Example sentences of "they [vb base] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them give a great deal of importance to using weak forms , but do not stress the importance of also knowing when to use the strong forms , something which I feel is very important . |
| 2 | They make a great clamour ; they take their time , just making noise . |
| 3 | The point is that they think differently from us ; and we and they make a great team . |
| 4 | It is well known that when parents talk to young children they repeat a great deal of what the child says ( and , of course , also expand it ) . |
| 5 | They place a great deal of importance on the power of positive thought . |
| 6 | They preserve a great number of preludes and dances ( many by ‘ N.C. ’ , supposedly Nicolaus Cracoviensis , ‘ Mikolaj z Krakowa ’ ) , organ service-music , transcriptions of Josquin and his contemporaries , chansons by Janequin ( ‘ La Guerre' of course ) , Sermisy , Sandrin , a little Senfl ( including ‘ Ave rosa ’ ) , but only three or four German songs by minor composers — though the monk of Cracow does include a transcription of Mahu 's ‘ Ein' feste Burg ’ which had appeared in Rhaw 's Newe deudsche geistliche Gesenge only four years before . |
| 7 | The Triton tubes are more expensive , but they provide a great deal of light for their size , they last a long time and they do not fade with age . |
| 8 | They are not designed basically to protect animals and , as has already been mentioned , they depend a great deal upon the use of the animal . |
| 9 | They cost a great amount of money and represent substantial investments to the organizations or people sponsoring them . |
| 10 | I must admit I , I really do n't agree with that , I mean I find that many women who have had erm children actually their figure has improved after the children , they look a great deal better and I certainly do n't think that many women in Scotland looked vast after they 've had children , I totally disagree with that . |
| 11 | It is also true that many older people , who were trained rigorously in the disciplines of study fashionable before 1960 , think that they know a great deal about language , but in fact imbibed many false notions from their schooling . |
| 12 | Individuals can only do their jobs well in this context if they know a great deal about everyone else 's jobs and problems . |
| 13 | Where they do differ is that they know a great deal less about the properties of social and psychological phenomena than do the natural sciences about the properties of the natural world . |
| 14 | Individuals can only do their jobs well in this context if they know a great deal about everyone else 's jobs and problems . |
| 15 | A second possibility is that women talking to other women can leave many things more implicit because they assume a great deal of shared knowledge and cooperation . |
| 16 | So it 's a it 's a nice place cos it 's like it they do a great spread of I mean you can go for like a nice meal there , but you can like also eat , you know dips and |
| 17 | One is scratching — not the ground ( which they do a great deal ) but of themselves . |
| 18 | It is true that when they use words like " aggression " and - " altruism " ( which they do a great deal ) they make a pretence that they have somehow dissociated these terms from their human behavioural origins — but it is only a pretence . |
| 19 | They do a great production job . |
| 20 | Books too — they 've a great lot of books . ’ |
| 21 | We have dealt at some length with these important , if abortive , proposals because they throw a great deal of light on the complexities surrounding the financial control and management of public sector higher education and because they have influenced the subsequent debate concerning the need for some form of central control . |
| 22 | They require a great deal of digital information to describe them . |
| 23 | Every one is different , everyone has its own pattern of possible rat runs and they take a great deal of er er |
| 24 | There 's a lot of adrenalin flowing , and erm they realise that there are pink bodies on the line , and they take a great deal of care in preparing the outfit before they go . |
| 25 | ‘ They have a great technique , but it 's all too smooth and almost jazz-like ; they might as well be performing in a Holiday Inn lounge or something ! |
| 26 | Villa are at White Hart Lane this afternoon with Livermore saying : ‘ We have watched them closely and think they have a great chance of winning the League . |
| 27 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 28 | ‘ In Byrne , Sunderland have a player who could supply that sort of brilliance and they have a great Cup tradition , too . |
| 29 | on the right there , and they have a great rack full of plants standing there . |
| 30 | A comparison of the three Gospels shows not only that they have a great deal in common but also that , in many cases , the wording of individual stories is either identical or very similar ( for example , compare Mark 2:3–12 ; Matt. |