Example sentences of "deal of [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Husameddin devotes a good deal of space to Molla Fenari 's pilgrimage , making full use of the Arabic sources and adding a certain amount of material of his own . |
| 2 | The inter-war years saw a good deal of activity in North Shields by the local branch of the National Unemployed Workers Movement ( NUWM ; see CDP , 1978 ) , whose main base of support was on the Meadowell . |
| 3 | At a post-crisis discussion between Mikoian and a State Department official , Mikoian was ‘ clearly influenced by commitments to Castro to make a strong case on Castro 's behalf ’ and tried to establish the idea of a protocol signed by all three countries ‘ [ attaching ] a good deal of significance to Cuba being one of the signatories ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ We played the leading role in bringing Zimbabwe to independence and have given a great deal of help to Zimbabwe since independence , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Since those days she has done a great deal of work with Steven Berkoff — particularly in his play for two people , Decadence which she has played in London , Los Angeles and Dublin . |
| 6 | Arrack and toddy production generated a great deal of wealth in Kalutara district . |
| 7 | A solution involving the secession of Eritrea , he said , " would not only bring a great deal of difficulty to Ethiopia , but also to a large number of other countries in similar positions " . |
| 8 | Taking an unmarked structure such as The book received a great deal of publicity in China as a starting point , we can suggest a number of possible thematic structures in English , starting with the least marked and ending with the most marked . |
| 9 | Predicating a theme involves using an it-structure ( also called a cleft structure ) to place an element near the beginning of the clause , as in It was the book that received a great deal of publicity in China , it was a great deal of publicity that the book received in China , or It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity . |
| 10 | They tend to imply that the item in theme position ( in the case of predicated themes ) or the item in rheme position ( in the case of identifying themes ) is chosen from a set of possible items as the one worthy of the hearer's/reader 's attention : It was the book ( rather than something else ) which received a great deal of publicity in China ; What the book received in China was a great deal of publicity ( rather than bad reviews , for instance ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There was n't a great deal of discussion between Doug and me … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The EAT had a great deal of sympathy with Mr Bowles and considered the employers rather harsh , but nevertheless , the employee 's resignation as a result of his refusal to go to Scotland was neither a termination of contract by the employer nor constructive dismissal . |
| 15 | I think most people in the game will feel a great deal of sympathy for Frank who 's one of er the games gentlemen certainly . |
| 16 | I have a great deal of sympathy for Karl Popper 's confessed life-long dislike about theorising about God . |
| 17 | But Mr Stewart said his talks with Bruce Millan , the EC commissioner heading regional affairs , had shown a great deal of support for Merseyside . |
| 18 | However she sees a great deal of hope in Miranda 's situation ; ‘ You can acknowledge that women do let other women down and still be a feminist . |
| 19 | It is also claimed that there has been a great deal of harassment of Serbs and Montenegrins by Albanian nationalists , who hope to drive them out and establish an ‘ ethnically pure ’ Kosovo . |
| 20 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 21 | " It 's true to say that there was a great deal of discontent in Russia during the reign of Nicholas II , indeed there were things wrong with Russian society that needed reforming badly , whilst the ruling class lived in unabashed luxury the peasants who made up 90 per cent of the population had to be contend with lack of food and primitive living conditions added to this was was a completely ineffective educational system which meant that illiteracy was widespread , thus problems were on a large scale in Russia social reforms were desperately needed , as were political reforms since Russia as an autocratic country suppressed any means of political liberation . " |
| 22 | THERE is a good deal of embarrassment in Paris over l'affaire de la Musee Jacquemart-Andre . |
| 23 | I mean if Glasgow breaks down for I mean if the pros get called out for two weeks it 's not gon na make a big deal of difference at Norwich . |
| 24 | On the other hand , he has a great deal of confidence in Noorda 's intellectual prowess and innate capitalism to deliver for Sun what Sun needs from USL as USL 's ‘ largest customer ’ : low royalties , available source , open interfaces , technological innovation and resolution of any channel conflict with SunSoft . |
| 25 | There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow . |
| 26 | There was a great deal of truth in Lipski 's comments . |
| 27 | In my innocence and with musical aspirations , I thought it would be lovely to be married to a professional pianist ; after all , my good friend Fraser Muirhead was paying a great deal of attention to Margaret Geddes , another of the city 's first class piano teachers . |
| 28 | ‘ We were under a great deal of pressure in Paris , the ball was not coming out quickly enough and it was a very poor playing surface . |
| 29 | There was a good deal of curiosity behind Mike 's admiration , but he managed to curtail it until they were in the car . |
| 30 | Even when the study appeared , there was a great deal of scepticism within NoS , but the attitude was that they had consulted the experts and got the evidence . |