Example sentences of "a lot of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are still a lot of decisions to be taken before a successful timeshare operation can be ‘ got off the ground ’ , and the real challenge in this case is to work out what these are . |
| 2 | You 've made a lot of progress on that . |
| 3 | Erm it was good , I made a lot of progress in it . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , we have made a lot of progress in recent years , and as I shall describe , there are some grounds for cautious optimism that we may see a complete theory within the lifetime of some of those reading these pages . |
| 5 | Either a maximum word length array would have to be part of the structure , which wastes a lot of memory for the words ( almost all of the lexicon ) which are shorter than that maximum . |
| 6 | It also takes up a lot of memory for OPEN , remembering all states which might lead to a solution . |
| 7 | Inspector Dave Jenkinson , said : ’ We had had a lot of complaints about drivers with no lane discipline . |
| 8 | The spokeswoman said the centre had received a lot of complaints from women in the catering industry , concerning pay and conditions . |
| 9 | What I was going to say yeah I 've been involved in a lot of videos over recent years and erm central er and there 's a freelance budget which a caravan for central they usually charge about three or four thousand pounds depending on how long the video is |
| 10 | There were a lot of jokes about establishing gun-emplacements and throwing hand grenades . |
| 11 | They made a lot of jokes in their speeches , which pleased and shocked the Americans , for it was not then thought right in American debates . |
| 12 | There is a lot of racism in the school , and I have often believed that a lot of multicultural talk should start with the staff before it starts with the pupils . |
| 13 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 14 | There was not a lot of laughter in the second act , but it is true there was not a lot in Chaplin 's later life . |
| 15 | We have a lot of sympathy for the family . ’ |
| 16 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 17 | There was a lot of sympathy for the concept , but we saw real difficulties about enshrining it in the planning machinery without far more information about how one would take the concept of sustainable development forward in district plans . |
| 18 | And a lot of people of course do n't go into our shops , so we feel that there are a lot of people out there who have a lot of sympathy for Oxfam 's aims and objectives , but are only lacking just the opportunity to give , and that 's what we hope to provide them with . |
| 19 | ‘ It does n't worry me morally but I have a lot of sympathy with those who do n't think it is very attractive . |
| 20 | I have a lot of sympathy with this attitude , and I do not doubt that there are genetic advantages in our having brains of the kind that we have . |
| 21 | There 's not a lot of heart in that , is there ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There was n't a lot of heart in our marriage , Sam . ’ |
| 23 | patronized by Mr Chester as ‘ very fine in his way ’ , BR 23 ; considered a ‘ terrible fellow ’ by Dora , DC 48 ; referred to as ‘ the illustrious ornament of the Elizabethan Era ’ by Mr Micawber , DC 52 ; Mrs Wititterly inspired by a visit to his birthplace , NN 27 ; dreamed of by Mrs Nickleby ( ‘ … a black gentleman at full-length , in plaster-of-Paris , with a lay-down collar tied with two tassels , leaning against a post and thinking ’ ) , NN 27 ; his borrowings of plots defended by Nicholas Nickleby , NN 48 ; criticized by a Viscount ( ‘ There 's a lot of feet in Shakespeare 's verse , but there ai n't legs worth mentioning in Shakespeare 's plays ’ ) , MC 28 ; if played entirely by wooden legs ‘ would n't draw a sixpence ’ , OCS 19 ; referred to as ‘ Swan of Avon ’ , ‘ Bard of Avon ’ , MED 9 ; SB 53 . |
| 24 | but er any attempt to put anything on at the back to the extent , right up to the Scout 's hut in Beech Hall will , I think , generate a lot of feelings about |
| 25 | You see I get , I did n't have a lot of conversation with anybody in |
| 26 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 27 | It does n't er really sort of er er in a sense prevent er or mitigate against a lot of a lot of developments in the countryside . |
| 28 | He 's got all sorts of schemes a lot of schemes in the pipeline . |
| 29 | The West Indian families have different values — they still put a lot of faith in education , but it 's the way they bring this home to the kids that causes the problems . |
| 30 | A lot of biological action will also take place in it , and some media manufacturers such as Cyprio put a lot of faith in foam as a main biological media . |