Example sentences of "and [vb -s] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been well taken care of by one of our professional crews , and offers a great chance to achieve one of these popular yachts . |
| 2 | The rear garden is enclosed by close panelled fencing and stone walling and offers a great deal of seclusion of privacy . |
| 3 | another former manager still living in the area is Mark Lawrenson … he fell out with the Maxwells … he knows the club inside out … and has a great record … |
| 4 | another former manager still living in the area is Mark Lawrenson … he fell out with the Maxwells … he knows the club inside out … and has a great record … |
| 5 | The whole approach is flexible and has a great strength in the direct link to the highest administrative body . |
| 6 | But how will Lachlan handle a wife that knows what he 's at , and has a great clan of powerful relations at her call if she 's ill done by , then ? ’ |
| 7 | At £54.95 , it is also cheaper than keeping a pet , and needs a great deal less walking ! |
| 8 | I studied his arguments at great length over the weekend and I have come to the conclusion that much of the hon. Gentleman 's argument is extremely valid and needs a great deal of further consideration . |
| 9 | People must understand that the issue is difficult and needs a great deal of give and take . |
| 10 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |
| 11 | Now such a meal , as any dietician will tell you , is far too rich in nitrogenous substances , since fish has just as much assimilable albumen as meat , and contains a great deal more phosphorus … " |
| 12 | Productivity can be measured , often relatively easily , but establishing the routes which have led to progress in science is a much more subtle undertaking , and contains a great deal which is either subjective or unmeasurable . |
| 13 | This part is taken from the first 4 bars of the Pride And Joy solo and illustrates a great device for filling out the sound of your lines . |
| 14 | The puppy is born blind ; it sleeps and eats a great deal , gradually building up its size and strength . |
| 15 | London Open Christmas is the biggest in the UK and requires a great deal of help , but there are a number of others that also need your support . |
| 16 | It is a skill which can be developed — but it is not easy and requires a great deal of hard work . |
| 17 | This is much more difficult than it sounds , and requires a great deal of skill and practice ( see Mann 1985 ; Oppenheim 1966 ) . |
| 18 | The church is attended by a minority of the foreign residents on the island and relies a great deal on the support it receives from visitors . |
| 19 | Now , as we have already seen , such a monotraumatic theory holds perfectly well for archaic societies , like those in Australia , and explains a great deal about most other primitive cultures ( especially those with initiation ) , and even quite a lot about rather more advanced ones . |
| 20 | Assigning people to different posts also creates roles and gives a great sense of purpose and value to those on the committee . |
| 21 | The old male remains loosely attached to the harem and spends a great deal of time caring for his infants . |
| 22 | Although he is based in Paris and spends a great deal of his time in his various houses in France , Lagerfeld is , in the way he conducts his life and work , a relic of an older Germany — a country of small principalities , ruled , like Herzog 's eighteenth-century Weimar , by cultured and cultivated monarchs who surrounded themselves with small courts of aristocrats , intellectuals and kindred creative spirits . |
| 23 | This is quite difficult to do and provides a great deal of fun . |
| 24 | And makes a great meal of that material . |
| 25 | He still maintains that he believes this , and makes a great show of sending off a manuscript to publishers down in London , trying to get them to publish a book expounding this view , but I know he 's just mischief-making again , and gets most of his pleasure from his acts of stunned disbelief and then righteous indignation when the manuscript is eventually returned . |
| 26 | But the public holds the money bags and wields a great deal of power . |
| 27 | Privatization , like nationalization , imposes a stiff workload and absorbs a great deal of parliamentary time . |