Example sentences of "[pers pn] also [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also knew a great deal about it for , in the records room at the Bodleian , there was a tin trunk irreverently nicknamed ‘ Miss Jourdain 's baby ’ by the staff . |
| 2 | I also did a great deal of amateur acting with the Progress Theatre in Reading . |
| 3 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
| 4 | They learn from me , and I also learn a great deal from them . |
| 5 | She also had a great interest in the English language and a strong desire to work with people . |
| 6 | But she also spends a great deal of time walking and studying , in the day , at night . |
| 7 | She also has a great sense of reserve . |
| 8 | She also has a great sense of humour . |
| 9 | They also have a greater tendency to rate themselves as ambitious , highly sexed , strong-willed and well endowed . |
| 10 | Paradoxically , they also encourage a greater reliance on means-tested benefits , which are divorced from employment records . |
| 11 | Er perhaps it er perhaps it also prompts a greater fear of not being in control , a greater fear of of er not being in in some way in command of the situation because then somebody might do something to you . |
| 12 | Now while that says a great deal about what the government thinks about of them and their expertise , it also says a great deal about how well regarded this National Health Service of ours is in the minds of this particular government . |
| 13 | In education , although legislation promises increased power to parents and the opportunity for schools to opt out of local education authorities , it also promises a greater power for head teachers and , in the case of City Technology Colleges , a greater direct input from industry . |
| 14 | Every letter contains a message — it may confirm an order , complain about a late delivery or clarify a point — but it also does a great deal more . |
| 15 | All this has to be borne in mind when considering the survey as a source , but it also contains a great deal of " objective " evidence about size of family , size of dwelling , wages , etc . |
| 16 | He also spent a great deal of time strolling around New York 's back streets observing down-and-outs to see if he could steal anything from them — for the role , that is . |
| 17 | Much of his training was linguistic , which obviously shaped the poetry he was to write , and he also absorbed a great deal of Hellenism from Jowett and aesthetic theory from Walter Pater [ q.v . ] . |
| 18 | He also became a great favourite with the occupants of the local school bus , which passed his garden gate twice daily . |
| 19 | Severely puritanical and sabbatarian in outlook , he also had a great fund of homely anecdotes about village mores , in both Welsh and English . |
| 20 | He also had a great deal of ability , but like all the older ones had to leave school and go out to work to help support the family once he reached the end of primary school . |
| 21 | He was both fascinated by chickens and everything to do with them , but he also had a great dislike of them . |
| 22 | He also provided a great deal of material assistance to the poor and needy . |