Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , the relations between the American and the British peoples have improved a great deal since then . |
| 2 | ‘ The homes have generated a great deal of interest . |
| 3 | Since then the assumptions underpinning , and the meanings attributed to , census data have changed a good deal . |
| 4 | Recent years have seen a good deal of change and instability in energy markets and the aim of the study is to investigate how these have influenced , or have been influenced by , the form of contractual behaviour in the markets . |
| 5 | The municipal authorities of Barcelona , who over the past few years have acquired a great deal of experience and expertise in founding and running cultural centres , have recently signed an agreement with the Fundación Salvador Allende to collaborate in setting up a museum in Santiago , Chile , to be called the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende . |
| 6 | The Stotherts have invested a great deal of time in their house . |
| 7 | This technique was originated by the Gestalt school , and since their early work experimental psychologists have amassed a great deal of information about which parameters influence the occurrence of apparent motion . |
| 8 | The ‘ Lucy ’ poems have received a great deal of critical attention ( see , for example , F. R. Leavis in Revaluation ) ; it is because the ‘ Matthew ’ poems are so frequently ignored that I have chosen one of them for special comment . |
| 9 | I would have to say that social conditions have changed a great deal today , going back to what the first |
| 10 | ( All the PTEs have done a great deal of work on the integration and simplification of fare-structures and the provision of interchangeable tickets . ) |
| 11 | China 's conservation efforts have received a good deal of attention and it has been difficult to sort out myth from reality . |
| 12 | Would you say that things have changed a great deal from the days when you finished your drama school training at Central in 1966 ? |
| 13 | In most Western democracies in the twentieth century , legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches . |
| 14 | He believes that older people have had a raw deal , and through his writing he hopes to show where things have gone wrong and how more positive attitudes could be developed . |
| 15 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 16 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the Government have done a great deal to assist the Scottish economy . |
| 17 | The Government have put a great deal of effort into persuading employers to take seriously the issues involving minorities in employment , including people with disabilities . |
| 18 | While the procedures have many similarities , the differences have created a great deal of confusion , and it is for this reason that the whole of Chapter 15 is devoted to an explanation of the distinction between arbitration and expert determination . |
| 19 | Estimating the mass of all the matter in the Universe is not an easy task but , in the past few years , many scientists have devoted a great deal of time to it . |
| 20 | In practice , writers on style have differed a great deal in their understanding of the subject , and one source of disagreement has been the question " To what or whom do we attribute style ? " |
| 21 | Film historians have spent a good deal of time debating the significance of the gangster films and attempting to relate them to the whole ethos of the Wall Street crash and the onset of the depression . |
| 22 | ‘ Senior officials in the Executive have spoken a great deal and written much about delivering a quality service . |
| 23 | I believe that pensioners have had a raw deal and I fully support the petition which states : |
| 24 | Mr Bowe said : ‘ British pensioners have had a raw deal . |
| 25 | The House has given a great deal of detailed attention to the Bill , and the promoters and the petitioners have devoted a great deal of time and effort to the case . |
| 26 | Over the last thirty years the achievements of physiologists and psychologists in studying dreaming have received a good deal of attention in the media , much of it sensationalist , so one might expect some of this information to have percolated through to become common knowledge . |
| 27 | Scottish women have spent a great deal of time discussing the pros and cons of being an older women , but what 's it like being young in Scotland in nineteen ninety two ? |
| 28 | Novell and Gradient Technologies have cut a strategic deal that will put Gradient 's standard-setting software licensing technology on NetWare . |
| 29 | Is the Minister aware that , while the science research councils have fared badly under the present Government , the humanities have fared a good deal worse under the direct rule of his Department ? |
| 30 | Meanwhile close rivals St Helens have completed a short-term deal for Canterbury-Bankstown 's Kiwi Test centre Jarrod McCracken who will be available for the home game with Wakefield Trinity on September 6 . |