Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest that a lot of so-called ‘ equal opportunity ’ is based on political myth — ignoring our in-built sex differences . |
| 2 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 3 | And the fact that I say that a lot of these accidents happen because perhaps you 're not paying the attention , very often I 've been or know of situations where the bloke is really paying attention to what he 's doing and the still the unfortunate occurs . |
| 4 | Yeah people say that a lot right |
| 5 | But let's face it I mean if a lot of local authorities are in similar sorts of positions and a lot of balances are building up , well the money just might run away might n't it it 's happened before , I think it might happen again . |
| 6 | I think I think the only thing that I would disagree with there is that I strongly suspect that a lot of tutors in the university , not just women tutors but across the board , really have little idea of the level of sexual harassment that students that female students have identified as being problem in the questionnaire . |
| 7 | Partly , I suspect because a lot of us did n't trust the present governing body , partly because they believe , as I do , that there is a need to review and revise the present sixteen plus offer in Banbury , and partly because they could see no real benefit in opting out . |
| 8 | ‘ I know that a lot of people think I am made of steel . |
| 9 | I know that a lot of youngsters gain their first experience of shooting with bolting rabbits but I do think that so much preparatory work is necessary to create the opportunity for the rabbits to be killed that the chance must not be missed . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I know that a lot of musicians have that kind of pressure put on them , but I 've never really gotten any bullshit from anybody about what to do . |
| 11 | I know that a lot of blacks are just expecting things to come to them ; they 're sort of free living , it 's our nature to sit down and enjoy life . |
| 12 | But having said that even if they all believed in themselves we still know that a lot of people would n't get a job . |
| 13 | ‘ I know that a lot of people find this sort of thing ridiculous . |
| 14 | Well we know that a lot of beginners are put off by the complexity of larger boats and one great advantage of the Topper is that it 's so quick to raise and easy to sail , so great for beginners . |
| 15 | I know that a lot of money can be earned . |
| 16 | I mean , I know that a lot of the calls they get are practical , people have come back from the Gulf with no money , no home , I mean they 've lived there for years and years and years , without the family network sometimes to keep them going , or friends , friends , they 've , they 've lost all of their , and it 's , it 's not easy . |
| 17 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 18 | Yeah I know but a lot of them were crap , |
| 19 | I know but a lot of it 's rubbish is n't it ? |
| 20 | I , I , I believe that a lot of work 's going on . |
| 21 | Mrs Singh seemed to be listening intently but I guess that a lot of what was being said went over her head . |
| 22 | They say they have never encountered any problems in being an all-female firm ; if anything , they find that a lot of their male clients find it easier to talk to a woman about their finances . |
| 23 | ‘ Although we do well with suits — and we are selling far more single-breasted than double-breasted — we find that a lot of Rodier Hommes customers are ready to wear a jacket with perhaps a cashmere or fine wool turtleneck underneath , ’ says Simon Brown . |
| 24 | Er there 's another book which is similar to the other one in the sense that it made up of some papers by Phillips , Steel and Tants and that has some information about Mexicano in it , er and you find that some people er were giving Mexican language a low a low prestige rate whereas other group in the community were doing the opposite and giving a high prestige rate or certainly a less low one , er in favour of spanish a lot of the Because it was in I think it 's in South America I guess , er you find that a lot of the locals were switching to spanish because it was coming the dominant language er because of societal pressures and constraints and so on . |
| 25 | You go to an avant-garde exhibition in Germany or in Italy , in France , in New York of course , and you find that a lot of people want to be informed about it and even , if they are not normally art people , they accept it in the sense of not mocking it . |
| 26 | It 's on Am Bodach that a lot of people 's routes converge . |
| 27 | They reason that a lot of what 's in NetWare right now sorely needs replacing and that that 's why Noorda bought Unix in the first place . |
| 28 | I also think that a lot of black kids think that this is a white man 's country and , when any little thing goes wrong , a set-back , the first thing they jump on is colour . |
| 29 | " If I remember rightly there 's a way into the Sir Francis Level and I think that a lot of the old machinery is still down there . |
| 30 | Er , I must declare an , an interest because I am a , a court lawyer , but I think that a lot of people say no because of the media pres , presentation , you only hear bad stories , they do n't hear the good , good stories about the attempts to make the courts more efficient and I think that on the whole and with the circumstances that the courts have to deal with they do a very good job . |