Example sentences of "is [adv] a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They look rather sickly and there is rather a lot of black dust on the leaves and fruits . |
| 2 | There is rather a lot of evidence that what laymen especially valued was the propitiatory function with God of beautiful worship , with splendid chants , vestments woven by the most skilful women , and lavish expenditure of gold on the book covers seen in church and on the altar crosses . |
| 3 | Well not all the time , nobody 's right all the time , but she is a right she is right a lot of the time Jonathan because some of them children misbehave |
| 4 | Whether it 's the everyday hurly-burly of catering for your family , or cooking a special meal , there is always a lot of clearing up afterwards . |
| 5 | There is always a lot of blood in my dreams . ’ |
| 6 | Our house is just off the main shopping street of Tintagel , so there is always a lot of traffic going by . |
| 7 | Now you must be aware that whenever public money is involved in anything to do with the arts , that there is always a lot of criticism about how that money is spent . |
| 8 | But a world ranking of 222 shows there is still a lot of room for improvement . |
| 9 | There is still a lot of work to do at the Training Centre . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ There have been an awful lot of investigations but there is still a lot of controversy about this , ’ said Mr Ralph Tadema Wielandt , head of the project . |
| 11 | ‘ There is still a lot of activity under the surface , ’ said a corporate finance director at an American bank . |
| 12 | ‘ There is still a lot of money to be made , ’ says Muggleton . |
| 13 | Even with an ample supply of new molecules from nature there is still a lot of work to be done . |
| 14 | But there is still a lot of detailed work to do on genuine local clashes . |
| 15 | Kelly and Sear cast doubt on the theories underpinning the computer forecasts , and suggest that the biggest effect of a volcano on the weather occurs when there is still a lot of dust in the veil and the sulphuric acid droplets have also started to build up . |
| 16 | There is still a lot of British furniture , silver and paintings in the island , especially seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works , When Britons came to Madeira , they built themselves houses and then sent home for their furniture and china . |
| 17 | From this viewpoint we can see that , although the centre of Funchal is very built-up , there is still a lot of green land around the city . |
| 18 | Although tuck stitch , both single and double bed , is one of the most commonly used stitch types , there is still a lot of exploration and discovery to be done , working out new patterns and combinations . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There is still a lot of spare or marginally used land in Texas . |
| 21 | To sum up , £50 is still a lot of money to pay for a mitre saw . |
| 22 | There is still a lot of competition from cheaper second-hand aircraft , although now that the Piper Cadet seems no longer to be in production perhaps the market is somewhat more restricted . |
| 23 | However , 29 is still a lot of heavy goods vehicle movements for residents to tolerate in these roads between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m . |
| 24 | ‘ I think we 've got to help them because there is still a lot of poverty and the potential is there for a social explosion , ’ he says . |
| 25 | There is still a lot of to work on if we are to get out of trouble , ’ he said . |
| 26 | And some people , you know they , they managed to , you know they did n't have their husbands there and they were going home and they were wonderfully relieved and for others obviously it was , you know there is still a lot of emotion . |
| 27 | ‘ I am enjoying my job more than ever and there is still a lot to be done with PRCS , so all the speculation is a bit silly . ’ |
| 28 | Three points from the last four available after five straight defeats is the reward for the manager 's faith and the sudden realisation that the First Division beckoned has focused minds magnificently as Jefferies acknowledged when he said : ‘ There is still a lot to be done but if the players show the same attitude for the rest of the season we wo n't go down . |
| 29 | The additional assessment is clearly a lot of work for students . |
| 30 | He is also a lot of fun . |