Example sentences of "and [modal v] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such situations allow little opportunity for innovative behaviour and may cause a great strain on the staff ; good planning and skilful leadership are required if innovative projects are not going to suffer too much . |
| 2 | Peter 's situation illustrates the fact that patients who spend very little time in hospital or have minor procedures performed still have anxieties and may need a great deal of help both before and after discharge . |
| 3 | A good agent really understands the route a band has to take and must have a great relationship with his or her promoters to persuade them to believe in an artist . |
| 4 | That 's her finished for the season but she will be back next year and should show a great deal of improvement . ’ |
| 5 | The secondary school to which they went on would then have an accurate record of what they could do , and could save a great deal of time at present wasted in the transition from one school to another . |
| 6 | The majority view was that Britain was and would remain a great power , giving the world leadership based on her experience over the centuries rather than on the depth of her pocket . |
| 7 | One last possible means of rescue remained but it was dangerous and would require a great deal of equipment . |
| 8 | A qualified homoeopath will have studied for at least three years and will spend a great deal of time in compiling a detailed history of the patient , including character , antecedents , likes and dislikes and so on . |
| 9 | Thus the process is extremely complex and will require a great deal of scientific endeavour , though a recent breakthrough ( Díaz et al. 1989 ) regarding the role of root lectins , which are carbohydrate-binding proteins , in determining host specificity suggests that science is making considerable progress on this problem . |
| 10 | Some , who have experienced only the old-style rote learning of facts and dates , may well believe that the subject is already educationally bankrupt and will take a great deal of persuading that history is not only educationally solvent and viable but is vital to the balance and well-being of the curricular economy of the 1990s . |
| 11 | Alcohol is also very high in calories and can contribute a great deal to a person 's weight . |
| 12 | The ripples spread out from the point where the stone is dropped and can affect a great area of the pond and perhaps even the whole of it . |
| 13 | A shy one causes all sorts of complications and can become a great time-waster . |