Example sentences of "we have [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We have completed a great deal and the team knows exactly how a thing must be done , so it is simply a question of completing the sequence , designing our record packaging , and also seeing how the market is developing for the video players and monitors .
2 We have heard a great deal about the upheavals in Eastern Europe in recent months .
3 We have heard a great deal about the assistance that will be given to buy-outs .
4 It was sold as part of the National Bus Company sale to a company about which we have heard a great deal in our deliberations , Stagecoach , which is based in Perth .
5 On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training .
6 ‘ Our intention was always to purchase a CT scanner in our business plan this year and we have done a great deal of work , ’ he said .
7 On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour .
8 We have repaid a great deal of debt over recent years .
9 The introduction comments : ‘ We have witnessed a great change in manners : the substitution of words without blows for blows with or without words ; an approximation in the manners of different classes ; a decline in the spirit of lawlessness . ’
10 Once we have created a great bureaucracy , it will be there forever .
11 Since the end of the war , we have lost a great deal more of our forest land .
12 Now paired with the joker-in-chief , Palmer said : ‘ We have formed a great relationship off the pitch .
13 He added : ‘ We have achieved a great deal together over the past six years .
14 Tim Holton said : ‘ We have achieved a great deal in a short time but there is still a long way to go .
15 We have spent a great deal of time recognising and analysing the political problems we face and comparatively less time looking at ways to get rid of them .
16 Gordon , who runs the American Heartbeat clothes shop , Whessoe Road , said : ‘ We have had a great turn-out and are still collecting lots of cans .
17 The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit .
18 The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do .
19 We have had a great reaction especially in the last four weeks .
20 However , the Select Committee report is based on clean coal technology , on which we have taken a great deal of evidence from expert witnesses .
21 Social services chairman Bob Pitt said : ‘ We have put a great deal of effort into preparing contracts , which we believe are both fair to the homes and ensure that resources are used effectively . ’
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