Example sentences of "have learned a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The association is in touch with thousands of people caring for relatives and friends and has learned a great deal about the difficulties they face .
2 Scott looks back at it as someone who has learned a great deal and contributed to shifting opinion about private and statutory sector relationships .
3 Rodrigo must have learned a great deal from these intelligent , cultured people .
4 Oh , she knew she had learned a great deal during the last two years ; she also knew that a good part of herself was happy , mostly , she thought , because she had come to like Mrs Aggie and living in her house .
5 Several people mentioned that fellow students had learned a great deal about many aspects of disability through having them in the peer group .
6 During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow …
7 " You 've learned a great deal from Sister Anne and I see in you the quality which is needed at Yelton .
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