Example sentences of "have given a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The advent of poststructuralism has given a great impetus to interpretive productivity , since all the literary texts that were once interpreted to show organic unity and complexity of meaning can now be interpreted to reveal underlying clashes .
2 The House has given a great deal of detailed attention to the Bill , and the promoters and the petitioners have devoted a great deal of time and effort to the case .
3 ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it .
4 The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself .
5 He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous .
6 Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know .
7 Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances .
8 This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire .
9 Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research .
10 Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ .
11 Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’
12 To that , also , the King had given a great part of his attention , but when , late in the spring , word came of the sighting of ships from Normandy in the Clyde , he left his wife and household at Perth , where they had stayed a full week , and rode with a small retinue westwards to meet them .
13 In his school career , Gazzer had given a great deal of time , energy , and thought to getting round various people , to making sure that they did not take out their boredom , frustration or spite on him , the most obvious victim , the smallest and puniest boy in the class .
14 He recalled how she had given a great deal of help to the group of residents who in 1981 formed Project ‘ 81 — now the Hampshire Centre for Independent Living — which developed a structure to enable disabled people to leave residential care and live in the community .
15 I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination .
16 ‘ We played the leading role in bringing Zimbabwe to independence and have given a great deal of help to Zimbabwe since independence , ’ she said .
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