Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 31 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |
| 32 | ‘ I want directors to use black actors and just portray them as ordinary people , not make a big deal about it . |
| 33 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 34 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 35 | ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added . |
| 36 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 37 | ‘ A contract does not make a great deal of difference . |
| 38 | It has been restored but not altered a great deal in modern times . |
| 39 | ( 5 ) Bleasdale Computers ( Harvard OTC ) " The company has just arranged a major deal with British Telecom who will market and supply their computers . |
| 40 | Which shows that it is worth complaining instead of just accepting a raw deal . |
| 41 | ‘ I ca n't do that thing on Saturday ‘ ’ he said apologetically to Tim Reagan , who , having sacrificed one of his staff in the arrangement , was mildly suggesting a reciprocal deal . |
| 42 | Because food preparation generally involves a good deal of doubling back to and from the refrigerator , sink , stove and different work surfaces , the walking distance between all the main work areas should not be excessive . |
| 43 | While Adorno confines this category to ‘ serious ’ music , Paddison points out that there seems no reason why it could not include a good deal of avant-garde jazz and such rock groups as Frank Zappa 's Mothers of Invention the Velvet Underground , and — he might have added — some post-punk bands . |
| 44 | Those of you who are involved in deciding whether to apply for a place in further or higher education will already know a good deal about how to read prospectuses without believing everything they say : what they do not say is just as important . |
| 45 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 46 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 47 | Thus it seemed clear that the lexical representation used for matching should already include a great deal of information about the word 's possible phonetic realisations . |
| 48 | The increasing though still very minimal panicipation of women in managerial , technical and higher professional occupations within the corporation has already attracted a good deal of attention , but there is little research specifically on the phenomenon of the female salariat in TNCs in the Third World ( see Garnsey and Paukert , 1987 , pp.57–67 ) . |
| 49 | There is , in theory , no reason why the state should not collect a great deal more tax than it does . |
| 50 | You will not do a great deal of good if you do nothing from Monday to Saturday and then run five miles on Sunday . |
| 51 | Nadia has already seen a good deal of Scotland , and also went on a school trip to France and Belgium when pupils of St Mary 's accompanied members of a pensioners ' lunch club to find out about the European Community and the European Parliament . |
| 52 | ‘ Here — drink this and you 'll soon feel a great deal better , ’ he added , walking across the room towards her . |
| 53 | Although I realise that he can not know of a particular incident that has been drawn to my attention today , is he aware that information has been sent to deceased claimants , thus causing a great deal of distress to the families concerned ? |
| 54 | The best earn a great deal more money . |
| 55 | It may , at first sight , not seem a great deal , but in truth it is almost everything . |
| 56 | They have lately had a great deal of it . |
| 57 | This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously . |
| 58 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
| 59 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
| 60 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |