Example sentences of "[adj] and a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also arranged to have a guitar I wished to sell collected on my behalf — all this and a wicked deal to boot ! |
| 2 | I found it boring , self-conscious and a good deal sketchier than the Balzac novella on which it 's based . |
| 3 | As we shall see in the next chapter , the consequence of this stiffness is that timber has had to evolve a work of fracture mechanism which is quite different and a good deal more ingenious . |
| 4 | Sutcliffe makes a similar observation : " the real motivation for selecting one dialect or another has relatively little to do with the English class system as such and a great deal to do with ethnic and cultural identification . " |
| 5 | Per capita costs of material appear low , but the project is so small that production costs are minimal and a great deal of good will and free time has gone into material production and distribution . |
| 6 | The rooms are back to normal , but much tidier and a good deal cleaner . ’ |
| 7 | However , today the standard colour is black-and-white pied and indeed many have Friesian blood but are much smaller , shorter and more compact than the Friesian and a great deal hardier . |
| 8 | Such data are usually extensive and a good deal of compression can be achieved by working in fixed format mode where each item of data for a sample unit occupies its own particular field ( position ) in the line being typed . |
| 9 | Consideration , yes — anything less is to use one 's partner as a sexual object and less than human and a good deal of sexual dissonance between partners is a result of lack of this mutuality of feeling ; but to allow consideration of a partner 's pleasure to override the joy of sex for oneself is not only unfortunately genteel and polite , it may mean that the partner 's pleasure is actually diminished by one 's timorous courtesy . |
| 10 | It was not until 1964 and a great deal of nagging on my part that the regulations were changed to require flight data recorders to be carried . |
| 11 | We are already attracting sponsorship for the Famous Compere 's Policedog in January 1992 and a great deal of interest has been shown in the celebrations to mark the end of Amnesty 's thirtieth year . |
| 12 | Shirer was later to meet Joyce under more adverse circumstances , finding him more likeable and a good deal braver than he had supposed . |
| 13 | To become commercial , though , the magnets will have to be made at least two-three times more powerful and a good deal lighter than they are today . |
| 14 | If the East Europeans could have offered a bit more in the loose and a great deal more behind the scrum , they would have reaped some reward for their excellent work in the line-out . |
| 15 | The Christian view of marriage on the other hand is both practical and a good deal happier than any alternative . |
| 16 | Embargoes should be used only if they are really necessary and a good deal of the embargoed material which reaches an editor 's desk does not really need this form of restriction . |
| 17 | Fox and the others would do all that was necessary and a good deal that was n't , working by the book . |
| 18 | It seems to me that E two as it is currently drafted is a great deal less comprehensive than P P G seven and a great deal more restrictive , possibly as a consequence of being less comprehensive . |
| 19 | Half an hour spent in his wife 's elegant and comfortable drawing room was usually more productive and a great deal more entertaining than hours spent beavering through official files . |