Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] a [adj] deal [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Marianne places a great deal of store by marriage but not its permanence comes as no surprise to Warren Colman . |
| 2 | Chorus has a similar deal with Thomson CSF SA for the Inmos Transputer , and plans to team with other chip manufacturers . |
| 3 | Chorus has a similar deal with Thomson CSF for the Inmos transputer , and plans to partner with other chip manufacturers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | → 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 . |
| 6 | The choice of heads for the campaigning organizations says a great deal about their memberships : solidly white middle-class . |
| 7 | The piece includes a great deal of descriptive colour ; only try it if you feel you can bring something of your own imagination to it , and be prepared to risk some indulgence . |
| 8 | While the spread of degree subjects varies a good deal among institutions within each sector , one can see some broad differences in the overall pattern . |
| 9 | Coping with hearing loss takes a great deal of energy . |
| 10 | Whilst running a marathon requires a great deal of stamina , yoga is undoubtedly the best way to improve suppleness while weight-lifting obviously develops strength . |
| 11 | His skin secretes a great deal of mucus which both keeps the young attached and prevents them from drying out . |
| 12 | Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches . |
| 13 | Russia has a great deal of natural resources . |
| 14 | The Bank of England has a great deal of power over the financial markets because of its role as lender of last resort . |
| 15 | Obviously , contemporary interest in Leapor owes a great deal to a general shift in eighteenth century studies . |
| 16 | The fact that they do so and produce any results at all in such circumstances says a great deal about the men and women who serve us all in Derbyshire . |
| 17 | However the actual molecular mechanism by which so much energy can be absorbed during fracture varies a great deal between the different kinds of solids . |
| 18 | My proposal asks a great deal of many of you : time , energy , commitment , a willingness to go along with a plan which there is not time to discuss at length , and with ideas which I do n't imagine will win universal approval . |
| 19 | Field archaeology attracts a great deal of interdisciplinary interest since it offers so many varied and interesting problems . |
| 20 | Well , anything that you can do there , erm in in the immediate future would obviously be helpful , to support our case for being considered as the er the er European supplier , erm , and likewise with Italy , Spain , and France , not withstanding that at the moment they do n't do a great deal of business , well Spain does a great deal of business , but I do n't suppose is in a position to do much in in the way of technical support , erm , right , |
| 21 | These are by no means unusual examples , and Tannen spends a great deal of her paper speculating on why we do it . |
| 22 | ‘ But the machine saves a great deal of time in that it automatically produces statistics and its print-outs clearly show patterns in the absences . |
| 23 | Also , step back from engagement , never forward ; an exciting bout generates a great deal of noise and sometimes the opponent does n't hear the referee 's call to stop the bout . |
| 24 | But my work absorbs a great deal of my time . |
| 25 | Quite apart from the drafting of contracts the task of the engineer involves a great deal of communication , much of it by the written word . |
| 26 | Apart from being well written and a pleasure to read the overall feeling of this book is that the Author has a great deal of enthusiasm and knowledge about his subject , and it is based on personal experience . |
| 27 | Philips thinks that the PL has a great deal of commercial potential . |
| 28 | I would argue that the persuasive force of these statements owes a great deal to their teleological format . |
| 29 | The Kaiser Corporation has a similar deal in New Zealand . |
| 30 | He is still a child of nature as well as being a child of the spirit , and the practice of non-violence requires a great deal of discipline and courage . |