Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] great deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all fairness it must of course also be said that people who are familiar with Christian orders of service find this same collection of words extremely comforting and helpful precisely because they are familiar and mean a great deal to them . |
| 2 | The rear garden is enclosed by close panelled fencing and stone walling and offers a great deal of seclusion of privacy . |
| 3 | There is , in fact , a basic stratum of truth in it ; but there are so many exceptions that the collector who took the dictum as gospel would make many blunders and lose a great deal of money . |
| 4 | It is clear why ministers , who lose only a little and gain a great deal from the doctrine , should want to keep it going . |
| 5 | I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea . |
| 6 | It is still very cold and raining a great deal . |
| 7 | At £54.95 , it is also cheaper than keeping a pet , and needs a great deal less walking ! |
| 8 | I studied his arguments at great length over the weekend and I have come to the conclusion that much of the hon. Gentleman 's argument is extremely valid and needs a great deal of further consideration . |
| 9 | People must understand that the issue is difficult and needs a great deal of give and take . |
| 10 | Now such a meal , as any dietician will tell you , is far too rich in nitrogenous substances , since fish has just as much assimilable albumen as meat , and contains a great deal more phosphorus … " |
| 11 | Productivity can be measured , often relatively easily , but establishing the routes which have led to progress in science is a much more subtle undertaking , and contains a great deal which is either subjective or unmeasurable . |
| 12 | Once the research had established the physics of these losses — and provided a great deal of general information or the physics of plasmas — Culham returned to the development of toroidal systems . |
| 13 | Some things are going to have to last you a very long time and withstand a great deal of wear so these must be the best of their kind that you can possibly afford . |
| 14 | They were thus inspired to assume flower names , and attracted a great deal of attention and interest — precisely , in fact , what they had previously been denied . |
| 15 | It can be heady stuff , it can be a pleasant experience , or it can leave a nasty taste in the mouth and cost a great deal . |
| 16 | The services that we get from the public sector affect all our lives and cost a great deal of money . |
| 17 | The puppy is born blind ; it sleeps and eats a great deal , gradually building up its size and strength . |
| 18 | In spite of attempts to stop their transmission , the programmes went out on CCTV , watched by millions and caused a great deal of lively , heated debate . |
| 19 | On leaving she joined the Repertory Company at Worthing and played a great deal on the repertory circuit . |
| 20 | The exhibition ‘ Santiago Calatrava ’ in both the Gallery and the newly refurbished Florence Hall attracted huge crowds during the Autumn and received a great deal of publicity . |
| 21 | Explaining this popularity is not difficult : Edmund was himself killed by the Danes , and it was perhaps only natural that veneration for him should grow in the area which had formed his kingdom , and seen a great deal of the renewed conflict between Danes and English . |
| 22 | He really had a hard time and suffered a great deal over the years from the wounds he received back then . |
| 23 | Certainly de Gaulle could not have returned to power if he had not stepped forward and risked a great deal in the process . |
| 24 | In acknowledging other people 's active status , by finding out about them and their personal lives through informal socialising regardless of overt status , it 's possible to learn and understand a great deal . |
| 25 | ‘ He has more experience than the other two , and showed a great deal of improvement last year . |
| 26 | I suppose one advantage of a computer is that it can store and remember a great deal of information . |
| 27 | We encourage students to take Greek , and give a great deal of special help in language study at all levels , but it is quite possible to take both New Testament 1 and New Testament 2 in English . |
| 28 | Professional services available to the carer come from various sources and vary a great deal from area to area . |
| 29 | This , then , was Mary 's inheritance : by a combination of political circumstances , luck , strong personalities on the throne and sheer nerve and drive , she was heir to a remarkably stable and remarkably outward-looking society , whose kings commanded a great deal of respect , and exercised a great deal of power . |
| 30 | In time , however , they may learn to cope and discover a great deal in the child they have raised , which may lead a life which is no less happy , but just ‘ different ’ to that of others in some ways . |