Example sentences of "a lot on the " in BNC.

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1 The Netherlands has contributed a lot on the side to Hollywood in recent years , what with the success of Paul ( Robocop ) Verhoeven and , of course , Rutger Hauer .
2 As I am not planning to spend a lot on the engine I need something I can perhaps restore myself .
3 It is trial and error and depends a lot on the type of horse you are riding .
4 ‘ I learnt a lot on the positive side about myself , even though that sounds trite , ’ he says .
5 It was only in the beginning , when we needed money badly , when we had to spend a lot on the house . ’
6 The tests may indeed produce something of a learning-for-the-test mentality , and the extent to which the tests pose a problem will depend a lot on the kinds of pupils : how well the values implicit in the school ethos match and are supported by those of their home , and how far advanced is their disaffection with school .
7 The torque at the shoulder depends a lot on the angle at the elbow , and so as one would expect , learning to control the shoulder took longest .
8 We broke the back of it a lot on the work that we did for Rickmansworth .
9 Erm big stores selling all the Asian er stuff now and so they do n't depend on the Asian shops anymore er the West Indians used to depend a lot on the Asian er grocery stores because er , of er things like erm etc. etc .
10 There was a lot on the early history , less on recent events .
11 Okay well there 's something we talk about a lot on the Action Line they 're called Fast Forward and they 're a training agency .
12 We used them a lot on the Long Drive — ’
13 Going to be er quite a a lot on the Moors so they reckon .
14 Well she had been on one or two things , not a lot on the television but er , we .
15 But I mean a lot on the railway
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