Example sentences of "is [adv] a lot of " 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 | The additional assessment is clearly a lot of work for students . |
| 28 | He is also a lot of fun . |
| 29 | There is also a lot of humbug associated with campaigns to preserve the minds of children from pollution . |
| 30 | There is also a lot of material that is found only in Luke 's Gospel . |