Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it says in the article You own house and live in Surrey your surviving spouse is not going to get a great deal of the house . |
| 2 | The approach , however , is fundamentally marginal : it is not going to have a great effect on urban economies faced with the impact of massive corporate restructuring ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 3 | So provides section 16 of the Partnership Act , 1890 , and the words have a comfortingly assured ring about them even though long and intimate acquaintance with that Act suggests that comfort will be impaired if here as at other points in the Act one indulges in deeper reflection ; and reflection need not go very deep before one becomes uneasy , because if one takes the words of section 16 into unqualified acceptance and seeks to apply them in practical situations , one does not have to envisage a great number of such situations to find some where the uncritical acceptance of section 16 will lead to manifest absurdity . |
| 4 | Kate did not seem to play a great part in her husband 's political life : she appeared on platforms with him from time to time , but she was by no means an automatic member of his entourage . |
| 5 | The latter was more likely ; he did not seem to have a great deal of time for God . |
| 6 | erm we do n't expect to see a great change in that . |
| 7 | You see I ca n't afford to spend a great deal on anyone this year . |
| 8 | Nothing but bills as usual — she did n't seem to get a great deal else these days . |
| 9 | Therefore , I do n't propose to take a great deal of time going through this report . |