Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , from the study of the videotapes made of the language performance of most of the 150 people who took part , the language level actually being achieved did not bear a great similarity to the BSL as used by deaf people . |
| 2 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 3 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 4 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 6 | Initially , philosophers interested in reference ( with some notable exceptions ) did not pay a great deal of attention to indexicals ( Bar-Hillel , 1970 : 76 ) ; then they began to treat them as very special kinds of expression requiring contextual co-ordinates or indices , as sketched above . |
| 7 | As it happens , my right hon. Friend the Chancellor devoted most of his speech to doing precisely that , but I did not detect a great deal of interest on the Opposition Benches in what he had to say . |
| 8 | It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity would generally suggest that in China contrasts with other places where the book did not receive a great deal of publicity . |
| 9 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 10 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 11 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 12 | However , it should be noted that additions to IBM files did not take a great deal longer than to ICL files , while random retrievals from IBM files were not markedly more rapid . |
| 13 | Eva , who felt she owed all she was , and had achieved , to her mother did not take a great deal of convincing . |
| 14 | Pest Control Division did not have a great start to 1991 . |
| 15 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 16 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 17 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 18 | But , they did not report a great variability in theintensity of nuclear staining . |
| 19 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Funnily enough , they did n't think a great deal of you ! ’ he snarled . |
| 21 | Hello John erm firstly I would sympathise with those that erm have been complaining about television programmes , although I erm did n't watch a great deal of television yesterday , I was listening to Radio Oxford actually , but erm from erm Ceefax I noticed that the Neighbours was broadcast twice . |
| 22 | ‘ She did n't do a great deal else , did she ? |
| 23 | They did n't cost a great deal , but they do look quite classy in a boozy sort of way . |
| 24 | It did n't make a great occasion for me , though I think the backstage tension did contribute something to the success of the production . |
| 25 | So it did n't make a great deal of difference really , you know , you you 'd still got er some jurisdiction over them even though they were the foreman like . |
| 26 | Wigan did n't build a great team overnight and neither will we . |
| 27 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |
| 28 | But he added : ‘ It did n't require a great deal of insight in 1985 to appreciate that the business of Barlow Clowes was not at that time being run in a fashion which made it an obvious candidate for a licence . ’ |
| 29 | The homework lessons he 'd brought with him did n't find a great deal of favour in her eyes . |
| 30 | Oh well the role of the police , well of course they were opposed to the strikers but there were n't er quite so many police you see and and the strike movement was strong and so the the the they did n't have a great deal of affect . |