Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a great deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book is intended as a concise account of the principles of peptide chemistry for upper-level undergraduates studying chemistry and biochemistry and the author has obviously given a great deal of thought to the needs of his readers . |
| 2 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
| 3 | Forecasting has obviously improved a great deal over the years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It also shows women are over-represented in education , languages and literature and music/drama/art/design , whereas men are over-represented in engineering and technology and science , and that this pattern has not changed a great deal over the period , despite attempts to even out the balance , and in particular to attract more women on to science and technology courses . |
| 6 | CDC has already spent a great deal of time and money on an effort to stabilise the product , but faced with pressure from customers trying to use it , is hoping to speed the process up . |
| 7 | Liz has always taken a great deal of interest in make-up and admits to being ‘ so vain that I wear Revlon 's Aqualash waterproof mascara when diving ’ . |
| 8 | Up to now , the patch of land off Whessoe Road has n't had a great deal going for it . |
| 9 | In the winding it 's just their lot has n't changed a great deal . |
| 10 | The situation has recently become a great deal clearer , with the break in oil prices , which to some extent forces us to make up our minds . |
| 11 | Another example is Beatrix Potter , who has recently undergone a great deal of research to establish which are truly ‘ firsts ’ and which are only reprints without any indication of the fact . |
| 12 | Free range chicken production has recently attracted a great deal of interest from our friends in Brussels and for months now a battle royal has been going on to tie up the system of rearing birds to a ‘ given ’ free range name . |
| 13 | ‘ It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee . |
| 14 | She has never used a great deal of make-up . |
| 15 | That we should do so says a great deal about the arrogance of our cultural values . |
| 16 | Thinking about it carefully in a practical way rather than just muddling through makes a great deal of difference in coping successfully day by day . |
| 17 | Exporting invariably requires a great deal of documentation and specialised pricing , a large part of which is now being handled by the new computer system . |
| 18 | In a similar way , ‘ mat ’ might be a neutral word for you — unless , perhaps , you are a member of the Islamic faith when it may be associated with your religious observances , or ( at a lower level ) you may have just lost a great deal of money in an investment in floor coverings ! |
| 19 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |
| 20 | They end up learning a great deal about themselves and each other . |
| 21 | Although the courts do not refuse in principle to review the exercise of police discretionary powers , they do nevertheless exercise a great deal of caution and restraint to such a degree that it is difficult to see how in practice the principles of judicial review are capable of being used to challenge decisions to issue warrants where these are considered to be necessary for the prevention or detection of crime . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |