Example sentences of "had a great deal " in BNC.

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1 Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men .
2 Her father had always had a great deal of time for the Sally Ann .
3 His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family .
4 Some buildings are larger and better known than others , and have had a great deal of publicity ; others are perhaps more modest in both scale and workmanship , but still deserving of attention as an important part of the local scene .
5 Although these have had a great deal of success in calculations of nuclear masses and shapes , recent laser experiments have produced some results that do not agree with them .
6 This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously .
7 He continued to hope that he and the king could work together and , strangely enough , he seems to have had a great deal of personal sympathy with the king .
8 The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit .
9 They have lately had a great deal of it .
10 Terry 's family , unlike he himself , had n't had a great deal of experience of the world outside the States , so Peg had had an awful lot to learn .
11 If we follow Wimsatt and Beardsley this far , we arrive at a position that has had a great deal of attraction for literary critics , that the object of criticism must be the literary text itself .
12 I 've had a great deal of fun reviewing Animation Works Interactive , so much so that I 've been staying in the office well past my normal time just to play with it .
13 The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do .
14 There was a notorious example , similar to the one that my hon. Friend has given , which no doubt had a great deal of appeal to young people .
15 We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us .
16 This technique has had a great deal of impact in computer programming where it in systems analysis and design .
17 Colleagues , I know that people are starting to move out , and I 'm sure that it 's got nothing to do with Mick 's appearance at the rostrum , but colleagues seriously , seriously for the last couple of days we 've had a great deal of disciplines so please try and be as quiet as possible .
18 And , and Chairman , that we 've had support , we 've had a great deal of help from party in Europe and it 's kept us informed
19 Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together .
20 This is a matter of personal conscience and what every member in the council chamber today must be aware of , is that there is a vociferous and committed group of people we know that because we 've all had a great deal of communication from them and interestingly enough I have and most of the communication I 've had has been in favour so victory , people who write must be extremely perceptive in , with er marketing the that 's not the point , we all know that there is a committed and vociferous group of people whose consciences do not lead them to the same conclusions as Mr 's conscience and the issue really is , do we in a liberal and democratic society have the right to impose our consciences on those of other people who live in the community and quite clearly and quite determinedly take a different view .
21 Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’
22 Up to now , the patch of land off Whessoe Road has n't had a great deal going for it .
23 When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ?
24 And we 've had a great deal of helpful cooperation and it 's very much erm going right into the schools , right into the whole system of government and control of the schools , erm and I think again is going to produce some very interesting results before too long .
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