Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and also supplies me a great deal of work . |
| 2 | ‘ Until we 've got stable testing , that worries me a great deal . ’ |
| 3 | But something about your comments worries me a great deal , and that 's the fact that many women tutors , you say , have been looking at this issue , but they have n't looked at the major part of the issue , which is from the students ' perspectives and the problem that goes on between students . |
| 4 | It transpires that the new tenant is Pris , one of the androids Deckard is hunting ( though John does not realise this until later in the story ) The presence of Pris excites him a great deal . |
| 5 | Eric has a transfer which , on the face of it , offers him a greater opportunity of first-team football . ’ |
| 6 | He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing . |
| 7 | The clear lines leading the eye to the altar where the focus of the Christian life is celebrated in the Eucharistic Sacrifice tells you a great deal about Bishop Harris . |
| 8 | Among humans , even when we do not understand the words , the manner of expression still tells us a great deal of what is being communicated , especially at a basic level of feeling , emotion and facts of physical life . |
| 9 | This search for soft touches tells us a great deal about ourselves . |
| 10 | A full discussion of that issue is beyond the scope of this book , but I would agree with those commentators who argue that its persistence tells us a great deal more about the present than the past . |
| 11 | ‘ Everyone thinks it a great idea , ’ Mrs Bean said happily . |
| 12 | Working also gives me a great sense of independence . |
| 13 | ‘ You know , Frome , it gives me a great deal of pleasure to think of you as head boy here next year . |
| 14 | And I must say that gives me a great pleasure . ’ |
| 15 | They believe this gives them a great opportunity and I am sure they are right . ’ |
| 16 | If they have people they can talk to and relate to who are from a non-statutory body , it gives them a greater degree of self-confidence . ’ |
| 17 | For example , if the credit period were reduced for customers to pay their debts it is likely that sales would decrease as customers may trade with another company that gives them a greater period to pay . |
| 18 | In the public sector of the economy , Sellier ( 1978 ) has shown that the influence of French unions is particularly strong since the high concentration of workers within that sector reduces the costs of organisation , the bureaucratic tendencies of large undertakings encourage trade union membership , and the official role accorded by government to the unions gives them a greater authority than they possess in the private sector . |
| 19 | Dealing with Cystitis early gives you a greater chance of clearing it up . |
| 20 | Suppleness or flexibility gives you a greater range of movements which will help you avoid the problems of pulled muscles and tendons and sprained ligaments . |
| 21 | It is a wonderful thing to see , and somehow gives you a greater thrill than seeing a conventional float slide under the surface . |
| 22 | ESP 's and Martin 's method gives you a greater length of fret to play over , and lessens the chances of the strings falling over the edges when using the kind of vib that Kirk sometimes does . |
| 23 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 24 | This gives it a great depth of field , and everything is maintained in focus . |
| 25 | Planning our future gives us a greater sense of internal control and increases self-esteem . |
| 26 | With the document being debated this week , we should beware of making branches accountable to its members , and increasing the numbers to one hundred gives us a greater base to work from than fifty . |
| 27 | ‘ This gives us a great chance to put things right . ’ |
| 28 | Boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ We have two home games after Southampton and it gives us a great chance to cement a top six place . ’ |
| 29 | What I am going to talk about next is erm I 'll just mention that , about another 5 minutes , I think , will get us to the other great bit of work that poor old Edward Heath had to do in St Aldate 's , which again , that gives us a great deal about the insight as to what it was like there . |
| 30 | The tower stands at the point of a great confluence of the coursing magical energies of the vortex , a fact that lends it a greater strength than any creation of mere bricks and mortar . |