Example sentences of "and quite [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | And quite a lot of it , from sources ranging from Brazil to Finland , will be finding its way to a wider British audience fairly soon — evidence of the continuing courageousness of our specialised distributors in the face of considerable odds . |
| 2 | Anyway , at the party , there was the aristocracy of the land and quite a lot of celebrities and of course , David and his group turned up in scruffy jeans . ’ |
| 3 | Two cars are drawing up outside Number 17 and quite a lot of people are going in the front door . |
| 4 | The later Range Rover , although slightly higher geared than the old model and quite a lot heavier , should do more than 50 mph in third . |
| 5 | Another Assynt man who knows these wild places , at all levels and in all weathers , is Tom Strang , mountaineer , author , angler , naturalist , ornithologist and quite a lot else besides ; a man of boundless energy with great enthusiasm for Assynt and the outdoor life . |
| 6 | Mr O'Malley , of the Parents ' Association , having arrived to see what they had got for their money , stood with the rest of the interested parties , Mr Sylvester and Mrs Bean and Mr and Mrs Singh and quite a lot of the Sports Committee . |
| 7 | The Greeks discovered electricity and quite a lot of them were AC-DC as well . |
| 8 | And quite a lot of men were emptied off the job for very poor reasons — they had no consideration for the men themselves . |
| 9 | When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief . |
| 10 | First of all there 's power , and quite a lot of middle , too , and with this one you actually want to press the amp 's distortion button … ! |
| 11 | There were flocks of moulting eiders and quite a lot of goosanders in the bays , as well as a number of turnstones in their smart ‘ tortoiseshell ’ breeding plumage along the shores . |
| 12 | Much of it was irrelevant to the needs of the individuals concerned ; many skills offered did not offer the prospect of future employment , and quite a lot of training provision was inadequate . |
| 13 | And quite a lot of the adults will try and treat a black eye . |
| 14 | Now those I think and quite a lot of other people do are probably the most awkward ones . |
| 15 | . Er fourpence return was two mars bars , and quite a lot of us walked . |
| 16 | Overall , the results do suggest that high taxable rates have some impact on men 's working hours and quite a lot of impact on women 's . |
| 17 | Not on that evening , but long afterwards , Nicandra was to understand something of Aunt Tossie 's efforts for this celebration : this party for her darling , into which she had thrown heart and soul and quite a lot of money . |
| 18 | We sorted all the papers I brought from ex employers and quite a lot of other stuff too , and I have put out several sackfuls of old paper and so on … |
| 19 | At a preschool stage children already require certain kinds of educational experiences , and quite a lot is now known as to what these are and how they should be delivered . |
| 20 | Moreover , Mr Andrew Jones was a neat dresser : he spent a lot on his clothes and quite a lot on Emma , but little on herself . |
| 21 | But I 'm sure there 's got to be something there , because it 's amazing , most people are A types , and quite a lot are A one . |
| 22 | The did n't reserve anybody and quite a lot of their men at forty was taken away to the army . |
| 23 | Cos Grant 's got lots and lots of books and quite a lot now but she loves books and she takes care of them as well . |
| 24 | and quite a lot of the nurses used to walk their nurses , I mean they 're er war trained and unarmed combat and they 're wardens , let's face it , they 're not nurses , and one of them was saying to me , oh we had a fellow in the other day , he 'd , he 'd a , fallen up the police stations steps I think erm , he said that he 'd been to see the do gooders , he had this interview |
| 25 | And quite a lot of writing too |
| 26 | And quite a lot of money . |
| 27 | I think that 's true of the women , but of course an awful lot of our young men erm come from all boys ' schools and quite a lot of our young women from all girls ' schools , so this is the first time , when they get to Oxford , that they are interacting with each other , on a day-to-day basis I should say , and I think that in itself will they are not sure how to act towards each other and there 's going to be confusions . |
| 28 | Only about a third of them has to be what you 'd really call meat , and quite a lot of them had an enormous amount of fat in them . |