Example sentences of "a lot [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person , perhaps a porter , said there was not a lot to see at the Marischal College . |
| 2 | His high profile as a comedian , poet , singer and musician has a lot to do with the regular weekly poem he writes for the Weekend Guardian , recent appearances on radio in ‘ Kaleidoscope ’ and ‘ Loose Ends ’ and the ‘ Time Out ’ Cabaret Award , but it is in his live stage act that he can best be appreciated as an hilarious dead-pan comic . |
| 3 | Because I do n't think the question of what 's going on outside Moat Centre today or yesterday or the day after , has a lot to do with the actual alternatives that we 've been . |
| 4 | This combination of speed and close attention may have a lot to do with the narrative thrust and atmospheric coherence and intensity that make this the most gripping of his novels . |
| 5 | We detected a buzz about Wolves last week which had a lot to do with the rediscovered youth of Cyril Regis . |
| 6 | There is a lot to do in a dark car late at night besides staring across the roofs of other parked cars at flickering images on a screen . |
| 7 | Linebacker Gary Plummer said : ‘ We have n't given the fans a heck of a lot to cheer in the seven years I 've been here . |
| 8 | Luke has a lot to say about the Holy Spirit , both in the Gospel and the Acts . |
| 9 | There 's a lot to like about the Inspiral Carpets . |
| 10 | Fortunately parents can do a lot to tone down the aggressive behaviour . |
| 11 | If my wife and I both go then the car is cheaper by £10 , but that is not a lot to pay for the increased safety of rail travel , the convenience of not having to take a car into London and indeed the fact that we can read or go to sleep on the train . |
| 12 | A conceivable problem for the Solo is its price — £39,850 is a lot to pay for an unknown quantity . |
| 13 | The exception is the competent and confident young reader like Sharon in Donald Fry 's study ( 1985 , p. 115 ) , who sums up The children of the New Forest with the words ‘ a lot to read for a little bit to happen ’ . |
| 14 | This is quite a lot to achieve with a single process . |