Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | As well as the effects on trade union activity , a further implication of cross-national bargaining structures which has received a good deal of attention concerns their economic consequences . |
2 | However , its involvement in the conflict in Nicaragua , acting as the main host country to the Contras , has attracted a good deal of US aid and military personnel and has led to the increasing militarization of society . |
3 | It is an excellent establishment and has attracted a good deal of support and resources from the private sector . |
4 | The case of Nigeria has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in this respect and is worth looking at more closely . |
5 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
6 | But there are exceptions and one is Leslie Waddington who has enjoyed a good volume of business at ARCO where he will be exhibiting for the third successive year . |
7 | This early framework for sensory physiology — of a piece with the Hobbesian idea of ‘ the organ proper to each sense ’ — has undergone a good deal of refinement . |
8 | The aromatic strength of the leaves has ensured a good deal of domestic and perfumery use , and it is also decorative , its pale blue flowers lasting many weeks and being much visited by bees . |
9 | " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said . |
10 | Langer has done a good deal of research into the evaluation of this approach to schema activation , and she is convinced that is helps poor readers and good readers alike to learn more from difficult textbooks . |
11 | He plays throughout Europe and North America and has made a good number of recordings . |
12 | But in no way can effective environmental policies be rendered compatible with the anti-statist , non-interventionist creed which has inspired a good deal of Thatcherite rhetoric . |
13 | To date , feminism has contributed a good deal of fuel to both sides of this dialectic , because the case of women is a peculiar one , and introduces even more complications into an already troublesome argument . |
14 | Nowadays this service has a high technical profile and far superior image , which has provided a good degree of protection in the market place . |
15 | This question of the benefit to be achieved from library activities has generated a good deal of literature , none of it very conclusive . |
16 | Other polls have been published in the newspapers , however , and the issue has gained a good deal of attention over the past few weeks . |
17 | The field needs to have a good supply of water . |
18 | But if your company has retained a good deal of discretion on key matters , it may be able to impose major changes on your working life without giving rise to a constructive dismissal claim . |
19 | The British government 's approval of cable networks to distribute information and entertainment on a national or regional scale has created a good deal of commercial excitement . |
20 | Julian has lost a good deal of weight . |
21 | Sheffield has a very active Natural History Society , which has accumulated a good knowledge of this city 's fauna . |
22 | Diploma Plc , holding company for a portfolio of electronic and construction products businesses , reporting pre-tax profits up 225% at £8.1m , says that industry may be broadly much weaker following a long and debilitating recession , but Diploma has maintained a good level of investment in people as well as plant , and has generally considered the recent years as an opportunity . |
23 | There could have been no better man for the job and Graveney , whose equable temperament has survived a good deal of adversity in recent years , managed to keep everyone content during some trying early days . |
24 | It has achieved a good deal of success in this , enabling some compensation to be made for the diminishing pool of potential recruits on the farms . |
25 | The writers are three bright operators from Melbourne 's Age newspaper , their work edited by Patrick Smith , who has assembled a good range of pictures , some in colour , with player profiles dotted among the match reports , and scorecards by Ross Dundas . |
26 | English , as distinct from British , culture seems to provide a good example of such a tendency ; it is a culture largely undisturbed by invasion or revolution , difficult for foreigners to plumb , subtle and rich in social allusion at every level . |
27 | This is not only in the interests of the student but also helps to ensure a good standard of nursing . |
28 | Erm I suppose having this great exten extended crane there does give a good impression of height , but , the action is here and i it 's a little small in the frame and , but although I 'm sure , you know , there 's quite a fe I imagine there 's a lot of people standing around watching and so on , but as a photograph at the end of the day I 'm not sure it has quite enough impact to be erm terribly interesting . |
29 | Christopher Booker 's thoughts on the subject are worth quoting in full for he manages to incorporate a good quota of folk devils in his account , and provides almost a blueprint of the conservative-historical position : |
30 | This does not demand a high degree of psychotherapeutic experience , but does require a good deal of common-sense . |