Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pest Control Division did not have a great start to 1991 . |
| 32 | The right hon. Member for Worcester has said in characteristically self-deprecating phrases that he does not have a great desire to be remembered but I am sure that , given his record , he will take it as an accolade to be thought of , in H. L. Mencken 's happy phrase , as a politician who could sit on the fence and have both ears to the ground at the same time . |
| 33 | However , many carers may not have a great deal of energy left over for campaigning , and may simply want to go along to the group for support , advice and a break from usual responsibilities . |
| 34 | Most of these in themselves do not have a great deal of interest to offer the tourist . |
| 35 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 36 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 37 | I do not have a great deal to learn from such policy documents . |
| 38 | IMO Whilst I believe Leeds are capable of scoring goals away from home , I do not have a great deal of faith in the team 's ability to defend when put under pressure . |
| 39 | Why , when G E C had all the expertise to do this and Deutsch Aerospace frankly , does not have a great deal of background in this . |
| 40 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 41 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 42 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 43 | However , it should be noted that additions to IBM files did not take a great deal longer than to ICL files , while random retrievals from IBM files were not markedly more rapid . |
| 44 | Eva , who felt she owed all she was , and had achieved , to her mother did not take a great deal of convincing . |
| 45 | Now at the moment the black chemical that 's in there is not doing a great deal . |
| 46 | Although linking pensions to prices rather than incomes may not produce a great difference in one year , after twenty-five years , assuming incomes rise by 2 per cent per annum faster than prices , the price-linked pension will be worth only approximately 60 per cent of the earnings-linked pension . |
| 47 | The common law has not proved a great source of procedural protection for aliens . |
| 48 | Initially , philosophers interested in reference ( with some notable exceptions ) did not pay a great deal of attention to indexicals ( Bar-Hillel , 1970 : 76 ) ; then they began to treat them as very special kinds of expression requiring contextual co-ordinates or indices , as sketched above . |
| 49 | There have been a number of attempts at detailed classification , some very involved and certainly not avoiding a great deal of overlapping of the categories . |
| 50 | It does not require a great deal of specialist training other than in counselling skills and is based on common sense . |
| 51 | It does not require a great deal of imagination to accept that the unit of physical matter could be the product of a ‘ good ’ event if it contributed towards the desired end of a happy human race , but it does require a measure of mental effort to accept that each unit of ‘ good ’ produced a corresponding unit contributing towards God , that is , a unit of Godliness . |
| 52 | As James graphically put it , in every moral decision ‘ some part of the ideal is butchered ’ It does not require a great deal of insight to appreciate the significance of James 's theory for the judicial process . |
| 53 | ‘ I am not making a great song and dance about it , ’ she said in a softly dangerous voice and , with a hint of ostentation in her movements , stirred a saccharin tablet into a cup of black coffee . |
| 54 | The use of the word ‘ lawful ’ to qualify the public meeting in question does not add a great deal . |
| 55 | It would certainly create more work for the lawyers but would not add a great deal of protection for the ordinary person . |
| 56 | It does not seem a great return for all the time and money expended . |
| 57 | This may not seem a great deal . |
| 58 | It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity would generally suggest that in China contrasts with other places where the book did not receive a great deal of publicity . |
| 59 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 60 | Such a step might not involve a great deal of additional work in the legislative process , since Bills are already accompanied on presentation to Parliament by an Explanatory and Financial Memorandum , which is frequently well drafted and helpful . |