Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school .
2 Patronage of this type produced a great deal of difficulty for both the church and the politicians , and in 1742 Robert Dundas , lord Arniston , was induced to complain of the
3 It was clear that the true purpose of this meeting went a great deal deeper than mere small chat .
4 This meeting generated a great deal of lively discussion and useful feedback .
5 This idea had a great influence upon the thinking of Schopenhauer who followed up its implications more thoroughly than did Kant. 9 .
6 Neither girl took a great deal of interest in me .
7 That requirement came a great deal sooner than anticipated .
8 Such patriarchates represented a great design of Church government , which the Hildebrandine popes aimed at replacing with a centralized authority .
9 Many developments owed a great deal to the vigorous encouragement of the ironmaster and local MP , Sir Bernhard Samuelson , who was a patron of technical education and chairman of the Royal Commission on this subject appointed in 1882 .
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