Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must understand , however , that I take a great interest in poor Hyde . |
| 2 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 3 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 4 | I was so surprised that I gave a great shout . |
| 5 | The discovery that someone knows a great deal about the effects of drugs and has strong opinions or whether or not a particular drug or process is or is not addictive is a strong positive indicator of addictive disease . |
| 6 | I had the feeling on reading it that a dam had just burst , and that she had a great deal more to say . |
| 7 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 8 | ‘ Only that I have an impression that she depends a great deal on the doctor . ’ |
| 9 | Germany 's failure to achieve political greatness further encourages the view that she has a great future before her . |
| 10 | I did n't think that you knew a great deal about art . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yeah , there are times , because certain guitars do n't have a wangy bar , that you get a great solo for most of the song and right at the end you want to maybe slide down and you ca n't do it , so you 'd have to find a guitar that would do that , and then blend it in . ’ |
| 12 | It simply occurs to me that you know a great deal about me , whereas I know nothing about you other than your name . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Bidding for the feasibility study starts later this year and I am confident that we have a great chance . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The more I see of you , the more I 'm convinced that we have a great deal more in common than being related to a tiresome adolescent . |
| 15 | I recognise that we have a great deal of work to do in planning for the next steps in taking our strategy forward . |
| 16 | Finally I 'll just say this to him , I agree that we have a great deal of things to learn from the United States , not in the way he suggests but it is a fact that er over the economic cycle of O E C D between seventy nine and eighty nine er America the United States saw growth of twenty six percent which created eighteen and half million jobs in their free enterprise economy . |
| 17 | However , our oppponents fail to recognise that we have a great amount to learn from those in business who have developed techniques to ensure that large organisations improve their efficiency and deliver their objective more effectively than was the case . |
| 18 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 19 | He will not forget , particularly when we have the presidency next year , that Malta has applied for membership of the Community and that we owe a great debt of gratitude to the Maltese people . |
| 20 | On this basis I suggest that there remains a great deal of doubt that mild to moderate hypertension in elderly people should be treated . |
| 21 | It is also true that many older people , who were trained rigorously in the disciplines of study fashionable before 1960 , think that they know a great deal about language , but in fact imbibed many false notions from their schooling . |
| 22 | Where they do differ is that they know a great deal less about the properties of social and psychological phenomena than do the natural sciences about the properties of the natural world . |
| 23 | He they knew that they had a great sense of the weather themselves after being out in it . |
| 24 | There is not much evidence of a determined drive by the Communists to control NICRA and even less that they had a great deal of influence . |
| 25 | Thus , older workers were more than twice as likely as those under 40 to say that they had a great deal of respect for the top management at the firm ( 72 per cent ) . |
| 26 | He would just say that they evoked a great warmth in him . |
| 27 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 28 | A comparison of the three Gospels shows not only that they have a great deal in common but also that , in many cases , the wording of individual stories is either identical or very similar ( for example , compare Mark 2:3–12 ; Matt. |
| 29 | Birdie Mac in the sweet shop told people that it took a great amount of faith these days to realise that God was fair-minded . |
| 30 | The major problem with the method is that it takes a great deal of time , attention and patience . |