Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depression around the breakwater already resembled a great lake , full of swirling whirlpools . |
| 2 | This religion often proves a great attraction to the romantic who is tired of concrete and high-power technology , and yearns for a return to nature . |
| 3 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 4 | Will my right hon. Friend and his Department therefore spend a great deal of time in the next six months talking to our friends the Portuguese through the Portuguese presidency , so that they may adopt a sensible policy which we can then follow ? |
| 5 | Reynolds 's Newspaper viewed ‘ all the fuss and bother ’ as ‘ a mere club-house panic ’ , for example , while The Daily News repeatedly warned of the way in which ‘ a social panic naturally produces a great deal of wild excited talk ’ , believing that ‘ the enormous crop of exaggerated and fictitious stories ’ was ‘ furnishing food for farce writers and arrangers of pantomimes ’ : |
| 6 | There have been many criticisms of the Chicago School but this body of work still has a great deal to teach us . |
| 7 | The sun still shed a great sparkle on the sea but the heat had gone from it and the dusk was gathering back in the valley . |
| 8 | Although Stephen 's trips to the mills became less frequent as he appointed capable managers , the farms on the estate and the timber business still took a great deal of his life and Tamar found that time hung heavily . |
| 9 | Although the cable has by this stage disappeared , the cells in the mound still contain a great deal of filamentous actin in a disorganized arrangement ( Fig. 4 h ) . |
| 10 | But his recovery also owes a great deal to his personal courage . |
| 11 | Of course , preventing accidents and promoting safety also costs a great deal of money . |
| 12 | ‘ British business now has a great opportunity to expand into overseas markets and to replace imports at home . |
| 13 | One group in particular seems greatly disadvantaged by the current system and ill-served by current mental health services — service-planning for the Afro-Caribbean population often creates a great deal of dissent and anxiety amongst both service managers and service-users . |
| 14 | Its present appearance today owes a great deal to the Duke of Marlborough who in 1704 remodelled the town . |
| 15 | The security actually did a great job . |
| 16 | The security actually did a great job . |
| 17 | After James II had been overthrown , a new system of government began to develop under which Parliament met every year and voted taxes annually , the King chose ministers who were acceptable to Parliament , the administrative departments became independent of direct royal intervention ( though the King still had a great deal of authority over his ministers ) and Parliament took responsibility for national financial policy . |
| 18 | Being in this kind of role clearly affords a great deal of status . |
| 19 | Nicholson , at this point , was in the news through the acclaim being bestowed upon him for Easy Rider , and his first taste of stardom was received with some apprehension ; his on-screen connections with marijuana and LSD also attracted a great deal of media coverage ; serious press interviews , with him personally as the focus and centre of attention , were also unfamiliar territory into which he ventured nervously , almost unsure of what he was going to say and how he was going to express his feelings and opinions ; he had plenty , and serious ones at that . |
| 20 | The huge price tag attached to the iron certainly promises a great deal . |
| 21 | That in turn apparently provoked a great argument afterwards among the students who had been in the congregation , with much quotation of Darwin and some rumblings among the creationists present . |
| 22 | For a start , there is more power available and the larger speaker obviously lends a great deal to the 30 's overall performance . |
| 23 | The speaker clearly knew a great deal more than he told us , as shown in his very good question-answering , but he should have told us much more in the actual talk . |
| 24 | Fraternal & Equality always take a great interest in the health of their clients . ’ |
| 25 | This excerpt really says a great deal . |
| 26 | The housing surely explains a great deal : neither good enough to promote happiness nor bad enough to produce hopelessness . |
| 27 | The sign system thus involves a great learning task . |
| 28 | In 1980 , Robert , The Vines and its master still needed a great deal of looking after , but Patricia , once secretary to Billy Griffith at Lord 's , was equal to the task . |
| 29 | But the public also has a great interest in science , particularly astronomy , as is shown by me large audiences for television series such as Cosmos and for science fiction . |
| 30 | The hotel also has a great variety of light meals/snacks and also has its own TV and video — so there 'll never be a dull moment ! |