Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some large companies employ their own photographers but very often these people are expected to handle a good deal of clerical work as well as take and process all the photography . |
| 2 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
| 3 | ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’ |
| 4 | I have been there nearly ten years now , and they are years in which I have grown to learn a good deal more about the power of the Holy Spirit , his gifts , his humbling and breaking , and the glorious way in which he takes and transforms congregations and lives from every conceivable background once opened to him . |
| 5 | At the higher frequencies chosen , the cells need to be made much smaller but have the benefit that the telephones can be built to need a great deal less power . |
| 6 | ‘ We have got to do a great deal more about restrictions on motor vehicles and give the cities back to the people . |
| 7 | As well as maintaining a good posture , women were expected to move with grace , which was the principal reason for dancing lessons A woman attempting to achieve this ideal of beauty needed to spend a great deal of money , and so labouring class women were automatically excluded , even if they were possessed of ‘ natural ’ beauty . |
| 8 | Further , the data can be used to reveal a good deal about the composition of households — who lived with whom — but far less about the character and quality of relationships which people had with each other ( Laslett , 1972a , p. 1 ; Anderson , 1980 , pp. 36–7 ) . |
| 9 | A BBC spokesman said : ‘ She 's still one of the world 's most beautiful women and is bound to create a great deal of interest . ’ |
| 10 | Once she had seemed to know a good deal about him , but in her idle rancour of the last few weeks she had abused him for faults that seemed nothing to do with the truth of him . |
| 11 | You do n't feel compelled to say a great deal , to he interesting , to be the life and soul of the occasion . |
| 12 | It looks certain that out-of-contract Rosenthal , who moved to Anfield from Standard Liege three years ago , will leave the Reds , having refused to sign a one-year deal . |
| 13 | I understand Turkey holds no attraction for the out-of-contract striker , who has refused to sign a one-year deal at Anfield . |
| 14 | If the image being decompressed contains a great deal of data , as will be the case if there is much varying information frame to frame , decompression will take longer and less time will be available for processing . |
| 15 | ‘ Graphic designers are often asked to do a great deal in a comparatively short space of time , ’ acknowledges Peter Brigg , ‘ but that 's because there 's often no substitute for the printed document . |
| 16 | He was believed to sleep a good deal and to groan occasionally . |
| 17 | This self-confessedly wilful boy always contrived to have a great deal of his own way and seemed able to follow his bent whenever the weather permitted . |
| 18 | The fact that it has not happened says a great deal both about the appointments process and the legal profession . |
| 19 | Therefore during every working day many thousands of items had to be delivered causing a great deal of work , plus a security risk . |
| 20 | The couple already had several quotes for new windows when the rep arrived at their home and were determined to get a better deal . |
| 21 | Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has failed to win a new deal for Palestinians from the Israeli Prime Minister , Yitsak Shamir . |