Example sentences of "[verb] been a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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31 | There has been little sociological work on this topic but there has been a good deal of interesting history , much of it carried out under the aegis of the North East Labour History Society . |
32 | There has been a good deal of discussion recently of time-perspectives in industrial and economic policy , with both industry and the City being accused of ‘ short-termism ’ , sometimes in comparison with the Germans or Japanese . |
33 | It is generally known , of course , that standard English enshrines sporadic residues of approximations between these vowels , for example in doublets of the type strop/strap , catch/ketch , but there has been a good deal of dispute about EModE evidence for overlap and merger in this part of the vowel-system . |
34 | Less is known however about the impact of second homes on the local environment , and although there has been a good deal of speculation about their impacts , as shown in Table 7.5 , there are few hard or agreed empirical data to back this up . |
35 | But there has been a good deal less successful cross-border brand-building in the confectionery division . |
36 | Since its launch last November , says that there has been a good deal of interest in the scheme from all sectors of the industry and added , ‘ Through controlled and managed expansion the benefits in terms of new business to the Company are tremendous ’ . |
37 | For example , there has been a good deal of solid research on the changing nature of the mining industries in the Third World , once entirely and now less entirely dominated by First World TNCs . |
38 | In retrospect , she said , the Budget could have been a great deal worse for disabled people considering what issues had been bandied about in the media recently . |
39 | Otherwise it might have been a great deal more difficult to ignore . |
40 | It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult . |
41 | The Derby was the first time Nijinsky started at odds against — and if his full background story had been known , the odds would have been a good deal longer . |
42 | Inevitably the industry came under some pressure from the Government to control this burgeoning demand from domestic consumers , without which the capacity crisis would have been a good deal less serious . |
43 | Therefore it was supposed that payments practices , and other institutional arrangements which change only slowly over time , have more influence on the velocity of circulation than any temporary changes in M. Before the First World War there may have been a good deal of truth in this assumption because the financial system was relatively unsophisticated and financial innovation was taking place very slowly by today 's standards . |
44 | Indeed in the circumstances in which he found the community there is likely to have been a good deal of disorder . |
45 | Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun . |
46 | There are enough good , specific reference sources available these days for the captions to have been a great deal more informative ; even at this very reasonable price the reader has a right to expect less of the hard work to be left up to him . |
47 | There had been a great deal of tinkering but no overall review . |
48 | There had been a great deal of fussing tonight . |
49 | There had not been a meeting of the accident investigation division for fifteen years and there had been a great deal of development in the civil aviation scene in the intervening period , so a meeting was called in Montreal in January and February of that year . |
50 | The Navigation Acts were complicated and applying the regulations would have been harder if there had been a great deal of trade between the colonies , but in the seventeenth century most of the trade of each colony on the American mainland or in the West Indies was with England rather than with other colonies . |
51 | Regarding effect on lifestyle , 154 ( 36% ) sufferers felt there had been a great deal or fair amount of effect ( 55 ( 45% ) men and 99 ( 34% ) women ) . |
52 | There had been a great deal of blood . |
53 | This Election provides a stark contrast with the one of 1690 , when there had been a great deal of controversial pamphleteering , and where a significant number of contests had been fought over the issues of the Church and the security of the Protestant Succession . |
54 | And there certainly had been a great deal of stress and tension — almost from the first few weeks following their wedding : Lady Nancy Wyndham 's total opposition to their marriage ; her own mother 's sudden untimely death , followed by her father 's long-drawn-out and eventually terminal illness ; the total immersion of Ross in his business affairs , and — the final catalyst — the affair between Ross and his personal assistant , Marissa Kenton . |
55 | There had been a good deal of rain , the Thames was high , and a north-westerly had piled up water at the river 's mouth , waiting for a strong flood tide to carry it up . |
56 | There 's been a great deal to discuss . |
57 | erm I think in fact it would be better to ask Mr Bailey to explain what his concerns were erm I 'd just like to say first although initially it revolves around problems of drinking , I 'm looking at other issues of East Oxford , in that recently there 's been a great deal of concern about glue sniffing in sections there , and there have been various letters from residents in the local newspapers , and I think there 's a general level of problem for people living in East Oxford , and it 's not just that the people there want the streets cleaned up or whatever , they want something constructive and helpful to be done for people . |