Example sentences of "[noun sg] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slide out inner door panel and Valorclean liners fitted as standard take the hard work out of keeping your main oven clean , and if you need to move it you 'll find the adjustable rear wheels and lever operated front wheel a great help . |
| 2 | I looked at this detail with some interest , thinking it would probably tell a psychologist a great deal about Victor Frankenstein 's thought processes during this period of his engagement . |
| 3 | At present , the region acts as a clearing house and Lothian region gives the college a great deal of autonomy . |
| 4 | ‘ I owe the club a great deal because they took a chance on me , but that does n't mean I will do anything stupid . ’ |
| 5 | He had also a strong sense of humour , which was to her mind a great asset . |
| 6 | The tokens encouraged me in my search a great deal , as did the next find to appear , a 14th century strap-end buckle . |
| 7 | In practice a great deal of discretion is exercised by the Revenue with regard to this section , but to avoid an unexpected tax liability in relation to the transfer by the husband of the former matrimonial home to the wife the husband is well advised to consider making his election within the two-year period . |
| 8 | With a high performance car a greater depth is required . |
| 9 | Scientific research and teaching were important at many German universities , although the system was rigidly structured and gave the professor a great deal of power . |
| 10 | The response to this ad has illustrated what many of us suspect these days : there is in our industry a great wealth of under-utilised talent and experience which , far from regarding itself as unemployed and job hunting , is highly entrepreneurial and self-reliant . |
| 11 | Indeed , any lexical analysis of spontaneous speech will bring to light a great deal of it — words and phrases which approximate , round off , exaggerate , generalize , qualify , and maintain vagueness or ambiguity — in a word , there will be many hedges . |
| 12 | Much of what we see today dates from their time : massive curtain walls , defended on the south and east by four flanking towers , two round and two square ; within , a large rectangular courtyard enclosure , terminated at its west end by the might circular donjon surrounded by its own moat , and on the east side a great hall and chapel . |
| 13 | My local authority has a great many people in bed-and-breakfast accommodation , which costs the local poll tax payer a great deal . |
| 14 | ‘ The state it is in at the moment has limited our work a great deal , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Hari knew it was mostly done to help Craig and yet Edward Morris seemed to like her work a great deal . |
| 16 | Perhaps those artists mentioned who worked in several ways — like Hartley or Guston or Morris — will be shown in a manner that suggests some of the aesthetic connective tissue that is otherwise ignored , but if they are represented only by their signature work a great deal will be missing . |
| 17 | Nettie B. was absent from work a great deal in the 1920s , " owing to sickness of mother " . |
| 18 | One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis . |
| 19 | His guard , Mr Robert Woodford , aged 23 , explained : ‘ We do n't talk about the crash a great deal . ’ |
| 20 | My Troop — 10th Leith ( Balfour Melville ) — frequently marched with the rest of the Edinburgh District Scouts and I found the flag holster a great comfort — as it would have been to " Sister Anna " — since , in the song , she only had a " banner-carrying navel " as I recall . |
| 21 | ‘ She 's offering the boy a great opportunity , ’ agreed Pumblechook . |
| 22 | Not only were his carts and equipment a great encumbrance , but Gould was limited in the amount of ground he could cover by a scarcity of supplies . |
| 23 | There , in an upper hall a great log fire blazed and all was comfort and warmth , with attractive furnishings , colourful wall-hangings and tapestries , cushioned benches , skin rugs on the floor and the feminine touch everywhere evident . |
| 24 | At the far end of the hall a great pile of earth was growing steadily ; here the Sikhs were trying to dig a well . |
| 25 | In the course of the exercise a great deal of knowledge had been gained about EPH activities and associated problems , and various other changes were made as a result of the investigation . |
| 26 | As a display of complete athleticism a great boxing match is a supreme sporting event , the purest expression of skill , strength , and courage . |
| 27 | Homeless lobby a great success |
| 28 | TV campaign a great success Page 3 |
| 29 | For five years ( 1770–75 ) the entire correspondence of John Murray , British Ambassador to the Porte , was copied by one of his servants and the copies sent to his French colleague and rival ; simultaneously the Cardinal-Prince de Rohan , French Ambassador at Vienna in 1772–74 , obtained through an anonymous intermediary a great amount of confidential correspondence relating to the policies of Austria and many other States . |
| 30 | In the private sector a greater incentive might exist to show a need for higher fees to match high levels of dependency . |