Example sentences of "and [conj] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just like to raise a point that erm most men are psychiat , er mo most of the psychiatrists are men and that a lot of the diagnosis I feel , come from a very sort of patriarchal view erm , you know a lot of have sort of brought up the alternative sort of er medicine and er self-help groups , and to me , having been through psychiatry which is a , a huge machine that is very difficult to get out that er to me , that 's the only future and there 's millions of pounds going into psychiatry and we 're reviewing it now with community care plans which , I I do n't think anybody is actually clear about but er , you know , the the millions that are put into psychiatry , I 'd like to see more sort of counselling er , become available or , more money given to sort of er mental health associations . |
| 2 | last year that there were n't enough , and that a lot did n't get one , and they were all disappointed . |
| 3 | I was aware that austerity had taken over in England and that a lot of things were shoddy , but I desperately wished my wife had something better to wear . |
| 4 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |
| 5 | If they ca n't get sufficient profit out of supplying gas in the U K I think British Gas is on the verge of withdrawing from the gas market in the U K , and that a lot of jobs in this country and I think we ought to be aware of that and I think we ought to be campaigning to make sure that does n't happen . |
| 6 | The biggest problem of all is that we ca n't look forward and that a lot of the problems , being problems are happening now , and happened since the er the first of January that should of happened they should of happened in th , in th , in the er at least the three months before the end of last year , if not more ! |
| 7 | And that a lot better dog food , that er what he had and he woofs it all does n't he ? |
| 8 | And although a lot of the very late ones , in the way of paintings , I do n't care for , many of his drawings in the last period of his life were wonderful , were n't they ? |
| 9 | Er it is then an opportunity of getting at five five individuals and giving them a a pretty thorough going over and and a lot of encouragement . |
| 10 | School makes me nervous ; when I walk down the corridor I feel that everyone is staring at me , and because a lot of people know about my anorexia they think it their job to comment constantly on what I am eating or not eating , and how much better I look now that I 've put on weight . |
| 11 | When you get to work after Christmas the pressure will be on — and while a lot of tension may build up , it wo n't necessarily be negative . |