Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 2 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 3 | ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added . |
| 4 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 5 | ‘ A contract does not make a great deal of difference . |
| 6 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 8 | It has been restored but not altered a great deal in modern times . |
| 9 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 10 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 11 | What 's more , it 's best not to purchase a great wine , with another 10 or more years to wait before consumption , from a shop that has displayed it under bright light lights and in changing temperatures . |
| 12 | There is , in theory , no reason why the state should not collect a great deal more tax than it does . |
| 13 | You will not do a great deal of good if you do nothing from Monday to Saturday and then run five miles on Sunday . |
| 14 | Temporary advisers , especially those with a secure job to which they can return , need not feel a great sense of responsibility . |
| 15 | It may , at first sight , not seem a great deal , but in truth it is almost everything . |
| 16 | This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously . |
| 17 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
| 18 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
| 19 | Since the Root Thesaurus did not emerge until 1981 , it has not had a great impact on existing thesauri to date , but it could well be important in the future . |
| 20 | But , they did not report a great variability in theintensity of nuclear staining . |
| 21 | I lifted Harry until he was sitting on the walkway and then , still gripping him tightly , wriggled up beside him so that we were both sitting there with our heads wholly above water , which may not sound a great advance but which was probably the difference between life and death . |
| 22 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 23 | You may not see a great deal of your creative team — many agencies take the quite reasonable view that the creative people should be busy making advertisements , not chatting up clients , and in one or two like Collett Dickinson & Pearce , the creative department holds itself superior and aloof and deals with clients only through its emissaries , the account executives . |
| 24 | The church probably held some two hundred people but was not used a great deal in the 1920's . |
| 25 | As it happens , my right hon. Friend the Chancellor devoted most of his speech to doing precisely that , but I did not detect a great deal of interest on the Opposition Benches in what he had to say . |
| 26 | These basic proposals for the development of the hotel need not cost a great deal : Outside signage £2,000 medium term External planting £500 long term External furniture £1,500 short term Reception lighting £300 short term afé facility £2,500 long term Restaurant development £1,000 medium term |
| 27 | Our piloting suggests that there is very little information here which could not be filled in out of the heads of appropriate teachers on these courses , so filling in the questionnaire should not cost a great deal of time for each person . |
| 28 | ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says . |
| 29 | Those who complain about such evil seduction usually do not have a great experience of the real world which existed long before TV and continued alongside it , sometimes being reflected by it , but always more horrific than TV . |
| 30 | They would not have a great choice of subjects in their fourth and fifth years . |