Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there are not a lot of good directors around . |
| 2 | There are not a lot of jobs you can get without a work permit , being a Registered Alien like me . |
| 3 | ‘ Students are only human , they 're not a lot different from other people of their age , ’ said Durham University spokesman Keith Seacroft . |
| 4 | They 're not a lot anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 'm not a lot faster going upstairs with mine . ’ |
| 6 | Well I 'm I 'm sorry but I 'm not a lot of use to him if I let him just walk away from the shield . |
| 7 | Receive erm there are there are n't a lot of other words that do have C in well there are but they 're quite sort of awkward words like try deceive . |
| 8 | er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this |
| 9 | By this time the Smash tins had gone , but the replacements were not a lot better . |
| 10 | I 'm interested you talk about ‘ stamping of feet ’ , because this fantasy of offing Mrs Thatcher , as though this would somehow solve everything , as if the ‘ evil ’ in this country were n't a lot more structural and entrenched — well , there 's something a bit childish and petulant about it . |
| 11 | In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people . |
| 12 | But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then . |
| 13 | Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday . |
| 14 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 15 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 16 | you know , and I stood there , I mean there were n't a lot , I did n't have no back-up , when everybody went |
| 17 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 18 | Their economies are failing and even if their players become wealthy by staying at home , there is not a lot for them to buy . |
| 19 | ‘ His game still has a way to go , which is fortunate because most players his age have grooved techniques and there is not a lot more to come . |
| 20 | ‘ I think being a press photographer is not a lot different from being a team sports person . |
| 21 | This is not a lot of fun . |
| 22 | ‘ If the references are OK then there is not a lot you can do to stop things like this happening , ’ he says . |
| 23 | There is not a lot you can do , except to make sure your lighting and filtration is up to scratch . |
| 24 | Basically , there is not a lot that former barrow boy Sugar can do . |
| 25 | ‘ Making the decision to come in is difficult for an investor , ’ Sir Bob Reid said in a recent interview , ‘ as there is no easy exit once you are in , and there is not a lot of money to be made in the railway business . ’ |
| 26 | There is not a lot of doubt about the desirability of what is being proposed : the problem lies in anticipating the kind of difficulties which will arise and in devising effective and imaginative solutions . |
| 27 | While it is true that the spores can easily hop over the garden fence , and there is not a lot to be done about sources of infection further along the road , much can be done by being entirely ruthless in cleaning up your fallen leaves and rose debris . |
| 28 | In idle moments or when there is not a lot going on on the dump , they fly across to annoy the birds on the pools . |
| 29 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 30 | The birth rate just is n't there and there is not a lot we can do about it . ’ |