Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production . |
| 2 | Inevitably it takes a great deal of time to go into these cases . |
| 3 | As Lord er the Lord Chief Justice said in a television programme Question Time er two nights ago it takes a good deal of experience before somebody 's qualified to be a judge and when you do become a judge you have a great deal to learn . |
| 4 | Then it moved a great deal leftwards and left the hon. Gentleman looking quite bourgeois compared with some of the later entrants to the Labour party . |
| 5 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |