Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj] deal [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two measures should do a good deal to grease the wheels of the City 's securities business . |
| 2 | Second , we can do a great deal to explain what is going on within the funeral service — the symbolism , the words used , the belief that lies behind some of the things said . |
| 3 | The development of the national curriculum will do a great deal to stimulate more interest in science because more pupils will have to sustain well-judged scientific programmes of study until at least the age of 16 . |
| 4 | I have in mind such measures as coverage , timeliness , accuracy , ease of use , and so on , all of which if assessed and publicised by library and information professionals would do a great deal to improve the overall standard of business information sources . |
| 5 | Obviously we can not choose our parents but we can do a great deal to improve the shape , form and texture of these problem areas . |
| 6 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 7 | I hope that the education measures that are enshrined in the citizens charter will do a great deal to improve standards for our children . |
| 8 | That type of change would enable one to say honestly that a redirection of the money already spent could do a great deal to improve the situation of farmers . |
| 9 | It is clear , first of all , that we can do a great deal to restore damaged waterways by using common sense and good engineering . |
| 10 | Does he agree that more special constables would do a great deal to reduce levels of crime , particularly if they were better trained and more adequately remunerated ? |
| 11 | I hope that the changes in the Somerset Levels will do a great deal to ensure that the area is much improved for wading birds . |
| 12 | An understanding and patient wife can do a great deal to help . |
| 13 | The spiritual resources of patients can do a great deal to help in their recovery or bring about a peaceful death . |
| 14 | That aspect of the parents charter will do a great deal to help . |
| 15 | You can do a great deal to prevent problems of disobedience and pre-empt countless confrontations if you establish useful routines and personal habits for your child to follow : |
| 16 | As the Rev. Septimus Hansard , the Rector of Bethnal Green , testified to the Select Committee on the issue : ‘ I think that it [ the Married Women 's Property Bill ] would raise the social condition of the wife considerably in the eyes of her husband ; as she is , practically , the great educator of the working classes , I think it would do a great deal to raise her ’ . |
| 17 | Now that she bothered to look she saw he did n't look a great deal better himself . |
| 18 | Ahmet do n't earn a great deal does he ? |
| 19 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 20 | You must have a great deal to talk about . ’ |
| 21 | Nevertheless , you 'll have a great deal to talk about within Congress and you 'll have a lot more time to do so . |
| 22 | The Bible does n't have a great deal to say about boys and girls going out with girls and boys . |
| 23 | So you would n't accept that your work is phallocentric , that it does n't have a great deal to say to women ? |
| 24 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 25 | You 'll have a great deal to say to each other , wo n't you ? |
| 26 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 27 | 121 , as to which Parke B. , in Cooper v. Parker ( 1855 ) 15 C.B. 828 , said , ‘ Whenever the question may arise as to whether Down v. Hatcher is good law , I should have a great deal to say against it , ’ yet there certainly are cases in which great judges have treated the dictum in Pinnel 's Case as good law . |
| 28 | If we were to have dialogue , if dialogue were to be opened between us and I am now talking about dialogue and not of debate , then erm it is only erm , I 'm certain that there would be a great deal to , to say to him from us on our part , and I am also sure that he will have a great deal to say . |
| 29 | The Collector suspected that the Bard 's success in this respect might have a great deal to do with the ballistic advantages stemming from his baldness . |
| 30 | Surprisingly enough , it may have a great deal to do with conveyancing . |