Example sentences of "[det] is [adv] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | This is quite a lot to achieve with a single process . |
2 | And we 've got you know that is actually a lot lower than it used to be because we they actually caught us charging them three hundred and fifty quid for a bearing that we 're now charging them two hundred and fifty quid for . |
3 | That is quite a lot ; but why be more ambitious and say that it makes the place of mind in Nature more intelligible to us ? |
4 | All I reckon we can do is be grateful for the good service , as you say Tim , and get on with what 's left — and that is quite a lot . |
5 | Which does n't sound a lot from , er such a rural county , erm , but I mean , you know , obviously erm that is quite a lot , in terms because you are the people that are having to pay for it . |
6 | That is still a lot ; but , for a machine which cost more than $2 billion to build and launch , and which costs $250m a year to keep running , it is not enough . |
7 | That is still a lot less than the $2 billion of robot sales once forecast for 1990 . |