Example sentences of "be [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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1 | The methodology in Advance with English leads the learners gradually from exercises in which they are given a great deal of guidance , to ones in which there is almost no guidance . |
2 | But even if the contract specifically caters for termination in defined circumstances , you should still be vigilant to ensure that you are given a fair deal . |
3 | Moby , Prodigy , N-Joi , Altern 8 and Shades Of Rhythm , they reckon , are given a raw deal by a blinkered establishment media . |
4 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
5 | The emotive subject of rapes has been given a great deal of publicity , and every case of an alleged rape of a Serbian woman by an Albanian is used as a pretext for fierce agitation among the Serbian population . |
6 | Even at the time of his admission and immediately prior to surgery when he has been given a great deal of information , his overriding concern is how he will cope with a stoma and whether he will be able to manage at home . |
7 | Marxism and Existentialism have exercised the greatest influence upon theology , while in addition the general question of how far theology should permit itself to be influenced by philosophy has also been given a good deal of attention . |
8 | When the cameras had long since departed , I was left to carry the can and answer any angry participants who felt they had been given a raw deal . |
9 | He had been using a great deal of unnecessary and inappropriate tension when reciting . |
10 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
11 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
12 | It is worth remembering that only one boat in the tottering Polaris fleet is working ; serious cracks in the cooling systems of the other boats are necessitating a great deal of expenditure and causing much anxiety to the Ministry of Defence . |
13 | The three Masses and the Gradualia have been championed a great deal in recent years , sometimes meshed with one another in the ‘ liturgical reconstruction ’ manner , although there are reasons for believing that Byrd did not have that in mind . |
14 | But most certainly the road to the latter , with its decadence and exploitation , has been made a great deal smoother , shorter and more popular by the compromise and self-interest of the clerics and assorted fellow travellers of the so-called ‘ new morality ’ school . |
15 | In not taking this step seven years or five years ago , this country could have been saved a great deal of suffering . |
16 | We might even have had a decent election and the country might have been saved a good deal earlier , but everyone knows that that is how we got here . |
17 | By killing Marius then , Nigel would have been sacrificing a great deal of money . |
18 | M M My Lords , i it is important that whatever is taught to a child between the ages of five and eleven that the child is able to benefit from it educationally if the child is , is overloaded as it were by being presented erm a curriculum that they simply can not manage , then that 's going to create confusion , but it 's also important to say that one of the erm er objectives of this whole exercise is to underpin all education , both morally and spiritually and I believe we 're doing a great deal to get that right . |
19 | ‘ You 're spending a good deal of time in New York now , Mark . |
20 | Yeah I do n't think they 're doing a great er I do n't think they 're making a great deal of money out of it themselves . |
21 | Yeah , well they 're making a big deal out of it are n't they ? |
22 | These are all reasonably inexpensive in pack form , and are used a great deal in electronic projects . |
23 | These B flat/F trombones are used a good deal by tenor trombonists too , but the bass trombone is made with a wider bore which improves the tone on the low notes . |
24 | I have been helped a great deal just through playing for Dundee High . |
25 | Taylor has been helped a great deal in the six weeks of preparation for the tour by England 's last great left-arm fast-bowler , John ‘ J.K. ’ Lever and the team 's new top bowling coach , Geoff Arnold . |
26 | Now we can reveal he has been offered a new deal worth an EXTRA 2,000 a week . |
27 | You see , I 've been offered a great deal of money for information which might discredit Alan Dysart : anything scandalous from his past or present . |
28 | People with head injuries who ca n't get the long-term treatment they need have been promised a better deal . |
29 | We are providing a great deal of advice and training for officials of different carriers — and not merely for British Airways , because we do not expect airline officials to be immigration officers ; that is not their function . |
30 | Especially as he has been getting a rough deal from some sections of the crowd . |