Example sentences of "great [noun sg] of [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the father of a three-year-old rubella-damaged deaf girl had received a great deal of help from the LEA , the hospital consultant , and from social services and voluntary organisations . |
| 2 | Though the production function approach was subjected to a great deal of criticism from the start , this criticism increased very substantially in the 1970s as the economies of the world began to stagnate . |
| 3 | I won both the 100 and the 200 metres and achieved a great deal of satisfaction from the double . |
| 4 | They all require a great deal of input from the teacher and I write to encourage you in the task which lies ahead . |
| 5 | Great great sort of break from the kid there . |
| 6 | The first he knows that something is up is when he hears a great cry of anguish from the town . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , yes , performance , ’ he murmured , taking another great gulp of whisky from the glass in his left hand , still holding her tightly with his right . |
| 8 | At one such meeting a heckler had got a great round of cheers from the assembled throng when he had told Clasper to get off his bloody soap-box and do a day 's work for a bloody change . |
| 9 | And er the amount of money that 's in the appeal fund , whereas it shows a great feeling of warmth from the general public , I think I do n't I mean there 's people dying all over the world , even at home here in Orkney , there 's people that dying , they do n't receive any great compensation for that . |
| 10 | Throughout 1954 and 1955 the setting up of ITV led to a great exodus of talent from the BBC , attracted , no doubt , by the higher rates of pay advertised by the commercial stations . |
| 11 | He thus unjustly extorted a great sum of money from the men of the bailiwick , not being content with any mode of lawing , saying , if the right leg was lawed , the left leg ought to be lawed , and vice versa , and if all the feet were lawed , saying falsely that this was against the assize and the tenor of the king 's Charter . |
| 12 | This succeeded in bringing a great number of men from the surrounding parishes , as well as most of the inhabitants of East and West Looe . |