Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [art] [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back . |
| 2 | An observational study of a production line , say , although it might want to talk a great deal about the alienative effects of such work , could not make use of an attitude scale in the way that a questionnaire study might . |
| 3 | Figures of this kind can not avoid concealing a great deal . |
| 4 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 5 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 6 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 9 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 10 | Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | To do so , they will have to issue a good deal more paper than they would normally like . |
| 14 | yeah , so I did have to guess a great deal |
| 15 | I should have to know a great deal more about you . |
| 16 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 17 | In some circumstances this remained true even in straightforward administrative interactions where strings of questions about what was going to happen next sometimes led to complicated and unproductive guessing games , and where a simple clear statement would have saved a great deal of time . |
| 18 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 19 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 22 | However , we will have to cover a great deal of territory in a limited space if the cost of this book is not to become prohibitive . |
| 23 | She may have cried a good deal without understanding why . |
| 24 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 25 | All the same , he should have thought a great deal more about what lay behind the exhibits . |
| 26 | He and Mother must have thought a great deal of the place to go to that expense at a time when money was so short . |
| 27 | The ITV companies pay royalties only after sales , but they will soon have to negotiate a new deal . |
| 28 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 29 | The other thing they say , if they 're Terrans , or actually , especially if they 're not , is , Well , you must have spent a good deal of time on Good Old Mother Earth . |
| 30 | ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more . |