Example sentences of "lot [prep] be said for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot to be said for flirtation and mutual admiration . |
| 2 | There 's a lot to be said for making the trench in autumn , chucking in household waste all winter and replacing the soil in spring . |
| 3 | There is , it must be said , a lot to be said for this robust view . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's a lot to be said for the barn method . |
| 5 | Bernard Dixon thinks there is a lot to be said for following how research results are taken up |
| 6 | There was a lot to be said for knowing your place if you wanted help from Bloomsbury House . |
| 7 | Admittedly there is a lot to be said for the species itself , but it is hard not to fall for I. aquifolium ‘ Bacciflava ’ because the berries are a cheerful shade of yellow . |
| 8 | Not that it would have mattered so much : we could have gone on , wrangling over terms and leaving the outcome to chance , and there is , after all , quite a lot to be said for anticipation . |
| 9 | There 's a lot to be said for the saying ‘ You are what you eat ’ . |
| 10 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 11 | In a less than perfect world it is inevitable that government authorities will sometimes act illegally , and there may be a lot to be said for bringing the ‘ loss distribution ’ insights of modern tort theory to bear on the way we perceive public law compensation . |
| 12 | " There 's a lot to be said for being free , " she panted . |
| 13 | ABBERLEY : A lot to be said for it . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's got quite a lot to be said for it , Bob . |
| 15 | There was a lot to be said for cuddling . |
| 16 | I think there 's a lot to be said for arranged marriages , actually . ’ |
| 17 | There is a lot to be said for ‘ one-stop ’ software that provides all the facilities you need to get you going with your computer and by combining a word processor , a spreadsheet and a database Works allows you to start using a PC without needing anything else . |
| 18 | There 's a lot to be said for an up-market Scottish education but in retrospect you can come away with some pernicious ideas , particularly the idea that thought is superior to action . |
| 19 | Some people like to plan their trips in meticulous detail , but there 's a lot to be said for this ‘ open-book ’ approach . |
| 20 | What you 're not likely to see is the peculiarities of , of the person erm showing themselves and if they do show too much , the likelihood is that the rest of the group will start to erm freeze out that individual , regardless because they 're no longer corresponding to the to the ideals of the group and er so consequently , erm I personally have no time for group psychoanalysis and I would never recommend it to anybody , although of course , for non-analytic things like losing weight or in stopping smoking or drinking , there 's a lot to be said for it , but one should n't confuse that kind of group reinforcement with erm analysis , cos analysis as we 've seen is quite different . |
| 21 | On the other hand , since the early periods of history involve greater use of material evidence ( artefacts , archaeology , and so on ) , rather than written evidence , there is a lot to be said for tackling this in year 3 , when the child 's reading abilities are limited . |
| 22 | There 's a lot to be said for Wilko 's tough attitude too . |
| 23 | We er are fortunate enough in having a training scheme , in fact we were able to elect our first pensioner representative trustee two years ago and he is with us today , we 've just had another election and er two this time were elected , they will be trained , they had er Mr Hill had a two-day training by our actuaries er Watsons which are a big company , er but in talking to him about it he felt there was a lot to be said for having continued training , not just at the beginning of a two or three-year stint , but successively later . |
| 24 | It it it I I think there 's a lot to be said for er people doing almost any sort of practical course like that , to give them something which is real . |
| 25 | I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you inside out know his ways and how to cope with them but never ever put yourself at his mercy by marrying him . |
| 26 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 27 | That what I say there 's a lot to be said for going gracefully |
| 28 | It 's her first full-scale novel , and I think there 's a lot to be said for it . |