Example sentences of "could [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could make a suitable deal … |
| 2 | But this test is rather more costly and time-consuming than Gentle 's idea , and one judge felt that the variability in the way babies are normally cared for could introduce a great deal of ‘ noise ’ into the experiment . |
| 3 | Thus empowered , they could achieve a great deal , particularly in the areas of curriculum development and staff support . |
| 4 | ‘ I think it could achieve a great deal , ’ replied Julius . |
| 5 | Nevertheless the emergency training scheme served to show that the maturity and work experience gained outside the classroom could contribute a great deal to the life and work of our schools , enriching them in both classroom and staffroom . |
| 6 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 7 | Each reader could do a great deal of good by taking up this matter with his or her local MP or prospective candidate . |
| 8 | A vigorous mental-health association in Greece could do a great deal . |
| 9 | That type of change would enable one to say honestly that a redirection of the money already spent could do a great deal to improve the situation of farmers . |
| 10 | Yet there were still trees , planted in the good , old days , and one could see a great deal of sky . |
| 11 | I could spend a great deal of time extolling the history of the two countries . |
| 12 | The policeman could employ a good deal of violence on his beat to avoid the need for tiresome court appearances . |
| 13 | It could be coincidental or it could have a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 14 | This may cost more at the time but could save a good deal of money in the long run . |
| 15 | The secondary school to which they went on would then have an accurate record of what they could do , and could save a great deal of time at present wasted in the transition from one school to another . |
| 16 | Because transport costs were so high , trade could add a good deal to the national income of any country which was successful at it . |
| 17 | Elizabeth took no part in this discussion and Lydia wondered whether it was her imagination or whether Elizabeth had the air of someone who could say a great deal if she chose . |
| 18 | It was certainly frustrating at times , but even before we were able to watch the chimps , we could learn a great deal from listening to their noisy nut-cracking , often audible up to a kilometre away , and deduce much about their elaborate use of tools . |
| 19 | These can usefully be viewed as a repertoire from which schools taking a more restricted approach to review could learn a great deal . |
| 20 | And that the Western psychotherapeutic tradition could learn a great deal from the work of people like the Good Doctor of Jharsetli . |
| 21 | It is its remarkable success as a freight carrier , from which Scotland , in its contrasting failure on a network similar in some respects , could learn a great deal . |
| 22 | It sounds as if we could learn a great deal from Germany and Holland about , in the health service , erm because their systems by now by all statistical tests of mortality and illness and so on , seem to be doing a better job than ours . |