Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers at British Aerospace fear a proposed deal with Indonesia could threaten more jobs at Prestwick . |
| 2 | Here I must emphasize that , although social anthropologists in the field concentrate a great deal of their attention on day-to-day domestic relationships , it is not really the set of domestic relationships as such which is their ultimate focus of interest . |
| 3 | Tranmere wasted a good deal of splendid midfield work in the first half with long-range speculative shots into the stand . |
| 4 | This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school . |
| 5 | Thomas Arnold made a great deal out of the distinction between the concept of service and the pursuit of profit . |
| 6 | The fact that Marianne places a great deal of store by marriage but not its permanence comes as no surprise to Warren Colman . |
| 7 | New moves tend to come from middle-class artists who have had the opportunity to absorb a great deal early and feel sufficiently confident in an educational and financially secure context to move it along . |
| 8 | A central feature of the government 's binary policy and the concept of a ‘ public sector ’ was the decision to concentrate a good deal of advanced work in a new generation of ‘ polytechnics ’ — a title borrowed from an earlier response to technological and economic demand — the generation of polytechnics created in London in the last two decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Kirsten Matz , Expressen 's money page editor , said : ‘ It proves that sheer luck has a great deal to say about the stock market . ’ |
| 10 | Chorus has a similar deal with Thomson CSF SA for the Inmos Transputer , and plans to team with other chip manufacturers . |
| 11 | Chorus has a similar deal with Thomson CSF for the Inmos transputer , and plans to partner with other chip manufacturers . |
| 12 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 13 | The New Testament has a good deal to say with respect to church administration . |
| 14 | Sir Ralph Halpern believes our manufacturing industry has a great deal to learn from labels such as Benetton and Hennes in Europe , and The Gap , Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein in the States , in terms of creating brand and image . |
| 15 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
| 16 | I would add that toy manufacturers used a good deal of imagination and licence when they produced their models , perhaps not taking into account the keen eye and future criticism of FlyPast readers ! |
| 17 | When we look at the open countryside it does n't really to my mind say a great deal about er what is what should be considered acceptable . |
| 18 | Even a writer as far removed from the field covered in this book as John Le Carré owes a great deal , in all but his latest work , to the blueprint detective story . |
| 19 | → I would add to N B Cherry 's letter by saying that of course modern guitar design owes an awful lot to the pioneer designs of the ‘ 40s and '50s in very much the same sort of way that the modern motor car owes a great deal to its predecessors — that is to say , four wheels , petrol driven internal combustion engine etc. , etc. , you get my drift . |
| 20 | There is no doubt that members and creditors ( actual or potential ) of companies are afforded ample opportunities to obtain a great deal of financial and other information about the companies concerned . |
| 21 | Anecdotes that bolster self-image reveal a great deal to you about the speaker . |
| 22 | The choice of heads for the campaigning organizations says a great deal about their memberships : solidly white middle-class . |
| 23 | As soon as it was launched in 1986 the East London Compact attracted a great deal of attention from people wishing to learn how a local Partnership between Education and Industry could work to enhance the educational experiences and vocational opportunities of young people . |
| 24 | Officials of the Association hope a new deal can be introduced to stop a trickle of officials leaving the game becoming a flood . |
| 25 | The ten subject areas of the NAEP programme cover a good deal of the curriculum , but Greenbaum , et al ( 1977 ) argue that this was limiting . |
| 26 | Recall from Chapter 22 that the monetarists put a great deal of faith in the observed correlation between changes in the money supply and changes in national income . |
| 27 | Creed received a good deal of spin-off publicity . |
| 28 | Branches undertake a great deal of complex and important work . |
| 29 | This study attracted a good deal of interest and replication ( Blacksell and Gilg , 1975 ) and in a massive appraisal of the approach ( Robinson et al . , |
| 30 | The piece includes a great deal of descriptive colour ; only try it if you feel you can bring something of your own imagination to it , and be prepared to risk some indulgence . |