Example sentences of "says a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says a great deal about the natural stupidity of tyrants that , having discovered that torture works extremely effectively in intellectual or political cases , they immediately assume that it will work as well in the inspiring of desire in young women . |
| 2 | The choice of heads for the campaigning organizations says a great deal about their memberships : solidly white middle-class . |
| 3 | There was some scepticism about this solution — given that we had altered the recommendations for doctors and dentists — but it says a great deal for the good sense of the nurses that they accepted the plan . |
| 4 | The fact that it has not happened says a great deal both about the appointments process and the legal profession . |
| 5 | This excerpt really says a great deal . |
| 6 | It says a great deal for this extraordinary organisation that it can inspire such dedication in children who , prior to joining the Horse Rangers , would never have even so much as patted a horse . |
| 7 | The parishes were more or less equal in area , around 4000 acres ; their layout says a great deal for the Saxon ability to recognise and exploit soil features and for their respect for mutual rights of neighbouring communities . |
| 8 | It says a great deal for Saxon resilience that the Sussex settlements do not seem to have reverted to wholesale waste , and the pressure was greatly liked in 1017 when Cnut was elected king of England and the country passed under a Scandinavian aegis for the next half century or so . |
| 9 | At the very least , it says a great deal about the conspiratorial mentality which the leaders of the Communist system have created that so many defectors tend to see deception at work everywhere . |
| 10 | In the vital chapter ‘ The Shadow of the Past ’ Gandalf says a great deal about it , but his information boils down to three basic data : ( 1 ) the Ring is immensely powerful , in right or wrong hands ; ( 2 ) it is dangerous and ultimately fatal to all its possessors — in a sense there are no right hands ; ( 3 ) it can not simply be left unused or put aside , but must be destroyed , something which can happen only in the place of its origin , Orodruin , Mount Doom . |
| 11 | Besides , the cavalier way in which Joseph Kosuth mentions Claudio Parmiggiani 's name says a great deal about his indifference to the problem raised and to the wrong in question . |
| 12 | That we should do so says a great deal about the arrogance of our cultural values . |
| 13 | It says a great deal for the language faculty of the Polytechnic of Central London that it not only survived having this vociferous cuckoo of a course in its midst but is planning to repeat it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | How they coped with no child benefit or social security back up says a great deal for their determination and the sacrifices that had to be made by them all . |
| 17 | The fact that they do so and produce any results at all in such circumstances says a great deal about the men and women who serve us all in Derbyshire . |
| 18 | It says a great deal about our attitude to the role of the opposition that you regard everything that they do as being a little more than attempt to seek a political advantage . |
| 19 | Erm , amendment that need to be made to this words housing waiting list , we in fact no longer have a standard housing waiting list but have a housing needs register erm that says a great deal about the system that we have is that it 's judged on people 's housing need and not on their income . |