Example sentences of "a lot [prep] [noun] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who talk a lot about independence are often the most dependent . |
| 2 | You talked a lot about computers being more friendly in the future than in the past . |
| 3 | Do n't you think that a lot of doctors are too willing to hand out these tranquillizers ? |
| 4 | Despite everything , a lot of burglaries are still carried out via the front door . |
| 5 | A lot of Americans are meanwhile disenchanted with an alliance that commits them to defending a Europe that could do more for itself — especially a Europe that offers America so little , so ungraciously , in return . |
| 6 | Publicity that does n't cost a lot of money is very , very useful and the lifeblood of any charity . ’ |
| 7 | Money , well they tell me that people who have a lot of money are as stressed as those that do n't have it . |
| 8 | A lot of things are yet to happen from where we 've just left off the story . |
| 9 | I think a lot of women are very angry about erm the way they 're treated by society really erm but it 's interesting , is n't it , that the kind of erm jobs that erm women have ? |
| 10 | When he uttered those words , a lot of development was still taking place in Britain ; in fact it was only this summer that it ended , leaving commercial centres throughout the land replete with unlet space in shopping complexes , offices , business parks and industrial estates . |
| 11 | A proactive programme of monitoring or inspection needs , in other words , to be informed by the experience of the officer : ‘ A lot of sampling is so unnecessary . |
| 12 | ‘ You realise a lot of players are no longer scared of you , and if the confidence goes you can go down very fast . |
| 13 | I know that a lot of blacks are just expecting things to come to them ; they 're sort of free living , it 's our nature to sit down and enjoy life . |
| 14 | A lot of work is already being done by the village care group and good neighbours , but Mr. Noyce feels the need to emphasise this work with the help of committed Christians . |
| 15 | Although a lot of work is still to be done in this area , this technique appears to offer a new , more precise , quicker and less laborious method of identifying grains . |
| 16 | A lot of misapprehension was abroad among a large section of the people as to the aims and objects of the National Labour Party . |
| 17 | Another aspect of it , I think , is that a lot of evaluation is very intuitive and instinctive . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're finding that they 're getting reviewed , but quite a lot of papers are still bad about it , ’ says Ms Callil . |
| 19 | It was n't just forests that the Americans destroyed — a lot of farmland is only now sufficiently drained of herbicides to be planted with rice again . |
| 20 | Understandably a lot of seed was regularly bought and sown . |
| 21 | A lot of finishes are slightly porous and it will help seal out moisture , as well as make the beast look a lot better . |
| 22 | And she er she , she a lot of midwives were extremely clever in those days . |
| 23 | The other side of that is that I think a lot of dons are increasingly concerned at the level of alcohol consumption and the sort of behaviour that can emerge as a result of it , you know I do sense that many of us think it 's a real problem . |
| 24 | exactly , yeah and we can do that with everything , we can do that with everything , this is my perception and that 's your perception of this thing that I 'm holding in my hand , everything that we 've seen have that ability you know , we 've got the ability to do that with everything , what we need to do sometimes is walk around the issue if you like and look at it from another perspective and , and this is what we 're doing with Ethiopia , now , erm , the good section again was looking at images and particularly the fact that a lot of images are very negative and throwing an alternative view , the second section we 're looking at news coverage which is very sketchy , erm , it does n't provide a complete picture at all , and this third section well you saw what that 's about there |
| 25 | more than just physical reason I , I mean a lot of people are grossly overweight they , you know , people usually say oh it 's the |
| 26 | ‘ A lot of people are just worried about having a j |
| 27 | At th , a lot of people are just told that it 's so dirty , which is is n't and I |
| 28 | Steve Jones ( he speaks specifically about Jones ' zealous christianity ) : " A lot of people are simply uncomfortable with some people 's " over-religiosity " or whatever you call it . |
| 29 | Like a lot of people are really nomadic and living outside of cultural definition … |
| 30 | A lot of people are quite clear when they know they 're gon na turn left like that . |