Example sentences of "[adj] deal of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lord Fraser lists other developments and concludes : ‘ I hope I have demonstrated that there is in fact a great deal of activity . ’ |
| 32 | A great deal of hotel business comes from people travelling not just for holidays or sightseeing but by people travelling by virtue of their business activities . |
| 33 | Erm s that 's my general s there 's no doubt that there are a great deal of activities there as always of course when one is spending a lot of new money quite rapidly , one has to monitor it very carefully to make sure that it 's being effectively spent , and I 'm sure the director and this committee will continue to do that . |
| 34 | With foodstuffs , for example , there has been a great deal of trial and error over many millennia to determine whether a given animal or plant provides desirable food . |
| 35 | Er , which means I ca n't be fired without a great deal of hassle , er , but , I er , er , the kind of the down-side is I have to go to the office occasionally . |
| 36 | Stores were ample but plain : cans of soup in abundance ; simple , frozen meals for one ; large stocks of beefburgers and frozen peas ; and of course — Pooley being Pooley — a great deal of muesli , yoghurt and fresh fruit . |
| 37 | In the example of Rubik 's cube , we have looked at a substantial problem that leads naturally to a great deal of mathematics and uses many techniques of problem solving . |
| 38 | By listening , a teacher will realise that children ‘ talk ’ a great deal of mathematics while they are playing , and she can find out quite a lot about their stages of development . |
| 39 | The Mites did a great deal of touring and were given outdoor clothing , often a hooded cloak , socks and shoes , even a suitcase each . |
| 40 | During the 12th century , the Abbot of St Peters had a great deal of construction work carried out , the result of which was the creation of the River Twyver , powering no less than seven monastic mills , all under his control . |
| 41 | The government 's development thrust has been furthered : a great deal of construction has taken place to the benefit of developers and major building companies . |
| 42 | Like the Prince , she takes a great deal of exercise , and frequently leaves the people who escort her on visits around the country struggling to keep up . |
| 43 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 44 | She kept on and on about them until he had no option but to brake hard , and with a great deal of difficulty in that narrow lane , turn the vehicle around and go back . |
| 45 | Patronage of this type produced a great deal of difficulty for both the church and the politicians , and in 1742 Robert Dundas , lord Arniston , was induced to complain of the |
| 46 | Distinguishing between public and private places caused the courts a great deal of difficulty . |
| 47 | Er , the other thing is of course colleagues that the doors at the side are , are open for very good reasons and I mentioned yesterday from time to time that once we get er we get talking there 's a that goes and colleagues at the side of Congress have a great deal of difficulty in hearing and listening to the debate . |
| 48 | A solution involving the secession of Eritrea , he said , " would not only bring a great deal of difficulty to Ethiopia , but also to a large number of other countries in similar positions " . |
| 49 | This controversial decision has led to a great deal of difficulty ; but the decision demonstrates the current trend in arbitration which , like references to experts , is another form of machinery for resolving disputes outside the court . |
| 50 | We will outside the erm the supporting it if it was n't for the fact that we understand that the officers would have a great deal of difficulty spending that money . |
| 51 | Her brain was still having a great deal of difficulty coping with what her eyes were telling her . |
| 52 | With a great deal of difficulty . |
| 53 | We now come to a question that causes a great deal of difficulty , particularly to foreign learners ( who can not simply dismiss it as an academic question ) : how can one select the correct syllable or syllables to stress in an English word ? |
| 54 | erm There was a great deal of difficulty I think at the court , as well as the rather glamorous exterior . |
| 55 | This causes a great deal of anxiety for the parents of a girl child , for they start immediately after her puberty to worry about her marriage if she is not already married . |
| 56 | She was being looked after at home by her children and there was a great deal of anxiety being expressed by all the carers involved as to what would happen to the children . |
| 57 | They have become impotent — a fact which naturally causes a great deal of anxiety to them and to their wives . |
| 58 | The whole operation caused Mrs Singh a great deal of anxiety . |
| 59 | ‘ I caused the party a great deal of anxiety over my views ’ he explained and added ‘ but strangely enough with this book it has not been such a struggle . |
| 60 | For this the Getty Oil Company , which paid the bill , got a headquarters and a great deal of publicity , on the whole favourable , since Mr Getty was bowing to the style which England expects . |