Example sentences of "lot of [noun] [conj] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure that they could have found other examples where solicitors were not doing the job very well and were charging a lot of money because let's be realistic there are good solicitors and there are bad solicitors and I would n't pretend otherwise . |
| 2 | He may receive quite a lot of bids and will usually accept the highest . |
| 3 | Opponents say large families or families with young children have little choice about using a lot of water and could face large price increases with water metering . |
| 4 | Oh yes , yes , yes but erm on the radio prog programme I heard someone say there was every street corner these women but they were n't , I do n't think there was , I think it was you know , there were a lot of women that used to do it illegal . |
| 5 | There are a lot of institutions that would love our collections . |
| 6 | There are also a lot of things that could go wrong which could prolong your stay . |
| 7 | Well done Joy erm a nice summary of a complex book and er there 's obviously a lot of things that will have to go of the erm lecture on it next week , so really this is not due to be talked about . |
| 8 | Well you were just talking about children erm my feeling is that we 're all children , there is no division between being a child and an adult and I think that they can accept a whole lot , but there 's a whole lot of adults that ca n't accept the shocks that are happening today and they put them into their subconscious and unfortunately it comes out in so many other ways — it comes over as a neurosis or as a mental disorder at some later date . |
| 9 | Planting , the make-or-break job , follows as soon as conditions allow , but there is still a lot of preparation that should have been completed beforehand . |
| 10 | An application is not necessarily unreasonable because it is inconvenient for the addressee of the application or causes him a lot of work or may make him vulnerable to future claims , or is addressed to a person who is not an officer or employee of or a contractor with the company in administration , but all these will be relevant factors , together no doubt with many others . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've met so-called intelligent people before , ’ he said in a challenging way , ‘ and I know a lot of questions that can baffle them . ’ |
| 12 | And the third thing is that about twenty to thirty per cent of people who take it undergo a dramatic transformation in their personality , it seems , so it 's claimed in America and there 's a lot of evidence that might be true , erm and that is you know a huge difference from er just an ordinary antidepressant . |
| 13 | Left : Storing water at room temperature and aerating takes up a lot of space but may be worthwhile — the bucket on the right may have had salt added , but the SG tester also incorporates a thermometer . |
| 14 | So , do you think that by making divorce possible so early on , that a lot of marriages that could be saved , will in fact er founder ? |
| 15 | You know a lot of places that will be open late . |
| 16 | Ramsey confessed that they had done a lot of harm and ought to apologize but said that the best of them were trying to , and that the Church of England ought to apologize to the high churchmen for the way in which it sometimes treated them . |
| 17 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 18 | There are a lot of animals that would like to dine off nome , Masklin had said . |
| 19 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 20 | Technology director of ICL operations Steve Sowery says the company spent a lot of time and will spend a lot of money on positioning the new ICL range . |
| 21 | that means , there 's a lot of people that wo n't have six months full , six months half , if might be , you know , a couple of months full , a couple of months half . |
| 22 | VIEWPOINT — ‘ We certainly surprised a lot of people and may even have surprised ourselves , ’ said John Maltby . |
| 23 | Eddie used to shoot a lot of duck and could stand like a stone . |
| 24 | If you need a lot of prescriptions but ca n't get them free , you may be able to save money by buying a ‘ season ticket ’ ( prepayment certificate ) . |
| 25 | A whole lot of alibis that would n't wash at all . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Fat lot of use that would be . |
| 27 | They will generate a lot of revenue that will put us in good stead for the future . |
| 28 | This will save a lot of duplication and will also help to speed up your cash flow . |