Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where written pupil work is produced , it obviously contains a great deal of information ; something can be learnt about the general stage of understanding of the class by looking through such work after the lesson , while more is revealed if it is possible to discuss it with the pupil concerned . |
| 2 | It thus mattered a great deal where one Lived and to what sort of job one became initially attached . |
| 3 | It usually takes a great deal longer than is originally planned and hence , to a lesser degree in most cases , a larger amount of resources . |
| 4 | When any supply of magma is present below a volcano , it usually contains a great deal of gas , and this gas is often at high pressure . |
| 5 | While it was doubtless a noble religion it still had a greater contribution to make to humanity . |
| 6 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 7 | Er perhaps it er perhaps it also prompts a greater fear of not being in control , a greater fear of of er not being in in some way in command of the situation because then somebody might do something to you . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In education , although legislation promises increased power to parents and the opportunity for schools to opt out of local education authorities , it also promises a greater power for head teachers and , in the case of City Technology Colleges , a greater direct input from industry . |
| 10 | Every letter contains a message — it may confirm an order , complain about a late delivery or clarify a point — but it also does a great deal more . |
| 11 | All this has to be borne in mind when considering the survey as a source , but it also contains a great deal of " objective " evidence about size of family , size of dwelling , wages , etc . |
| 12 | It is basically a German cathedral as it was mainly built by Germans , but it clearly owes a great deal to the influence of French cathedral design . |
| 13 | Trading abroad as an importer or exporter can be highly profitable , but it often involves a greater degree of risk than operating in the home market . |
| 14 | The United States could , and did , also claim that it actually required a greater surplus than this so that it could begin to chip away at the huge ‘ overhang ’ of dollar liabilities with a view to restoring convertibility of the dollar to the SDR ( special drawing rights ) once confidence had been restored . |
| 15 | It certainly makes a great difference to our lives when we see prayer as delighting in God . |
| 16 | It certainly rained a great deal in Nuku'alofa , the gales whipping up the surf into clouds of spume and sending broken branches spinning through the air . |