Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] a great " in BNC.

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1 i ) Films of risky junctions tend to contain a great deal of information related to risk .
2 However , despite television 's growing importance as a source of information , regular readers of newspapers continue to attach a great deal of weight to the print medium ( Table 1.2(b) ) .
3 The evidence comes from a number of sources , for instance , the ex-head of reactor designer research at Harwell , Mr Denis Dorson , he on a number of occasions tried to institute a great number of changes into the reactors to make them safer .
4 With the phenomenal explosion of information science in recent years , the vast increase in publishing costs and the reduction in government grants to educational establishments , librarians seem to spend a great deal of their time these days poring over computer print-outs on library utilization , in order to help them decide where to recommend cutbacks in library service ( e. g. shorter opening hours or reduced service from enquiry desks ) .
5 As a result , archaeologists need to use a great deal of interpretation to fill in the gaps in the evidence caused by the accidental survival of some remains while others have perished .
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