Example sentences of "[is] a [adj] deal [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah good diplomacy from Ron cos I think that 's a cracking deal for Villa but anyway that 's that sorted out . |
| 2 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 3 | That 's a great deal of responsibility . " |
| 4 | If you actually you actually look at the front of the building there 's a great deal of money been spent there 's been new flower er boxes put out there . |
| 5 | I think there 's a great deal of disparity between the countries of Western Europe erm in the way in which health and social security provisions are organized and erm provided . |
| 6 | The minimum amount of time that is necessary er in an operation such as this when the operation is finished the officers are then allowed to go home , that 's the end of their shift because erm there 's a great deal of adrenalin flows on an operation like this . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " There 's a great deal of leeway , " he said , " between adopting an international convention and actually applying it : that can lead to a lax approach , which can lead to accidents . " |
| 9 | erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done . |
| 10 | I , I , I I certainly think there 's a great deal of sense in it all . |
| 11 | erm And of course there 's a great deal of history which is now being written which is much more exciting than most of the history that used to be written in the past . |
| 12 | You say an apparent beginning , does that mean there 's a great deal of uncertainty associated with it ? |
| 13 | There 's a great deal of room inside and excellent headroom — a child can stand up inside . |
| 14 | " There 's a great deal of sin in me , " she began rapidly . |
| 15 | ‘ Because underneath all that starch there 's a great deal of passion in you . |
| 16 | Not that there 's a great deal of point , Kathleen thought to herself , but we may as well go through the motions . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a great deal of difference between being desired and having it spelled out ! ’ she insisted awkwardly . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew how I could make you feel , ’ he corrected , ‘ but there 's a great deal of difference between bodily chemistry and love . |
| 19 | Because as you can imagine in fire stations there 's a great deal of number crunching , there 's a lot of inspections , there 's a lot of work that 's done . |
| 20 | There 's a great deal of language , for example , which can be transacted in science and maths . |
| 21 | economic about Taiwan and there 's a great deal of irony in this because you know here you are in the nineteen fifties in China rich peasant economy which is accepting and preserving inequalities |
| 22 | Also , there 's a great deal of sickness for which we need medicines . |
| 23 | In addition to this , of course , there 's a good deal of energy research goes on in the campus , and erm there 's another unit which we call the Science Policy Research Unit . |
| 24 | There is a good deal of rhetoric in this field , and as regards higher education institutions , the increased ( self- ) interest in mature students has been prompted partly by the decline in the 18-year-old age-group by about one-third between 1982 and 1995 ; although for various reasons that decline does not simply translate into a comparable decline in intake ( Fulton 1981 ) . |
| 25 | The systematic study of information technology ( informatics ) is in its infancy and although there is general agreement that its potential for human progress is enormous , there is a good deal of pessimism as to the probability that those who control it will actively seek this end over their own private interests ( see Schiller , 1989 ; Journal of Communication , 1989 ) . |
| 26 | It thus differs from business education whose concern is more broadly based in terms of areas of knowledge and the techniques relevant to business operations , though , of course , there is a good deal of overlap between the two subject areas . |
| 27 | Wood substance has a specific gravity around 1.4 but freshly felled timber floats ( unless it is a very dense species ) because , even in the unseasoned wood , there is a good deal of air . |
| 28 | However , there is a good deal of disagreement about how they come about . |
| 29 | While there is a good deal of division of opinion both about these attempts to characterise the present situation and about what further conclusions theology should draw from it , there lies here a nexus of issues to which theologians have had to turn their attention , especially since the Second World War . |
| 30 | There is a good deal of self-censorship going on in these chapters about the festival . |