Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [vb pp] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has achieved a great deal , and made a valuable contribution to our company 's efficiency over these last seven years . |
| 2 | ‘ She has suffered a great deal . |
| 3 | Since those days she has done a great deal of work with Steven Berkoff — particularly in his play for two people , Decadence which she has played in London , Los Angeles and Dublin . |
| 4 | Also , on the basis of an outline and ‘ three or four ’ chapters of a first novel , she has done a five-figure deal for two books by Juliette Mead , a woman in her early 30s who works in the cit . |
| 5 | In this respect , she has learnt a great deal from her husband . |
| 6 | ‘ She is a grown woman now , she has changed a great deal since she last came to stay with us eight years ago , ’ said Mrs Riddiford after meeting Kylie in her hotel after the concert . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I love her , she 's a sweet girl and she 's had a raw deal , and I have to admit , it makes one feel so good when one is needed . ’ |
| 8 | But , given the low base from which the Liberal Democrat party began its struggle for recognition , he has achieved a great deal . |
| 9 | Even after a few minutes — even while the porter is still showing him to his room — Howard feels that he has understood a great deal about this city . |
| 10 | If the vendor is to feel that he has secured a good deal , then he , like the buyer , must feel that he has won some concessions . |
| 11 | The appointment of Bernard Gallacher as British National Coach three years ago , was another boost for the women 's game — ‘ He has done a great deal of good , ’ confirmed Sally Hepburn — and the LGU was delighted when the Wentworth professional agreed to continue his duties this season , despite the distraction of captaining the European Ryder Cup side at Kiawah Island in September . |
| 12 | He has done a great deal of important work to expose the problem and to help us find a solution to it . |
| 13 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
| 14 | He has released a great deal of fear , ’ added Brand . |
| 15 | The fans support him because he has had a raw deal . |
| 16 | Does the Minister agree that the loans scheme has turned out to be an administrative nightmare and that it has caused a great deal of bureaucracy and hardship to students , especially since they have been removed from the safety net of social security ? |
| 17 | It has achieved a great deal of support from anecdotal evidence ( see Johnston , 1980 , for example ) , which clearly suggests that Senators and Representatives have been able to channel very substantial volumes of Federal money towards their home States , thereby promoting their political reputations , assisting them in the search for campaign funds , and enhancing their re-election prospects . |
| 18 | It has achieved a good deal of success in this , enabling some compensation to be made for the diminishing pool of potential recruits on the farms . |
| 19 | Unemployment may well have fallen since 1987 , but it has increased a great deal in the past year . |
| 20 | It has lost a great deal besides its guaranteed monopoly of power : its sense of purpose , its old dominance over the economy , many of its perks — these have gone , along with 1.8m members last year alone . |
| 21 | It has entailed a great deal of study on my part . |
| 22 | In the 80 years since the aeroplane first appeared in the county , it has brought a great deal of pleasure and prosperity . |
| 23 | And I agree , the Government claims it 's done a great deal for the environment . |
| 24 | I mean yes of course we should live harmoniously together er who would y'know , sector of those people who have taken advantage of the right to buy and and so on and so forth but we talking about housing management in about housing management costs and if you have an estate of y'know being repaired similar houses which a lot of our estates are , it makes sense that they 're managed as it were centrally er and because that 's the most efficient way of doing it erm if you have a variety of different landlords in er one estate or one street and all the houses are similar , when it comes to things like modernisation and so forth it it 's duplicated a great deal of er er er of work and it is not cost efficient and it does n't make any common sense at all . |
| 25 | Erm , it 's used a great deal , erm , as we the sort of people 's work as they work in teams . |
| 26 | It 's used a good deal in the United States . |
| 27 | Erm I w I , I ca n't really say whether I feel it 's changed a great deal because before I , before I was n't really very closely involved |
| 28 | He 's had a rotten deal from me and he 's been marvellous about it . |
| 29 | He 's been a really decent bloke to me and I reckon he 's had a rough deal , what with that wife of his clearing off and now this … ’ |