Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a great [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one can deny that the Council has done a great deal to improve the quality of education . |
| 2 | The United states has done a great deal to blur the barrier between the bomb and the watt . |
| 3 | Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’ |
| 4 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 5 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 6 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 7 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 8 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Richard and his brothers had attended a great court held by Louis VII at Paris in the spring of 1173 . |
| 10 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 11 | JC : Eric Crozier had had a great success producing The Bartered Bride . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the Government have done a great deal to assist the Scottish economy . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |
| 16 | BRITISH Muslims have missed a great opportunity to turn public opinion against Salman Rushdie , an Islamic scholar said yesterday . |
| 17 | Three recent significant changes have created a great opportunity to focus research on the health needs of the population . |