Example sentences of "it [verb] a good deal " in BNC.

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1 Because it goes a good deal wider , I will not myself be supporting it .
2 It involves a good deal which can be called taboo …
3 I would have turned down 2 million ( $3 million ) but when the bid nudged 3 million ( $4.5 million ) it became a good deal for us . ’
4 It was unpopular politically , as it involved a good deal of compulsion , and did not survive the chaos of independence .
5 It depends a good deal on the bulk and ‘ fillability ’ of the food , of course .
6 It received a good deal less consideration than it deserved from those whose concern with the quality of teacher education led them ( as it led us ) to the opposite view .
7 ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously , as with all back problems , it hurts a good deal . ’
8 But Dickie Arbiter , his spokesman , said : ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously as with all back problems it hurts a good deal . ’
9 It takes a good deal of suppleness to be able to get both your elbows onto the ground — you might only get your hands flat on the floor to begin with .
10 As Lord er the Lord Chief Justice said in a television programme Question Time er two nights ago it takes a good deal of experience before somebody 's qualified to be a judge and when you do become a judge you have a great deal to learn .
11 But although his mind was detached from day-to-day events it brooded a good deal on longer-term considerations .
12 It was at this point that Laba had effected the only feasible escape procedure for such circumstances , although it required a good deal of luck .
13 It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together .
14 It sounded a good deal more basic than , say , Holy Communion at Cranborne School .
15 I have included this somewhat lengthy account of the inception of the AEP since it does a good deal to explain some of the subsequent strengths and weaknesses of these highly influential programmes .
16 It occupies a good deal of our conversation , you know , ‘ How are you ? ’ ,
17 ‘ Even diluted like I use it , ’ the mother told him , ‘ it makes a good deal of my hair fall out , so goodness knows what 's going to happen to you .
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