determination . |
| 20 | Estimating the mass of all the matter in the Universe is not an easy task but , in the past few years , many scientists have devoted a great deal of time to it . |
| 21 | In practice , writers on style have differed a great deal in their understanding of the subject , and one source of disagreement has been the question " To what or whom do we attribute style ? " |
| 22 | Local pupils have taken a great interest in the British Gas work , which is bringing gas supplies for the first time to the Bere Alston and Bere Ferrers communities , where more than a third of the 1042 homes in the area have taken up the offer of gas . |
| 23 | ‘ Senior officials in the Executive have spoken a great deal and written much about delivering a quality service . |
| 24 | ‘ The children have had a great time . |
| 25 | The House has given a great deal of detailed attention to the Bill , and the promoters and the petitioners have devoted a great deal of time and effort to the case . |
| 26 | Two consecutive wins and the signing of the year have lifted a great weight from the place . |
| 27 | BRITISH Muslims have missed a great opportunity to turn public opinion against Salman Rushdie , an Islamic scholar said yesterday . |
| 28 | ‘ Certainly , all the people who I 've let loose on my kites have had a great time . ’ |
| 29 | Scottish women have spent a great deal of time discussing the pros and cons of being an older women , but what 's it like being young in Scotland in nineteen ninety two ? |
| 30 | In North America these groups have received a great deal of attention , and provided valuable infomation on the Pleistocene climate . |