Example sentences of "done a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Attorney General had , under instructions , done a good deal of work on the issue . |
| 2 | Langer has done a good deal of research into the evaluation of this approach to schema activation , and she is convinced that is helps poor readers and good readers alike to learn more from difficult textbooks . |
| 3 | She had done a good deal more than that . |
| 4 | The growth of western power and activity in Asia had done a good deal to extend the geographical scope of European-type diplomacy . |
| 5 | Since those days she has done a great deal of work with Steven Berkoff — particularly in his play for two people , Decadence which she has played in London , Los Angeles and Dublin . |
| 6 | ( All the PTEs have done a great deal of work on the integration and simplification of fare-structures and the provision of interchangeable tickets . ) |
| 7 | I would like to state that CAMRA has done a great deal for beer drinkers throughout the country . |
| 8 | ‘ In the past 50 years we 've done a great deal of abolition . |
| 9 | There is no doubt that Charles has done a great deal that his father has been proud of and has excelled at sports like polo that the Duke of Edinburgh played when he was younger , but the Prince never felt he was good enough . |
| 10 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
| 11 | This has done a great deal for the world . ’ |
| 12 | He and April , Maggie 's mum , had done a great deal of their courting in the back seats of the stalls . |
| 13 | The United states has done a great deal to blur the barrier between the bomb and the watt . |
| 14 | not because he was Mansfield , but because he was a man of their own party and had done a great deal of work in connection with municipal , industrial and trade union affairs generally … |
| 15 | After a career in the British army , during which time he had done a great deal of fieldwork and excavation , and had amassed a collection of artefacts from all over the world , he spent the rest of his life studying and excavating archaeological sites on his estate . |
| 16 | Well it seems to of done a great deal of , of male 's cases . |
| 17 | The appointment of Bernard Gallacher as British National Coach three years ago , was another boost for the women 's game — ‘ He has done a great deal of good , ’ confirmed Sally Hepburn — and the LGU was delighted when the Wentworth professional agreed to continue his duties this season , despite the distraction of captaining the European Ryder Cup side at Kiawah Island in September . |
| 18 | Similarly , the Transport 2000 group , which has done a great deal of work on this matter , has discovered beyond doubt that the interests of consumers in England and Wales have not been protected by privatisation . |
| 19 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 21 | The right hon. Gentleman has done a great deal during his period in the House for disabled people and everyone in the House admires him for what he has done , but he must know that there have been dramatic improvements in recent years in the scope , range and value of benefits and in the number of disabled people who receive them . |
| 22 | He has done a great deal of important work to expose the problem and to help us find a solution to it . |
| 23 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the Government have done a great deal to assist the Scottish economy . |
| 24 | The efforts of the management and the work force now in the shipyards on the Clyde and in Yarrow 's have done a great deal to restore that badge of quality , which was in danger of slipping away . |
| 25 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |
| 26 | No one can deny that the Council has done a great deal to improve the quality of education . |
| 27 | The CCBE has done a great deal behind the scenes to fend off some of the battier ideas emanating from the European Commission . |
| 28 | This union has done a great deal for equality . |
| 29 | One student teacher , carrying out a project on food , had done a great deal of oral history work and used pictorial sources . |
| 30 | And I agree , the Government claims it 's done a great deal for the environment . |