Example sentences of "[noun] have spent a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having left the Army , Drew Benedict had spent a great deal of Sukey 's money buying really good ponies . |
| 2 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman has spent a great deal of his speech talking about the Labour party 's spending plans . |
| 3 | Irene Pepperberg has spent a great deal of time training an African grey parrot which she calls Alex ( Figure 8 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ BR has spent a great deal of time and money building up nationally known brand names and images . |
| 5 | I say again that in Northern Ireland the Housing Executive has spent a great deal more per capita than is the case elsewhere and that can be seen by anyone who visits public sector housing in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Being so close to Simon , Yanto had spent a great deal of his childhood here at the garage . |
| 7 | Film historians have spent a good deal of time debating the significance of the gangster films and attempting to relate them to the whole ethos of the Wall Street crash and the onset of the depression . |
| 8 | Scottish women have spent a great deal of time discussing the pros and cons of being an older women , but what 's it like being young in Scotland in nineteen ninety two ? |