Example sentences of "[adj] that a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid that a lot of gardeners will have been put off coir by these spurious trials , and I really think Gardening from Which ? should publish a withdrawal . |
| 2 | I think it 's possible that a lot of the women here are saying no because of the stigma that 's attached to the word feminist feminism . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course I 'm not a medical man , ’ he went on , ‘ but I am absolutely convinced that a lot of mental ill-health springs from not having enough to do . ’ |
| 4 | Obviously he was then lucky that a lot of outstanding players began to come into the team at the same period , men like Richards , Greenidge , Roberts , Holding , Croft , Garner , and he had material of the highest class on which to work . |
| 5 | I think it 's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it . |
| 6 | I was very relaxed , although I am sure that a lot of the journalists , cynics most of them , were still dubious about my time in Madrid . |
| 7 | I think Kenneth had a strong sexual imagination and I am sure that a lot went through his mind , but J do n't think it went further than that . ’ |
| 8 | Well it 's quite , I 'm sure that I 'm sure , I 'm sure that a lot of , I 'm sure the rich peasant |
| 9 | No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job . |
| 10 | In fact the man 's examination of his papers was so cursory that a lot of Hapsburg ingenuity had evidently been wasted . |
| 11 | Not only is it extremely easy to go the wrong way , and indeed many businesses have foundered on the basis of one , usually inadvertent , mistaken direction , but all of us are aware that a lot of businesses are n't going anywhere at all . |
| 12 | It is true that a lot of divers drink a fair quantity of beer . |