Example sentences of "[adj] deal of thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination . |
| 2 | This book is intended as a concise account of the principles of peptide chemistry for upper-level undergraduates studying chemistry and biochemistry and the author has obviously given a great deal of thought to the needs of his readers . |
| 3 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 4 | You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought . |
| 5 | As is usual with a carnival , it started with a Fancy Dress Procession around the parish , which finished at the Shady Bower Field , and a great deal of thought went into the entries . |
| 6 | So Cedric 's precious irises had to be confined to a corral for safety , and a great deal of thought had to go into making the grounds of the priory into the fine and eccentric garden it is today . |
| 7 | A great deal of thought may be needed to adapt and adjust so that hearing loss causes as little strain as possible . |
| 8 | Give a great deal of thought to the position and size of opening windows , both with regard to security and , more importantly , to ensure a quick means of escape in case of fire , especially at night when doors are likely to be well secured . |
| 9 | ‘ I have made this decision with some regret — but not without a great deal of thought . ’ |
| 10 | Richard and Peter devoted a great deal of thought to the theory underlying the succession , and made sure that there was a plausible Emorian reason for each change of emperor . |
| 11 | It was time to get serious again , and she gave the matter a great deal of thought . |
| 12 | It would be a tragedy for the aircraft preservation and restoration movement as a whole if it were all scrapped , and so it is with great sadness that after a great deal of thought they are agreed ( having been partners both in business and as husband and wife ) that the time has come to take life a bit easier and retire from the business . |
| 13 | Despite the problems with linking the various applications together , a great deal of thought has gone into making Complete Works an easy to use , fully-featured package . |
| 14 | Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first . |
| 15 | Not only is it good value for money , it 's clear that a great deal of thought has been given to the virus problem and how to cure it . |
| 16 | ‘ It does n't strike me that Joe 's dad has given his son a great deal of thought this year , ’ I said , bluntly . |
| 17 | Discussions of academic topics typically involve a great deal of thought and the production of novel utterances , rather than a series of well-practised utterances like ‘ Hello ’ and ‘ How are you ? ’ . |
| 18 | In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project . |
| 19 | I 've been giving it a great deal of thought myself in recent weeks . |
| 20 | A great deal of thought and work goes into planning and preparing Q.T. Days and in order to ensure their success both physically and financially we would be pleased if you acknowledge and fill in the enclosed form and return it to the office as soon as possible . |
| 21 | The teacher does not need to know exactly what will happen and can not usefully plan a story line very far ahead , but should give a great deal of thought to the organisation of the lesson : How will groups be divided ? |
| 22 | He 's given that a great deal of thought . ’ |
| 23 | The spokesman stressed : ‘ This decision was taken after a great deal of thought and heart-searching . |
| 24 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 25 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 26 | A good deal of thought has gone into devising various practical steps to check on the accuracy of analysis not carried out under the data user 's immediate control . |
| 27 | Self and Ernest Long , the secretary , devoted a good deal of thought to methods of budgetary control which would make decentralisation possible , but the headquarters engineers , still deeply distrustful of anything from Self , had little conception of the financial and management principles of decentralisation . |
| 28 | As many have found , often only in retrospect , a good deal of thought must be given to the preparation of data for presentation to the machine . |