Example sentences of "lost a great " in BNC.

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1 That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was .
2 It has lost a great deal besides its guaranteed monopoly of power : its sense of purpose , its old dominance over the economy , many of its perks — these have gone , along with 1.8m members last year alone .
3 They have already lost a great deal of the autonomy and self-determination they possessed under the Stormont regime .
4 The well bubbled into a tributary of the Moy , but unfortunately it had been hemmed in by modern concrete and so had lost a great deal of its charm .
5 In a similar way , ‘ mat ’ might be a neutral word for you — unless , perhaps , you are a member of the Islamic faith when it may be associated with your religious observances , or ( at a lower level ) you may have just lost a great deal of money in an investment in floor coverings !
6 On taking her history , it was discovered that when she was twelve or thirteen she had had frequent nose bleeds and had lost a great deal of blood .
7 Interactive Systems Corp — now SunSoft Inc — began by marketing the product strongly , but later faced a barrage of complaints and problems over speed and stability , and reportedly lost a great deal of money over the venture .
8 In most Western democracies in the twentieth century , legislatures have lost a great deal of ground to executive branches .
9 In analysing these three passages in terms of a selection of their stylistic features , we have no doubt lost a great deal by isolating them from their literary context .
10 If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes .
11 Since the end of the war , we have lost a great deal more of our forest land .
12 Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ?
13 A flood of tributes was headed by Doddy , who said : ‘ We have lost a great national monument of mirth .
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