Example sentences of "be make a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Yeah , well they 're making a big deal out of it are n't they ? |
4 | Our working relationship , I am sure , would be made a great deal easier . ’ |
5 | As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive . |
6 | Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do . |
7 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
8 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |
9 | The choice between big city life and small town values is made a great deal easier by the fact that this idyllic southern country village is like Twin Peaks without the psychopaths , peopled entirely by lovable eccentrics and glamorous models . |