Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer must be ‘ not a great deal ’ ; for none of the portents of success are immediately apparent . |
| 2 | ‘ It made money , but not a great deal , ’ he says . |
| 3 | Apart from Africa , there is not a great deal of potential arable land left , so , using an across-the-board figure , it would be necessary to devote approximately 66 per cent of all farmed lands to cereals . |
| 4 | If you lose sight of that , all the attention to detail in the world is not a great deal of use . |
| 5 | There was not a great deal to see , as he was curled up on one side with his thumb jammed in his mouth , and four chubby fingers obscured that part of his face not pressed deep into the bolster . |
| 6 | The figures in Table 7 suggest that there is not a great deal of difference in the use of educational facilities by one and two parent families ; lone parents make more use of day nurseries and two parents of play groups . |
| 7 | Not a great deal of intervention took place , and most that did was directed towards small companies in ‘ high-tech ’ sectors , which tended to be located in the south of England . |
| 8 | Spectroscopy grade tetra is a slightly different case — not a great deal is used , Horne said , but spectroscopists have no direct alternative , so he has laid in a supply . |
| 9 | There was some dissent in the Aube , but not a great deal , for there was little chance of enforcing the law and the Aubois were content with continuing their business of supplying those houses in the Marne which covertly required their wines . |
| 10 | Not a great deal of time , ‘ t is true , but enough to produce a slight delay between picking the string and hearing a note . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're 45 minutes from town , so , after training there 's not a great deal on the agenda . |
| 12 | They had not a great deal of choice . |
| 13 | The general condition of the boiler is very good and there appears to be not a great deal of work to be done . |
| 14 | ‘ Probably not a great deal but it 's a loose end tied up . |
| 15 | There 's not a great deal of difference to being at a Carter gig in America and a Carter gig in Britain . |
| 16 | 1980 ) there is not a great deal of knowledge established beyond argument . |
| 17 | There is not a great deal of training of potential peacekeepers going on , though facilities exist and manuals and videos are available . |
| 18 | Erm not a great deal , no actions |
| 19 | I always find it the reddest of the brilliant stars , though there is not a great deal of colour-difference between it and Betelgeux ; the name ‘ Antares ’ means ‘ the Rival of Ares ’ ( Mars ) . |
| 20 | Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework . |
| 21 | All of these have obvious relevance to the running of Expo , but not a great deal to the maintenance of a high tech culture . |
| 22 | Not a great deal is known about the numbers of these children who end up in remarriages , but Burgoyne and Clark ( 1982 ) estimate that 7 per cent of all children under 17 live with a step-parent . |
| 23 | Such structures also seem to provide a kind of elementary momentum in periods where a discipline is in the doldrums , and not a great deal is happening at the research level . |
| 24 | Compared to the classic novel , not a great deal happens in the stream-of-consciousness novel — or it happens off-stage , as it were , glanced at in memory and allusion rather than presented directly . |
| 25 | Not not not a great deal I mean I 'd like possibly to try and stay in erm the field of archaeology to some |
| 26 | There is not a great deal of poetry but a very varied selection . |
| 27 | ‘ Not a great deal one can do , ’ he says , ‘ if one is who one is in this particular case . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Not a great deal , ’ she murmured . |
| 29 | There was not a great deal of transatlantic cruising in those days , but whenever a yacht did sail into the harbour Peter rowed over and introduced himself . |
| 30 | That 's the problem , if it 's a one-off party there 's not a great deal you can do . |