Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 2 | ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added . |
| 3 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 4 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 6 | ‘ A contract does not make a great deal of difference . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 8 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 9 | When I am not convinced that those er the areas outside those boundaries which are in dire need of urban regeneration , could not accommodate a greater proportion over over the planned period . |
| 10 | Thus there is evidence that the better educated do not show a greater consonance between general principles of fairness and particular stances on racial issues , but may show greater flexibility in justifying the laying aside of abstract principles ( Sniderman et al . , |
| 11 | There is , in theory , no reason why the state should not collect a great deal more tax than it does . |
| 12 | You will not do a great deal of good if you do nothing from Monday to Saturday and then run five miles on Sunday . |
| 13 | Temporary advisers , especially those with a secure job to which they can return , need not feel a great sense of responsibility . |
| 14 | But , they did not report a great variability in theintensity of nuclear staining . |
| 15 | Spain did not become a great mercantile nation because she failed as a naval power to retain political control of her great empire , and as a producer to supply cheap goods . |
| 16 | I lifted Harry until he was sitting on the walkway and then , still gripping him tightly , wriggled up beside him so that we were both sitting there with our heads wholly above water , which may not sound a great advance but which was probably the difference between life and death . |
| 17 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 18 | You may not see a great deal of your creative team — many agencies take the quite reasonable view that the creative people should be busy making advertisements , not chatting up clients , and in one or two like Collett Dickinson & Pearce , the creative department holds itself superior and aloof and deals with clients only through its emissaries , the account executives . |
| 19 | As it happens , my right hon. Friend the Chancellor devoted most of his speech to doing precisely that , but I did not detect a great deal of interest on the Opposition Benches in what he had to say . |
| 20 | These basic proposals for the development of the hotel need not cost a great deal : Outside signage £2,000 medium term External planting £500 long term External furniture £1,500 short term Reception lighting £300 short term afé facility £2,500 long term Restaurant development £1,000 medium term |
| 21 | Our piloting suggests that there is very little information here which could not be filled in out of the heads of appropriate teachers on these courses , so filling in the questionnaire should not cost a great deal of time for each person . |
| 22 | Having conquered the killer epidemics of infectious diseases it seems strange that we do not have a greater life expectancy in this sense too . |
| 23 | They would not have a great choice of subjects in their fourth and fifth years . |
| 24 | Those who complain about such evil seduction usually do not have a great experience of the real world which existed long before TV and continued alongside it , sometimes being reflected by it , but always more horrific than TV . |
| 25 | However , many carers may not have a great deal of energy left over for campaigning , and may simply want to go along to the group for support , advice and a break from usual responsibilities . |
| 26 | Most of these in themselves do not have a great deal of interest to offer the tourist . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 29 | Pest Control Division did not have a great start to 1991 . |
| 30 | The right hon. Member for Worcester has said in characteristically self-deprecating phrases that he does not have a great desire to be remembered but I am sure that , given his record , he will take it as an accolade to be thought of , in H. L. Mencken 's happy phrase , as a politician who could sit on the fence and have both ears to the ground at the same time . |