Example sentences of "lot of [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and that er , you know , has lead to a lot of misery in some cases , er , also I mean there 's question of viability of our own scheme and I er , think er you know , er there are a number of questions which I as a lay-man would like to be , you know , I think the seminar is probably the right to do that . |
| 2 | For Pearce , with his strong belief in personal contacts , that has meant a lot of travel to different parts of the world . |
| 3 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |
| 4 | ‘ Right now we 're concentrating a lot of experimentation on bass strings , and especially on producing low B strings for 5-string basses . |
| 5 | A lot of discussion about religious matters seems to be pegged , to some extent , on what happened at Vatican Two . |
| 6 | Because at the moment , er I mean they spend a lot of money on various footpaths that I know of which are a tremendous er price so let's be a bit cautious you know , because er |
| 7 | Two years ago , new owner Ford was encouraged to spend a lot of money on cosmetic changes to make it look pretty … |
| 8 | Many countries do spend a lot of money on military arsenals so that they can invade and terrorise other countries . |
| 9 | It becomes a ‘ cash cow ’ business in that you generate a lot of money from existing assets , with minimum investment . |
| 10 | You can learn about rackets and strings and save yourself a lot of money in future years as well as developing a new skill which will help your confidence . |
| 11 | If you stop for three months , I 'll give you £100 ’ — a lot of money in those days , 1948 — £1,000 now ? £2,500 ? — anyway . |
| 12 | And then we used to trim it and er a hat there made of just the straw with a band and bow was over three pound which was a lot of money in those days . |
| 13 | That was a lot of money in those days and there were a lot of men eager to do it — around twenty or thirty out of Baldersdale were hired . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , he had refused to take the bet since it was a heck of a lot of money in those days , was fifty quid . |
| 15 | I do n't know how much they gave , but I do know that it , it , it came into a , a few hundred pounds which is a lot of money in those days you know , when you 're talking about nineteen sixteen . |
| 16 | Yeah , it was a lot of money in those days . |
| 17 | That was a lot of money in those days and the others were so impressed , they took me into the sing-song and had me elected by acclamation . ’ |
| 18 | That was a lot of money in those days . |
| 19 | I took , it was nine pound we thought , lot of money in those days for careless driving ! |
| 20 | A spokesman for America 's University of Minnesota , said : ‘ Plan for the contingency of being apart if you see a lot of divorce in both families . ’ |
| 21 | They have a lot of experience of large parties . ’ |
| 22 | We have an awful lot of experience in these things , and we can do you quite a big show at very short notice . ’ |
| 23 | There is a lot of overlap between these measures of sexual activity : people who have had more than 10 sexual partners are the most likely to have sex every day . |
| 24 | WHAT a lot of heartache for minimal savings this new dole cuts plan is . |
| 25 | There were London and Camden prices charged in the shops and there was a lot of rivalry in local schools . |
| 26 | There are many other links of a similar kind — indeed , C&P does a lot of work for other parts of ICI in areas such as catalysis and fluorine chemistry . |
| 27 | You you seem to have done a lot of work with other tradesmen and people around the area . |
| 28 | Seals and otters were his main concern , but he also did a lot of work with distressed birds . |
| 29 | I have done a lot of work on black holes , and it would all be wasted if it turned out that black holes do not exist . |
| 30 | The ability of soil to support plant life is an extraordinarily involved and technically complicated science , and although you do not have to become a scientist in order to grow roses well , you do need to use a lot of judgement in all sorts of situations . |