Example sentences of "it [be] a great deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own view is that it could , it be a great deal more than that , but this is within the , the erm , nationally prescribed requirements in terms of getting some consistency into local authority accounts . |
| 2 | No one knows for certain how much the misuse of alcohol costs society , but it 's a great deal . |
| 3 | I 'd have to say it 's a great deal lower percentage than most employed people pay because there are all sorts of expenses a partnership can claim . |
| 4 | As far as they are concerned it 's a great deal cheaper than trying to maintain individual properties . |
| 5 | There were minor problems with the belt and gears but , as Pa said , It 's a great deal of engine for ten pounds , and Ma should not be afraid to use it . |
| 6 | But I will say this , it 's a great deal better than it looks from the outside . ’ |
| 7 | It 's easier it 's a great deal easier to say than to do . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a great deal of money , ’ he adds . |
| 9 | Becher 's , without its slope , may not be quite as spectacular as of old , but , much more important , it is a great deal safer and fairer . |
| 10 | It is a great deal more professional than it was a few years ago comparable with the standards of other types of consultancies and partnership firms , and is attracting an altogether higher quality of person than was previously the case . |
| 11 | Even so , it is a great deal more than would have been credited to a bird even a few years ago . |
| 12 | It is a great deal more abstract , and the deformations within it are much more radical . |
| 13 | As my hon. Friend says , it is a great deal of money . |
| 14 | Although it has disadvantages , it is a great deal better than the kind of society in which there is no free press , or in which the press is gagged by more and more complex and frequently unworkable rules . |
| 15 | There is no shortage of theoretical models suggesting how agents might act , or should act , in the face of risk and uncertainty , but it is a great deal more difficult to find evidence which really helps us to understand and explain how agents actually do act . |
| 16 | It was a great deal to hope of anyone , particularly since the political and intellectual principles of the Welfare State were so utterly at odds with the privileged hierarchical structure which had the monarchy at its head . |
| 17 | The syntax was not perfect , perhaps , but it was a great deal better than Higginbotham 's , and the use of such lengthy phrases as " venture to approach " and " await your response " showed some acquaintance with the useful cliches of the language . |
| 18 | In the interval Frederica became useful for once , and recited to the bored young Grimauds as much as she could remember — and it was a great deal — of the thick , incomprehensible English verse . |
| 19 | Predicating a theme involves using an it-structure ( also called a cleft structure ) to place an element near the beginning of the clause , as in It was the book that received a great deal of publicity in China , it was a great deal of publicity that the book received in China , or It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity . |