Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has an innocent enough title — The Needs of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers from their Medical Departments in the 1990s — and in it he very reasonably argues that an increasingly sophisticated public , provided with alarming insights concerning drugs like Opren and thalidomide by such philosophical weeklies as the Sunday Times , is going to demand a great deal more information about the many medicines doctors so recklessly prescribe , ( Those are n't quite the terms he uses , by the way . ) |
| 2 | The opposite bank — which stands for success — seems very near but between where we stand and the opposite bank there is a ravine which is going to absorb a great deal of money . |
| 3 | But you are going to hear a great deal more about it in the coming months . |
| 4 | Well as long as you continue to talk about particulate depositions , when you mean smuts on Mrs Brown 's last clean white shirt , nobody 's going to understand a great deal of what you 're talking about . |
| 5 | It was n't easy , and it is going to cost a great deal of money , and business is not at all bright at the moment . |
| 6 | I have also been recommended Zanzibar , but that is going to cost a great deal of money , and likewise the journey there and back will occupy much valuable time . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's going to cost a great deal of money . |
| 8 | Oh it 's a very important point , is n't it , if it 's going to cost a great deal more to push privatization through when you 've got a fifty billion overspend anyway , I 'd have thought people who were worried about V A T on fuel would say that is a very significant point . |
| 9 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 10 | As it says in the article You own house and live in Surrey your surviving spouse is not going to get a great deal of the house . |
| 11 | It is going to have a great deal of influence on the future of Unix because it is going to influence , for example , how we spend our money on research and development . ’ |
| 12 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 13 | Tele-Communications Inc , Denver , is going to need a great deal of cash to finance its ambitious fibre optic installation programme ( CI No 2,147 ) , and the company has filed a shelf registration with the US Securities & Exchange Commission for up to $3,000m of debt securities , class A common stock warrants and class A common shares . |
| 14 | Sally-Anne could see that the good doctor , as she had naughtily begun to call him , was going to take a great deal of delight in mercilessly teasing her about Mr Sands . |
| 15 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 16 | His division , having seen a great deal of dogged fighting on and around Ruweisat before the Alamein offensive , had been lightly engaged in the great action itself , though of course , their guns took part in the famous opening barrage . |
| 17 | Having spent a great deal of time on learning to hover in the ‘ safe base ’ position , you will reach a point where your carefully acquired reflexes begin to work against you . |
| 18 | The two officers outside , having spent a great deal of time and effort befriending the young boxer dogs Lila kept to ward off unwanted guests , scratched at the kitchen door in imitation of the dogs . |
| 19 | The adolescent is emerging from the small and comparatively cushioned world to which he has belonged and is having to face a great deal of pressure from many different relationships . |
| 20 | But Colin remained , in Emerson 's own account , very twitchy : winning meant a great deal to him , he was the arch-competitor and in a way he also wanted to take revenge on a track which had both hurt and humiliated him . |
| 21 | Wigan are hoping to negotiate a new deal with Andy Platt and also have their sights on an Australian player , believed to be Western Suburbs centre Andrew Farrar . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 23 | It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you are trying to clinch a tricky deal , alcohol will lubricate the wheels of diplomacy , quell tempers and deflect dissent . |