Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] deal [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end . |
| 2 | This is easily the most important leg of the course , where a great deal of place changing can go on due to the huge differences in speed among sailors . |
| 3 | It seemed a wise precaution to lunge him first , as he had not been ridden for three days , and this was accomplished in a corner of the field without either difficulties or a great deal of finesse . |
| 4 | Thomson themselves ( 01 435 8431 ) offer 14 nights half-board at a 4-T hotel ( Thomson 's own classification ) in Palma Nova in Mallorca for two adults and two children at £842 , or a self-catering deal in Santa Ponsa at a similar class apartment for £508 . |
| 5 | Although a good deal of excavation has taken place at Alcester , especially in the south-western suburb around Birch Abbey , very little has received full publication.6 Excavations in the fortified area of the town have always been difficult owing to the presence of modern buildings , but with new developments taking place , they have at last become feasible ; even now , though , the line of the defences is still imperfectly known . |
| 6 | Although a good deal of success has been achieved with regard to mapping vegetation ( Hathout , 1980 ) , there are still problems with resolution and cloud cover ( Allan , 1980 ) and although these are gradually being resolved by radar , the problem of more detailed and fine-grained interpretation will remain for the foreseeable future ( Deane , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Although a great deal of work has been done in the historical demography of the developed world relatively little research has been carried out in relation to the corresponding ( i.e. pre-demographic transition ) period in the Third World . |
| 8 | This means that a great deal of preparation needs to be made before the fieldwork begins . |
| 9 | Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first . |
| 10 | Not only is it good value for money , it 's clear that a great deal of thought has been given to the virus problem and how to cure it . |
| 11 | In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project . |
| 12 | It was pointed out earlier that one difficulty in using inverted files is the need to deal with all the records possessing a given attribute at the same time , so that a great deal of working space is required in main storage . |
| 13 | Lenneberg ( 1966 ) has argued that a great deal of evidence about deafness in children , aphasia , environmental deprivation of various kinds , muscular debilities and so on supports the hypothesis that language acquisition by children follows a definite maturational path , passing certain milestones of achievement in a certain order . |
| 14 | In the Belfast research , we wished , like Cohen , to approach an explanation for ‘ the complex differentiation within ’ communities , by exploring and analysing in-group patterns and functions of differentiation ; in the event , we showed that a great deal of variation has in-group functions that are not readily accessible to outsiders , and we shall review this in chapter 4 . |
| 15 | The point should not be missed either that a great deal of capital for investment comes not from profits in industry but from the vast and growing capital of pension funds and other financial institutions relying on personal savings , which , as we shall show below , have shown an upward trend in recent years . |
| 16 | Indeed he agreed that a great deal of hypocrisy had been involved in what Macaulay had called one of the ‘ fits of morality ’ to which the British nation was periodically subject . |
| 17 | I have tried to argue that the principle does not succeed in this task , and moreover that a great deal of philosophy would also be rejected by Ayer 's approach . |
| 18 | It appeared that a great deal of income was potentially being lost as procedures were not consistent throughout the network . |
| 19 | Di Scott , of Fairbridge , explained : ‘ After the ship had been in operation for some time it was realised that a great deal of money was needed for maintenance and running costs . |
| 20 | Some commentators asserted that the communiqué 's lack of detail demonstrated that the plenum had only managed to reach agreement on basic guidelines and that a great deal of work was necessary before the eighth five-year plan was completed . |
| 21 | During those meetings it was emphasised by all participants that a great deal of work would need to be done in the translation of medical textbooks , and that this would take considerable time . |
| 22 | It is encouraging that a great deal of emphasis is placed on aspects of plan preparation , whether this be the research or the surveying , since knowing your facts is vital before organising action . |
| 23 | What must be clear in a transcript of this kind is that a great deal of interpretation by the analyst has gone on before the reader encounters this ‘ data ’ . |
| 24 | My problem is that a great deal of business needs to be done , and I have to try to accommodate that business as well . |
| 25 | Considering the time it takes initially to carry out an analysis , it is quite surprising that a great deal of interest has been aroused . |
| 26 | Also , the need to treat each instalment as a separate amount for ageing purposes means that a great deal of care will need to be given to the analysis of repayment mortgages . |
| 27 | It appears that a great deal of weight is given by examining magistrates , who may be young and inexperienced , to the police file , which includes the accused 's incriminating statements . |
| 28 | Radio listeners and newspaper readers were generally far better informed , but investigation showed that a great deal of news was either misunderstood or not listened to because it was incomprehensible . |
| 29 | The result was that a great deal of effort went into recording the habitats seen to be under threat , and the material collated within the Symposium volume ( Boyd , 1979b ) proved to be of immense value . |
| 30 | With all these advantages it is not surprising that a great deal of effort and resources go into the provision of simulators for high technology industry . |