Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bringing all this together has required a great deal of planning , co-operation between numerous organisations and many long hours of work , ’ he added . |
| 2 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 3 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 4 | This does not necessarily mean spending a great deal of money on it , but careful and considerate planning of the whole day . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 6 | The well bubbled into a tributary of the Moy , but unfortunately it had been hemmed in by modern concrete and so had lost a great deal of its charm . |
| 7 | The ITV companies pay royalties only after sales , but they will soon have to negotiate a new deal . |
| 8 | This self-confessedly wilful boy always contrived to have a great deal of his own way and seemed able to follow his bent whenever the weather permitted . |
| 9 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 10 | In real life , of course , you would probably have to master a great deal more information , including details of the premises and the personal particulars of all the key staff . |
| 11 | We also had to learn a great deal of poetry by heart — poetry which I can still recall all these years later . |
| 12 | Judged against this standard , many of our towns now seem to leave a great deal to be desired . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Graphic designers are often asked to do a great deal in a comparatively short space of time , ’ acknowledges Peter Brigg , ‘ but that 's because there 's often no substitute for the printed document . |
| 14 | These documents — student records and timetables — often have to carry a great deal of information including complex messages and progress summaries . |
| 15 | King Alfred 's successes may well have owed a great deal to his predecessors , but in the construction of his network of defensive fortresses we see an ability to command similar to Offa 's , and perpetuated by his son Edward the Elder and grandson Æthelstan , who conquered all England for the West Saxon dynasty . |
| 16 | Th does that mean the older people here have had a raw deal ? |
| 17 | Bella 's slander about drink baffled him , but at the same time it queerly took root , until he did indeed start boozing a good deal . |
| 18 | Achieving this independence will often have taken many years and will certainly have involved a great deal of effort . |
| 19 | But Eleanor too had to travel a great deal , and in his earliest years it was almost certainly Richard 's nurse who provided love and security on a day-to-day basis . |