Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [verb] a great deal " in BNC.

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1 This technique has had a great deal of impact in computer programming where it in systems analysis and design .
2 This provision has caused a great deal of controversy since different countries have classified certain jobs as public functions , which they may not be in other countries , and this domestic classification has been used as a bar to foreign nationals applying for those jobs .
3 The scientist has to remember a great deal of information before he can even begin to look for patterns in the data .
4 The role of community education in the process of social change has aroused a great deal of discussion and action by socially committed adult educators over the last two decades .
5 The idea of the new international division of labour has excited a great deal of research interest ( for example , the volumes edited by Nash and Fernandez Kelly , 1983 ; Sanderson , 1985 and Caporaso , 1987 ) .
6 These classes are widely known by the label ‘ comprador ’ though this term has attracted a great deal of criticism .
7 Communal living has received a great deal of publicity during the last twenty years , partly as the result of the experiments with alternative lifestyles widely advocated by members of the middle classes in the 1960s .
8 It was observed in the last chapter that the Prague School 's views on literature and literary study were substantially those of the Formalists , but the Formalists ' influence has owed a great deal to the shape that the Prague School gave to their theory , in particular to the Prague School 's use of the concepts of structure and function .
9 While I believe that this work has promoted a great deal of useful thinking about the place and function of writing in the curriculum , I am not alone in doubting the validity of the model .
10 Since it first appeared , Althusser 's work has attracted a great deal of attention , and his opponents have focussed in particular on his holist stance .
11 The CCBE has done a great deal behind the scenes to fend off some of the battier ideas emanating from the European Commission .
12 No one can deny that the Council has done a great deal to improve the quality of education .
13 In Britain , archaeology has thrown a great deal of light on the Dark Ages : but British students , when they turn to the ninth-century Continent , are in for a disappointment , for relatively little has been done .
14 Marketing has spawned a great deal of ‘ mumbo-jumbo ’ but its prevailing theme is people , at the heart of our business are the children and their parents and the community that we all serve .
15 The author has condensed a great deal of material into just over 400 pages and presents it in a reasonably readable style .
16 The right hon. Gentleman has done a great deal during his period in the House for disabled people and everyone in the House admires him for what he has done , but he must know that there have been dramatic improvements in recent years in the scope , range and value of benefits and in the number of disabled people who receive them .
17 The right hon. and learned Gentleman has spent a great deal of his speech talking about the Labour party 's spending plans .
18 Rousseau as a theorist of democracy has attracted a great deal of hostile commentary , in particular from writers who see " totalitarian " implications in Du Contrat Social , or even a blueprint for what has been termed " totalitarian democracy " .
19 The Food Magazine has achieved a great deal in a very short time , and the national press regards it as a reliable source of information .
20 Organised by Lingotto Fiere , this exhibition has invested a great deal of its hopes in a rigorous vetting system which is intended to bring the level of buyer reassurance up to that , for example , of the Grosvenor House Fair .
21 ‘ Her royal example has meant a great deal . ’
22 Certainly , the British attitude towards sex has excited a great deal of continental mirth for a long time , especially Latin mirth , I think .
23 By the judicious application of support in the areas where it could be most effective , government has done a great deal for the industry .
24 This union has done a great deal for equality .
25 The last-named poem has caused a great deal of controversy and amusement .
26 The sad story of the decline of the African elephant mainly due to ivory poaching has received a great deal of much-needed publicity .
27 Most recently , the controversy surrounding the use of Chlorofluorocarbons ( CFC 's ) and the damage they are doing to the Ozone layer has received a great deal of publicity .
28 Genesis has spoken a great deal about blessing .
29 I say again that in Northern Ireland the Housing Executive has spent a great deal more per capita than is the case elsewhere and that can be seen by anyone who visits public sector housing in Northern Ireland .
30 I also sense that the Shostakovich Tenth Symphony has meant a great deal to you .
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