Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bringing all this together has required a great deal of planning , co-operation between numerous organisations and many long hours of work , ’ he added . |
| 2 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 3 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 4 | This does not necessarily mean spending a great deal of money on it , but careful and considerate planning of the whole day . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 6 | The well bubbled into a tributary of the Moy , but unfortunately it had been hemmed in by modern concrete and so had lost a great deal of its charm . |
| 7 | As it says in the article You own house and live in Surrey your surviving spouse is not going to get a great deal of the house . |
| 8 | Figures of this kind can not avoid concealing a great deal . |
| 9 | Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances . |
| 10 | The ITV companies pay royalties only after sales , but they will soon have to negotiate a new deal . |
| 11 | The fact that it has not happened says a great deal both about the appointments process and the legal profession . |
| 12 | The latter was more likely ; he did not seem to have a great deal of time for God . |
| 13 | In summary then , the action project appears not to have made a great deal of difference to people 's receipt of other services , except that it has probably kept some sufferers away from day care and has increased home help hours for its own clients ( and probably allayed the need for home help among other clients ) . |
| 14 | On the other hand , she comforted herself , the modern Dane , from what she had read and the little she had seen , appeared not to have inherited a great deal from his pillaging ancestors ! |
| 15 | This self-confessedly wilful boy always contrived to have a great deal of his own way and seemed able to follow his bent whenever the weather permitted . |
| 16 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 17 | In real life , of course , you would probably have to master a great deal more information , including details of the premises and the personal particulars of all the key staff . |
| 18 | We also had to learn a great deal of poetry by heart — poetry which I can still recall all these years later . |
| 19 | Judged against this standard , many of our towns now seem to leave a great deal to be desired . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Graphic designers are often asked to do a great deal in a comparatively short space of time , ’ acknowledges Peter Brigg , ‘ but that 's because there 's often no substitute for the printed document . |
| 21 | These documents — student records and timetables — often have to carry a great deal of information including complex messages and progress summaries . |
| 22 | King Alfred 's successes may well have owed a great deal to his predecessors , but in the construction of his network of defensive fortresses we see an ability to command similar to Offa 's , and perpetuated by his son Edward the Elder and grandson Æthelstan , who conquered all England for the West Saxon dynasty . |
| 23 | He could n't have bled a great deal , perhaps a cupful all told . |
| 24 | You see I ca n't afford to spend a great deal on anyone this year . |
| 25 | Nothing but bills as usual — she did n't seem to get a great deal else these days . |
| 26 | Well no , it 's not but it 's they do n't get paid a great deal . |
| 27 | Therefore , I do n't propose to take a great deal of time going through this report . |
| 28 | Th does that mean the older people here have had a raw deal ? |
| 29 | Bella 's slander about drink baffled him , but at the same time it queerly took root , until he did indeed start boozing a good deal . |
| 30 | Achieving this independence will often have taken many years and will certainly have involved a great deal of effort . |