Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] a great deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , the United Kingdom and the Community are doing a great deal to assist the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe generally . |
| 2 | His lawyer said the unnamed woman was demanding a great deal of money . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |