Example sentences of "[adj] deal of [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Being the being I am , though , and no other ( not yet anyway ) , I wanted full brothel privileges , the old male deal of dough and careless choice .
2 Teachers also received a great deal of support and help from both popular organizations and from communities to ease their situation .
3 But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem .
4 Although the courts do not refuse in principle to review the exercise of police discretionary powers , they do nevertheless exercise a great deal of caution and restraint to such a degree that it is difficult to see how in practice the principles of judicial review are capable of being used to challenge decisions to issue warrants where these are considered to be necessary for the prevention or detection of crime .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 The Mites did a great deal of touring and were given outdoor clothing , often a hooded cloak , socks and shoes , even a suitcase each .
8 Not only does the successful school gain a valuable prize but also , through a skilfully handled press release , it gains a great deal of publicity and prestige .
9 For example , In China the book received a great deal of publicity and The book received a great deal of publicity in China would be analysed in the same way .
10 And J. D. O'Connor liked my articles — he said they created a great deal of excitement and interest ; I wrote under the name of Vesta .
11 Further even that this , although it is not possible for knitters to write their own programs for Form , there are programs that lend themselves to a great deal of adaptation and change that can be used to knit almost any type of garment .
12 A busy , friendly house with a great deal of character and a good range of whiskies and beers .
13 Yet the children show a great deal of ingenuity and imagination in finding objects for their play .
14 Does the Minister agree that the loans scheme has turned out to be an administrative nightmare and that it has caused a great deal of bureaucracy and hardship to students , especially since they have been removed from the safety net of social security ?
15 The municipal authorities of Barcelona , who over the past few years have acquired a great deal of experience and expertise in founding and running cultural centres , have recently signed an agreement with the Fundación Salvador Allende to collaborate in setting up a museum in Santiago , Chile , to be called the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende .
16 He pointed out that , when new products come on the market , they are often treated as great blessings , and it is only after a great deal of experience and use that we learn of their dangers and downsides .
17 They 're not exactly specialist agencies but they have a great deal of experience and they have a commitment to a certain kind of research , and they have , I mean we 've had our run-ins with them as it were , but they have listened , and they 've supported some of our work as well , and I think that they in time will provide a kind of model as it were for a number of erm perhaps less experienced agencies throughout the world , newly set-up ones , as to how it is possible to do consistently good logical rational work in the face of the chaos that a disaster produces .
18 Gilding — the laying of gold leaf on to surfaces — requires a great deal of patience and practice to achieve a good result .
19 All this takes time and a great deal of patience and application .
20 Boomer was a handsome man with a great deal of charm and became the favourite professional of the rich who visited Paris , playing with such luminaries as Sir Philip Sassoon , who rewarded Boomer by having suits made up for him from Savile Row .
21 It calls for a great deal of skill and judgment and is a shot that needs to be practised regularly in order to play it well .
22 This is much more difficult than it sounds , and requires a great deal of skill and practice ( see Mann 1985 ; Oppenheim 1966 ) .
23 These computer systems , which are intended to emulate the thought processes , analytical reasoning and advice of experts , contain a great deal of skill and expertise within the systems themselves .
24 I gave the next sentence a great deal of lip and tongue work .
25 Unskilled trainees will require a great deal of supervision and so efficient management will call for a smaller span of control than a situation where the employees are experienced .
26 The staff who work in the reservation section have a great deal of responsibility and it is their task to see that all reservations are dealt with promptly and efficiently .
27 Should you ever possess a whole ham on the bone , you must know how to carve it properly , otherwise you will waste a great deal of meat and subsequently be eating ham soup for ages .
28 There is a great deal of evidence and experience as to the effects of anoxia ( oxygen deficiency ) in the later foetal stage or at birth in the incidence of mental subnormality and cerebral palsy .
29 ‘ I have a great deal of trust and I leave everything to fate . ’
30 A boy with a great deal of tact and delicacy . ’
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