Example sentences of "not [verb] a great " in BNC.

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1 They are nevertheless pleased not to see a greater erosion of their support after the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the virtual disappearance of Communist parties in the West .
2 While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature .
3 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 .
4 ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added .
5 He did not make a great impact beyond his own office .
6 ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked .
7 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 .
8 ‘ A contract does not make a great deal of difference .
9 It has been restored but not altered a great deal in modern times .
10 ‘ 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 . ’
11 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 .
12 What 's more , it 's best not to purchase a great wine , with another 10 or more years to wait before consumption , from a shop that has displayed it under bright light lights and in changing temperatures .
13 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 .
14 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 . ,
15 In all cases the necessity of balancing professional and academic requirements has been recognised , with the inexorable move toward a ‘ graduate ’ profession being accepted responsibly , though more slowly than for similar professions : ‘ It is a matter for concern that , compared with other professions surveying has not made a greater impact upon university life and thought in general ’ ( Wells Report , 1960 ) .
16 There is , in theory , no reason why the state should not collect a great deal more tax than it does .
17 You will not do a great deal of good if you do nothing from Monday to Saturday and then run five miles on Sunday .
18 Temporary advisers , especially those with a secure job to which they can return , need not feel a great sense of responsibility .
19 It may , at first sight , not seem a great deal , but in truth it is almost everything .
20 This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously .
21 Since the Root Thesaurus did not emerge until 1981 , it has not had a great impact on existing thesauri to date , but it could well be important in the future .
22 We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us .
23 Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together .
24 But , they did not report a great variability in theintensity of nuclear staining .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 The church probably held some two hundred people but was not used a great deal in the 1920's .
30 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 .
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