Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 2 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 3 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 4 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 5 | Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances . |
| 6 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 7 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |
| 8 | However , it could have hidden a greater reduction in flow in the deeper layers of the bowel wall , which may be the main site of vascular compromise . |
| 9 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
| 10 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 11 | In some circumstances this remained true even in straightforward administrative interactions where strings of questions about what was going to happen next sometimes led to complicated and unproductive guessing games , and where a simple clear statement would have saved a great deal of time . |
| 12 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 13 | King Alfred 's successes may well have owed a great deal to his predecessors , but in the construction of his network of defensive fortresses we see an ability to command similar to Offa 's , and perpetuated by his son Edward the Elder and grandson Æthelstan , who conquered all England for the West Saxon dynasty . |
| 14 | He might have met a great hero , or the cunningest of thieves , or some wise and great sage . |
| 15 | Here you would have seen a great attraction and opportunities to do well in expanding industries . |
| 16 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 17 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 18 | ‘ I would have made a great secretary , I love organising things . |
| 19 | Piggy might have been able to save the boys ; as with his sensible , mature attitude resulting from the trauma caused by his parents ' death , he could have made a great impact on the boys . |
| 20 | And this must in part have reflected a greater diversity among its patrons . |
| 21 | Never though can it have housed a greater galaxy of scientific and industrial leaders than on that Thursday last month . |
| 22 | Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) . |
| 23 | Since the last war , however , strains of the gonococcus which produce fewer symptoms will have had a greater chance of being passed on before treatment could be instituted . |
| 24 | The government , at no additional cost to the Exchequer , would have had a greater impact on the individual 's welfare . |
| 25 | If he approaches the fun level achieved by Gary , they he will have had a great year . |
| 26 | All the same , he should have thought a great deal more about what lay behind the exhibits . |
| 27 | He and Mother must have thought a great deal of the place to go to that expense at a time when money was so short . |
| 28 | This independence and opportunity for large profit must have been the most important distinction between riches and grinding poverty and must have played a greater part in creating the economic hierarchy of rural society than any other factor . |
| 29 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 30 | But whatever those proposals may be , schools now will have the opportunity of opting out , and I think it 's a fair guess that if the opting out legislation had been in place when comprehensive education was imposed upon this county in 1964 , you would probably have found a great number of the grammar schools would have opted out , using the legislation , and I have no doubt whatsoever that in every single one of those cases you would have had a large majority of parents in support of that . |