Example sentences of "lost a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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1 | That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was . |
2 | It has lost a great deal besides its guaranteed monopoly of power : its sense of purpose , its old dominance over the economy , many of its perks — these have gone , along with 1.8m members last year alone . |
3 | They have already lost a great deal of the autonomy and self-determination they possessed under the Stormont regime . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | In a similar way , ‘ mat ’ might be a neutral word for you — unless , perhaps , you are a member of the Islamic faith when it may be associated with your religious observances , or ( at a lower level ) you may have just lost a great deal of money in an investment in floor coverings ! |
6 | On taking her history , it was discovered that when she was twelve or thirteen she had had frequent nose bleeds and had lost a great deal of blood . |
7 | Interactive Systems Corp — now SunSoft Inc — began by marketing the product strongly , but later faced a barrage of complaints and problems over speed and stability , and reportedly lost a great deal of money over the venture . |
8 | In most Western democracies in the twentieth century , legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches . |
9 | In analysing these three passages in terms of a selection of their stylistic features , we have no doubt lost a great deal by isolating them from their literary context . |
10 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |
11 | Since the end of the war , we have lost a great deal more of our forest land . |
12 | Since the 1950s they had lost a good deal of their influence over him to the Americans . |
13 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
14 | Julian has lost a good deal of weight . |