Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] a [adj] deal to " in BNC.
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1 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
2 | → I would add to N B Cherry 's letter by saying that of course modern guitar design owes an awful lot to the pioneer designs of the ‘ 40s and '50s in very much the same sort of way that the modern motor car owes a great deal to its predecessors — that is to say , four wheels , petrol driven internal combustion engine etc. , etc. , you get my drift . |
3 | Obviously , contemporary interest in Leapor owes a great deal to a general shift in eighteenth century studies . |
4 | I would argue that the persuasive force of these statements owes a great deal to their teleological format . |
5 | ‘ Adequate resources would have to include extra staff , as this shortage contributes a great deal to our lack of staff training , i.e. the staff we have are all needed to run the service ’ … |
6 | ‘ Extra staff , as this shortage contributes a great deal to our lack of staff training ’ . |
7 | Good food control contributes a great deal to good weight control . |
8 | On the other hand , it leads to the admission that in so far as all linguistic theories are provisional and incomplete ( particularly in the sphere of semantics ) , even the best-informed linguistic analysis leaves a great deal to be desired . |
9 | Clearly , the special character of the National Health Service structure owes a great deal to the strength of special interests , though its reorganization in the 1970s owed much to ‘ managerial ’ thinking . |
10 | However , in a reference to the territorial claim in the Irish Constitution to Northern Ireland , Mr Reynolds said : ‘ The present Irish constitutional position means a great deal to the nationalist community in Northern Ireland . |
11 | The expansion of middle-income purchasing power owes a great deal to England 's unique rate of urban growth . |