Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | The article went on to say that staff employed in the tourist industry were getting a raw deal , and that the government should take a hard line and introduce new legislation on taxation for the hotel industry . |
| 2 | Volatile solvent extraction is employed a great deal in the perfume industry because it produces superb fragrances which are truer to the aroma found in the living plant . |
| 3 | However , one of the scientists directing the study , Dr Derek Stevenson , says : " I am not sure the pesticide industry is getting a fair deal at the moment . " |
| 4 | Firms interested in cleaning up their act were offered a special deal : Railside Revival would pay half the cost of materials and community programme workers would do the work for free . |
| 5 | Clearly , the United Kingdom and the Community are doing a great deal to assist the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe generally . |
| 6 | When the use of the vernacular was introduced a good deal of new music was demanded . |
| 7 | Certainly , water is used a great deal in settlements , not only for drinking by people and animals , but also for various crafts and simple industrial processes , and as a source of power . |
| 8 | The manager 's first job on the band 's behalf was to negotiate a new deal with Red Rhino , so that they would be presented in a more important light . |
| 9 | His lawyer said the unnamed woman was demanding a great deal of money . |
| 10 | A choreographer who neglects the old rules and any item pertinent to the unfolding of the plot , theme or music is demanding a great deal from an audience . |
| 11 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 12 | Crib-biting is shown a great deal by stabled horses . |
| 13 | Constanze was to spend a good deal of time over the next two years at Baden , where her husband often visited her . |
| 14 | Well , gentlemen , there is splitting in all parties , and when you feel that our Party is suffering a great deal , look at the others and ask which of them is worse ? |
| 15 | I just thought Blagg was getting a raw deal . |