Example sentences of "good deal of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | By 1980 the succession of troubles along the Iran-Iraq border , combined with uncertainty as to the international behaviour to be expected of post-revolutionary Iran , was provoking a good deal of disquiet in the outside world , particularly among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) states . |
2 | There was usually a good deal of flexibility in the organisation of these political departments : their number and scope altered easily and often to meet changing demands . |
3 | The Benefits Agency spokesman said the discretionary nature of the Social Fund scheme permitted local officers a good deal of flexibility in cases where they could provide assistance . |
4 | I should have to get other opinions but I 'd guess they would fetch a good deal of money at auction . |
5 | I have run upstairs and downstairs , ironed huge sheets and four pillowcases at a time , spent a good deal of money on nourishing and delicate foods and extra milk . |
6 | This may cost more at the time but could save a good deal of money in the long run . |
7 | I have already put a good deal of stress upon two contrasted aspects of what seems to me to be the central paradox of anthropology considered as an intellectual discipline . |
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 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
10 | He derived a good deal of entertainment from watching the engaged couples that came in . |
11 | Mecir , whose world ranking has dropped to 26 chiefly as a result of back injuries , ought to add a good deal of craft to the Silk Cut Championships at Wembley next month . |
12 | However , since much published work combines various approaches , there will be a good deal of overlap between different parts of the discussion and it will be necessary throughout to refer to various theoretical and methodological issues which have received a good deal of attention in recent years . |
13 | It thus differs from business education whose concern is more broadly based in terms of areas of knowledge and the techniques relevant to business operations , though , of course , there is a good deal of overlap between the two subject areas . |
14 | Midianite : the inter-change of terms sound confused , but from late patriarchal times on , there was in fact a good deal of overlap in the use of the terms " Midianite " , " Ishmaelite " , " Medanite " , " Moabite " . |
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 | To someone accustomed by the existing advanced accounting courses , with no involvement in the National Certificate , the proposals seemed somewhat revolutionary and the document generated a good deal of discussion over the following few weeks on the relative merits of the B1 and B2 models etc . |
18 | A good deal of discussion towards the end of the meeting turned around the University 's interest in setting up an alumni society . |
19 | This arrangement was made more systematic in 1688 ; and after 1719 there was a good deal of discussion of the status and powers of secretaries of this kind . |
20 | There was a good deal of discussion in December 1902 , as to who was responsible for the cost of road widening , the B.E.T . |
21 | There could have been no better man for the job and Graveney , whose equable temperament has survived a good deal of adversity in recent years , managed to keep everyone content during some trying early days . |
22 | Enabling you to allocate different joystick commands to the three coloured pedals , this nifty little piece of hardware will certainly add a good deal of realism to any driving games you may have in your collection ( except Hard Drivin' , of course , as even a steering wheel and gear shift could n't fuel-inject any realism into that ! ) . |
23 | This usually consists of worship and praise and comprises the singing of a number of songs , with a good deal of repetition in which one song succeeds another without a break . |
24 | After a good deal of success in his 13 years of moto cross , Zeelenberg would have gone with them but for the advice of manager Jan Huberts , who still manages Zeelenberg and the Sharp Samson team . |
25 | It must be said that this has apparently been achieved with a good deal of success in many societies in many different periods . |
26 | It has achieved a good deal of success in this , enabling some compensation to be made for the diminishing pool of potential recruits on the farms . |
27 | Many of them certainly need a good deal of instruction in the art of lecturing . |
28 | Mortimer 's techniques were well in advance of those of Greenwell and there was a good deal of rivalry between them . |
29 | There is a good deal of rhetoric in this field , and as regards higher education institutions , the increased ( self- ) interest in mature students has been prompted partly by the decline in the 18-year-old age-group by about one-third between 1982 and 1995 ; although for various reasons that decline does not simply translate into a comparable decline in intake ( Fulton 1981 ) . |
30 | Though he has a good deal of contact with senior officials ( and in the northern agency spends most of his time at headquarters ) he has a strong loyalty to the field officers in his area , retaining from his own earlier experience as a field officer what he feels to be a sympathetic understanding of practical problems . |