Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a great deal of competitiveness between the sections , sometimes not always friendly , with each thinking itself the most efficient and ‘ best ’ at policing . |
| 2 | The whisky is bottled there and dispatched abroad , earning a great deal of money for the coffers of the Chancellor . |
| 3 | During that spring and summer the Australians enjoyed a good deal of help from the locals . |
| 4 | She did a good deal of field-work in the pubs of commuterland , achieving in her story ‘ Summer Schools ’ ( also in the 1958 volume ) an almost ‘ Gothic ’ horror . |
| 5 | People had been staging revolutions without a great deal of success over the years and it was seventy percent of the people who were disadvantaged was n't it ? |
| 6 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |
| 7 | We organized , we supported , we gave a great deal of work behind the candidates of the party as Dave has already mentioned , but we kept off the television , we kept off the radio , we kept out of the newspapers . |
| 8 | His temper was uncertain and he was drinking a great deal of brandy during the evenings . |
| 9 | I think there 's a great deal of disparity between the countries of Western Europe erm in the way in which health and social security provisions are organized and erm provided . |
| 10 | However , a good number of geographers have conducted recreational surveys in the last 20 years and a good deal of experience in the methods and techniques for conducting visitor surveys , in particular , has been obtained , so that it is now generally agreed that the following procedure should be followed : |
| 11 | The German athletics federation ( DLV ) panel , which is expected to announce its decision by the end of the month , has put a great deal of emphasis on the findings of the reports . |
| 12 | This causes a great deal of anxiety for the parents of a girl child , for they start immediately after her puberty to worry about her marriage if she is not already married . |
| 13 | This book is intended as a concise account of the principles of peptide chemistry for upper-level undergraduates studying chemistry and biochemistry and the author has obviously given a great deal of thought to the needs of his readers . |
| 14 | At the same time there was a good deal of variation in the ways in which the Bible was understood and interpreted by different groups of reformers , and this led to a further fragmentation of the previously unified world of Christendom . |
| 15 | However , with regard to the length of each operational tour of duty , it is obvious that there was a deal of confusion between the Commands . |
| 16 | The number of day hospitals run by health services and day centres provided by local authorities and voluntary organizations has grown slowly but steadily over the last forty years , although there remains a great deal of confusion about the purposes of day care , and professionals from different services have differing expectations and aims . |
| 17 | Although I realise that he can not know of a particular incident that has been drawn to my attention today , is he aware that information has been sent to deceased claimants , thus causing a great deal of distress to the families concerned ? |
| 18 | While admitting it was not one of their better performances , Wyllie stressed there was a great deal of pressure on the Colleges younger players . |
| 19 | Early in the year , flooding of the road at the northern end of the village had been a grave problem , but after a great deal of pressure on the authorities , the matter had been successfully resolved . |
| 20 | After a good deal of pressure on the authorities concerned , the reception centre ( 'C' Block ) was closed on 7th November 1949 . ’ |
| 21 | It took some getting used to the idea that Gentiles were fellow-heirs in God 's kingdom , brothers and sisters in the same family , for there was a great deal of prejudice against the Gentiles . |
| 22 | I have a great deal of respect for the officials and managers of my local offices . |
| 23 | So lets be quite clear that there is still a great deal of slack in the police budget , whi money that could be used to er , put policemen on the beat . |
| 24 | There is a great deal of room for the courts to interpret these words . |
| 25 | The surveys carried out by the Royal Botanic Garden , Edinburgh ( 1983,1984 and 1985 ) , contain a great deal of information about the plants in lochs from South Uist to Lewis . |
| 26 | Our Journal which is available at a yearly subscription of £35.00 , which gives a great deal of information to the members and consumers . |
| 27 | There is , however , a good deal of information in the texts about the wordings suitable for trusts . |
| 28 | The Navigation Acts were complicated and applying the regulations would have been harder if there had been a great deal of trade between the colonies , but in the seventeenth century most of the trade of each colony on the American mainland or in the West Indies was with England rather than with other colonies . |
| 29 | We have dealt at some length with these important , if abortive , proposals because they throw a great deal of light on the complexities surrounding the financial control and management of public sector higher education and because they have influenced the subsequent debate concerning the need for some form of central control . |
| 30 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |