Example sentences of "are [v-ing] a great deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As you use an external filter and regularly vacuum the substrate , you are removing a great deal of the waste material from the system . |
| 4 | Clearly , the United Kingdom and the Community are doing a great deal to assist the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe generally . |
| 5 | In Leicestershire , the police are spending a great deal of their valuable time assisting neighbourhood watch schemes . |
| 6 | Many asylum seekers are middle class , but one need only visit Brick lane to see Bangladeshi people who are suffering a great deal because they are poor . |