Example sentences of "lot [prep] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of nonsense has been talked — and a lot of myths — when the privatisation of the coal industry has been discussed in the House and elsewhere . |
| 2 | ‘ The whole thing had come to a horrible head and a lot of hurt has been suffered by both of them throughout the summer . |
| 3 | Gainsborough 's executives were pushed very much against their will into an expensive production of Christopher Columbus ( 1949 ) , simply because a lot of money had been spent on a script . |
| 4 | Coun David Lyonette ( Lab ) said : ‘ An awful lot of money has been made out of this area . |
| 5 | Erm , but quite a lot of work had been done , and there are another twenty four classes going to be this week , erm , staff recruitment is complete , staff training is complete . |
| 6 | These are fairly generalised packages and a lot of work has been done in personnel on enhancing ADI in particular to make it more attractive as a Personnel Information System . |
| 7 | It 's probably , maybe member 's ignorance that they do n't know that , that already a lot of work has been done on it . |
| 8 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 9 | Since that date there has been no demonstrable genetic progress in the British Friesian , maintains Prof King , whereas a lot of progress has been made in Norway . |
| 10 | A lot of talking has been coming from Eubank 's camp and I 've kept quiet , but now it 's my turn . |
| 11 | Altogether a lot of energy has been put into it . |
| 12 | An awful lot of wind has been generated by Mr Kevin NcNamara 's Private Member 's Bill to ban fox-hunting . |
| 13 | It 's a kind of review of the year 's work and a lot of trouble had been taken by everyone . |
| 14 | Although a lot of research has been devoted to understanding negative emotions such as anxiety or depression , very little time has been spent on finding out what makes people happy . |
| 15 | Oh yeah , we 've got the analysis we 've got the questionnaires Okay what we 're gon na look at now is we gon na look at the work of Honey and Munnford and what Honey and Munnford spent a lot of time researching was people 's learning sides and they spent a lot of research and what they found out is that there are four different learning sides and we all learn in different ways . |
| 16 | Er a lot of effort 's been put into it , er we believe that it is erm certainly feasible , it 's consistent with the local strategy of restraint within this alteration is is placed and again the figure is is supported by all the the Greater York authorities . |
| 17 | W w where they w w once when they 'd been installed or was it thought that it a mistake had been made in obviously a lot of cash had been spent on them but erm , was it considered a mis a waste of money or ? |
| 18 | There the plaintiff passenger 's damages were reduced by 20 per cent because he had been out drinking with the defendant driver and a lot of beer had been consumed by both the plaintiff and the defendant . |
| 19 | A lot of information has been crammed into this guide and if you intend going to the Continent , then this is one item you should definitely put on your list of things to take . |
| 20 | A lot of encouragement has been given in recent years to the idea of increasing one 's roses by making cuttings — almost proposing it seems , that it is a way of avoiding the cost of buying new plants . |
| 21 | In recent years , a lot of attention has been given to fibre . |