Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , the reason why we 're getting a fairly high test statistic is that er , that distribution , although it looks normal on the left hand side , it does n't look particularly normal erm on the right and that we are missing some observations , we are missing some values of the residuals er in one area of the graph , nevertheless if we had a larger sample , right we probably erm , right it does n't look , that looks quite encouraging in actual fact , those residuals do seem to be er normally distributed er what the test statistic is doing er it 's saying it 's performing a , it 's a kiescraper two test , it 's making two restrictions , one of which is saying , is the distribution of these residuals symmetric er and also it 's testing whether there 's one of the tails is a lot larger or a lot longer than the other tail of the distribution and er test statistics fairly high but we would n't reject the null of normality at the five percent level so our test statistic is four point zero eight and the critical value is five point nine nine and that the five percent significance level , so we 've got reasonably er robust residuals . |
| 2 | Two ounces is a lot to have of cereal . |
| 3 | Five hundred and thirty-one pages is a lot to plough through , particularly when you 're faced with sub-headings such as ‘ Megapolitics of grain farming ’ , ‘ The microbes of power ’ and ‘ Raising the exponent in the equation of contraction . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A hundred pounds is a lot to a man like Cullam . |
| 5 | Oh I think a fact , I think its a fact two thousand pounds is a lot of money even to some body that 's relative , you know |
| 6 | ‘ Five thousand pounds is a lot of money to pay for something you do not exactly know . ’ |
| 7 | I mean — five thousand pounds is a lot of money . |
| 8 | Thirty seven thousand pounds is a lot of money it 's a lot of money even compared with the five hundred odd thousand that 's already in the revenue budget for er the operation of these two centres . |
| 9 | Yeah , even so a hundred and six pounds is a lot of money , when did you last come shopping ? |
| 10 | ‘ Because two million dollars is a lot of money to a poor man , ’ suggested Hubert Reed . |
| 11 | Suddenly , Mr Clinton was reminded of that quip of Bismarck 's , that making laws is a lot like making sausages . |
| 12 | Making records is a lot of fun , too , because you know that you have it there forever , and after you 're dead , hopefully , people are still listening to it . |