Example sentences of "have a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 AS BOSS of ICI , the besieged British chemicals giant , Sir Denys Henderson has a lot to be worried about .
2 At the very beginning I took it really personally when he yelled at me , ‘ Get me that , ’ but I quickly realised he has a lot on his mind during the show .
3 ‘ But it also meant a lot of brances had been washed down and the river has a lot of snags anyway .
4 Still , Sue has a lot of past experience to draw on .
5 ‘ If a folder has a lot of stuff in it , it sounds bigger than one which is fairly small .
6 However , the XE is not well supported by software houses , and although it still has a lot of games , most of these are very old .
7 Mr Parkinson told MPs on the Commons transport committee : ‘ Road pricing has a lot of practical difficulties and ‘ there is something fundamentally unattractive about pricing people off the road , ’ he told MPs on the Commons transport committee .. ’
8 The importance of the rectum in pop is something rarely acknowledged , although it 's been a constant ; from George Clinton to the Beastie Boys ( with their crapped-in-pants waddledance ) , a record 's crucial when it has a lot of bottom .
9 The other big complaint is that the commissioners are constantly raising their standards and are insensitive to national differences in such things as the colour of water ( Britain has a lot of discoloured water , because it has a lot of peaty soil ) .
10 The other big complaint is that the commissioners are constantly raising their standards and are insensitive to national differences in such things as the colour of water ( Britain has a lot of discoloured water , because it has a lot of peaty soil ) .
11 Phoenix has a lot of under-employed property developers and Kuwait has a lot of re-building to do .
12 Phoenix has a lot of under-employed property developers and Kuwait has a lot of re-building to do .
13 The breed ( and its fuel ) has a lot of life in it , says Ricardo .
14 ‘ I would put Schmeichel in that group and at 27 he still has a lot of time to improve . ’
15 The new Treasury team has a lot of rot to stop .
16 Robb , Grand Wizard of the KKK Knights , spoke warmly of Slater at his home in Harrison , Arkansas : ‘ He has a lot of energy , a lot of vision .
17 ‘ The foundry has a lot of potential .
18 Although much of today 's photographic technology has a lot of latitude , built into its products and processes , optimum quality is best obtained with care and attention paid to each stage of the photographic process .
19 This man Gennaro obviously has a lot of influence even among the less desirable characters in this city , or at least in this part of it .
20 Keith has a lot of talent and I think David used to go to him and Keith would rearrange the songs and make them sound good with his bass lines .
21 ‘ He has a lot of ideas that he has not yet shared with the public .
22 However , he has a lot of valuable information about the surrounding countryside , and the frontier crossings which I will ask him to give to us now . ’
23 Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years .
24 Yet the Commission says the industry still has a lot of life in it .
25 Alain Prost is not as quick as he used to be but was smarter , and Nigel Mansell is not the smoothest driver around but he has a lot of ‘ mechanical talent ’ .
26 She has a lot of energy , uh-huh ?
27 Hershelle Gibbs , who is a fine athlete and has a lot of cricketing potential .
28 If you live in an area that has a lot of old buildings , the council may run out of grant money very quickly and you will have to wait until next year .
29 For instance , you may well admire a well-bred horse that has a lot of competition potential — but even if you can afford it , buying it would be a big mistake if what you really want is something quiet and up to weight to hack and do riding club events .
30 Other tracks like You And Your Friend have harmony guitar , and the track Ride also has a lot of layering , building chords note by note . ’
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