Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 2 | It has been restored but not altered a great deal in modern times . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Since the Root Thesaurus did not emerge until 1981 , it has not had a great impact on existing thesauri to date , but it could well be important in the future . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
| 7 | The church probably held some two hundred people but was not used a great deal in the 1920's . |
| 8 | The common law has not proved a great source of procedural protection for aliens . |
| 9 | In the eyes of elderly people many NHS hospitals were still Poor Law institutions , since many had been built originally as workhouses and had not changed a great deal in appearance . |
| 10 | It also shows women are over-represented in education , languages and literature and music/drama/art/design , whereas men are over-represented in engineering and technology and science , and that this pattern has not changed a great deal over the period , despite attempts to even out the balance , and in particular to attract more women on to science and technology courses . |
| 11 | So you know quarter to a third and er it 's not got a lot of land with it and of course it 's not mentioned a great deal in directories . |
| 12 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 13 | He had n't said a great deal , content to look at her as she told him all about life in the convent and of the strange foibles of some of her companions . |
| 14 | have n't seen a great deal of him recently . |
| 15 | Well , you had n't got a great deal of money , now you would go for a walk out in Edinburgh , out to black Blackhole because Blackhole was a village . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Up to now , the patch of land off Whessoe Road has n't had a great deal going for it . |
| 18 | In the winding it 's just their lot has n't changed a great deal . |