Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These combinations , as they are called , involve simple one-step punching and blocking techniques , but even of beginners a greater variety of kicks is expected , nor surprisingly in view of the emphasis that taekwondo places upon them .
2 Whenever possible buy the yarn by length rather than weight as different fibres and treatments can vary the weight of yarns a great deal .
3 Whenever possible buy the yarn by length rather than by weight as different fibres and treatments can vary the weight of yarns a great deal .
4 Furthermore the overall effect of this circulation is to link together into a widely ramifying network of relationships a great number of individuals of quite different status and quite different cultural background .
5 But to reach that point in our dealings with others a great deal needs to have taken place within us .
6 The full implementation of the substance and spirit of the Wagner Committee 's proposals might go some way towards giving people in institutions a greater say .
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