Example sentences of "deal of [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're all seeing a great deal of concern about dioxins in tampons and nappies , but did you know that incinerators and leaded petrol are also major contributors towards the levels in our environment ? |
| 2 | erm I think in fact it would be better to ask Mr Bailey to explain what his concerns were erm I 'd just like to say first although initially it revolves around problems of drinking , I 'm looking at other issues of East Oxford , in that recently there 's been a great deal of concern about glue sniffing in sections there , and there have been various letters from residents in the local newspapers , and I think there 's a general level of problem for people living in East Oxford , and it 's not just that the people there want the streets cleaned up or whatever , they want something constructive and helpful to be done for people . |
| 3 | ‘ I now have a great deal of choice about everything I do , which is the great blessing of old age . |
| 4 | In 1975 , just after reorganization had finally been implemented , and in the context of a great deal of criticism about its unexpected costs , Tony Crosland ( Secretary of State for the Environment ) announced that cuts were needed in local government spending : ‘ We have to come to terms with the harsh reality of the situation which we inherited . |
| 5 | However , there is a good deal of disagreement about how they come about . |
| 6 | On this occasion I felt that all was not well and , although we got round alright , I had a deal of unease about the method employed by the navigator . |
| 7 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
| 8 | The problems noted above are intensified for the management of stock revision programmes ; these are carried out by staff who are either subject specialists or who have in the course of the stock revision acquired a good deal of knowledge about the subject literature — certainly more than the line manager . |
| 9 | Primary teachers and secondary English teachers regularly impart a great deal of knowledge about language to their pupils and encourage them to make explicit , and to share with others , the implicit knowledge they have already acquired as language users . |
| 10 | At the conference in which this paper was first presented , there was a great deal of discussion about how one is to define concepts like ‘ peace ’ and ‘ aggression ’ for comparative purposes , and , as always in such discussions , a fair amount of pessimism about the possibility of success . |
| 11 | In detail there might be a great deal of discussion about the institutional arrangements necessary to responsible government , but in general some are obvious . |
| 12 | Following South Africa 's reintroduction there has been a great deal of discussion about whether the ban on Mike Gatting and his fellow ‘ rebel ’ tourists should be lifted . |
| 13 | There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the operation of a lien , general or special , under English law . |
| 14 | At the time of the revolution there was a great deal of speculation about the Ceauşescus ' wealth which , it was often claimed , had been stashed away in Swiss banks . |
| 15 | The introduction of fundholding in April 1991 was accompanied by a good deal of speculation about its impact on general practice . |
| 16 | Less is known however about the impact of second homes on the local environment , and although there has been a good deal of speculation about their impacts , as shown in Table 7.5 , there are few hard or agreed empirical data to back this up . |
| 17 | The first formal talks between the USA and Vietnam on Cambodia were held at the UN on Aug. 6 , leading to a great deal of speculation about the lifting of the US-led trade embargo on Vietnam and eventual normalization of US-Vietnamese relations . |
| 18 | The apparent failure of the English to contain the Irish reveals a great deal of weakness about the English in Spenser 's eyes . |
| 19 | In short , statistics relating to old people are presented in such a way as to spread a great deal of gloom about the future , not only for the old themselves but for society at large . |
| 20 | There is sometimes a good deal of worry about these variations , as about the extent of bodily growth at this time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend the Minister knows full well that , under the rating system , local authorities had a great deal of discretion about whether to charge on empty properties . |
| 25 | The number of day hospitals run by health services and day centres provided by local authorities and voluntary organizations has grown slowly but steadily over the last forty years , although there remains a great deal of confusion about the purposes of day care , and professionals from different services have differing expectations and aims . |
| 26 | There has been a great deal of debate about the collection and use of these . |
| 27 | Although there was a great deal of debate about education after 1944 , much of it up to 1951 focused on the eradication of class differences , not gender differences , in an endeavour to build a more buoyant economy and develop a substantial welfare state . |
| 28 | There was also a great deal of debate about : the need to popularise knowledge , utilising aspects of working-class and popular culture in adult education ; the problem of linking adult education more effectively to social and economic issues in local communities ; the necessity for greater informality and flexibility in the provision of adult education ; the importance of community-based adult education initiatives ; the challenge of creating new educational ‘ networks ’ to provide a comprehensive community education service linking a range of education providers , formal and non-formal , to the needs and interests of working-class communities . |
| 29 | There is a great deal of debate about when to start medication ; the official recommendation is between 7-8 . |
| 30 | There are a number of different kinds of bomb , some of them known by a variety of colourful synonyms , but in many cases , there is a good deal of argument about exactly how they acquire their shape . |