Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 2 | On the other hand , some social survey projects do not necessarily require a great deal of theoretical background reading and the emphasis in this case will be less on the library and more on fieldwork . |
| 3 | That would not only cost a great deal of money , but put power once again into the hands of the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service Employees , which could then decide how hospitals were to be run . |
| 4 | A solution involving the secession of Eritrea , he said , " would not only bring a great deal of difficulty to Ethiopia , but also to a large number of other countries in similar positions " . |
| 5 | It may not always mean a great deal ( though sometimes a title of this sort can be read as a genuine sign of worth ) , but it plays an essential part in reassuring people in a notoriously insecure and uncertain business . |
| 6 | A recent Which ? report confirms that we do not always get a good deal from British sausages . |
| 7 | Despite Mercer 's injury , Leeds say they 've still not finalised a two-year deal for Aussie Test back rower Bob Lindner . |
| 8 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |
| 9 | The future is now also looking a great deal rosier for children with solid tumours . |
| 10 | To carry these out well entails a great deal of labour by the clergy and their devoted lay helpers . |
| 11 | The new play has humour , pain and anguish about the nature of brothers and family relationships ‘ of people who are bound to each other but do n't necessarily have a great deal in common . ’ |
| 12 | Farmers say in previous years the public have n't always got a fair deal , as Simon Garrett reports |
| 13 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 14 | ‘ As I see it , Lisa , you do n't really have a great deal of room for manoeuvre . |
| 15 | In regards to of this motion , I do n't really have a great deal of trouble with that at all . |
| 16 | you know that s some do n't really have a great deal of problem , others really do have a sort of off work for two or three days every month and it 's not a bundle of laughs because , you know , that really must be difficult , but they , they get a rough idea of how it for them |
| 17 | Lisa did vaguely remember , now that Kerry mentioned it , but she 'd been so absorbed in what she was doing at the time that she had n't really paid a great deal of attention . |
| 18 | It would be less at the equator ( perhaps half a degree ) and more at the poles perhaps six degrees ; certainly enough to melt a great deal of polar ice . |
| 19 | ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added . |
| 20 | There have been a number of attempts at detailed classification , some very involved and certainly not avoiding a great deal of overlapping of the categories . |