Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your engine is using a lot of oil it sounds as if a replacement or rebuild is required . |
| 2 | When I look at a Picasso which is using a lot of colours and I look at something else , for some reason I know that Picasso is using colour well , and the other person is n't . |
| 3 | When I look at a Picasso which is using a lot of colours and I look at something else , for some reason I know that Picasso is using colour well , and the other person is n't . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , it is raining a lot . ’ |
| 5 | But the computer explosion in the Third World is producing a lot of fallout . |
| 6 | At this stage , too , the allocation of parts and the standard of performance is becoming a lot more competitive — a foretaste of the profession itself . |
| 7 | yes I 'm going to put some on your face when I 've got this rubbed into Richard 's Richard 's face is looking a lot better is n't it ? , right dab , dab |
| 8 | Oh well , the sky is looking a lot brighter . |
| 9 | No , I must admit your hair is looking a lot thicker and healthier . |
| 10 | The threatened dominance of the Microsoft Corp Windows interface once NT appears is pushing a lot of big names like IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Digital Equipment Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , SunSoft Inc , Novell Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc toward standardising on some common look-and-feel features for Unix . |
| 11 | The spectre of the ubiquity of the Microsoft Windows interface is pushing a lot of big names like IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Digital Equipment Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , SunSoft Inc , Novell Inc and Unix System Labs toward standardising on some common look-and-feel features for Unix . |
| 12 | First , the government is pumping a lot of cash into obsolescent industries . |
| 13 | Rover is gambling a lot of money on the market picking up . |
| 14 | His speech is getting a lot better . |
| 15 | But I think we , we , we do have to recognize that , that not only are we looking at a land reform process which is providing a lot of peasants with what |
| 16 | He should have a glass of water with each meal , at least , and possibly in between meals if his environment is very warm , or if he is doing a lot of active therapy . |
| 17 | The government is doing a lot about the smoking issue . |
| 18 | If a spreadsheet really is doing a lot of calculation then a machine using a 486DX or a processor with a x87 numeric coprocessor will help . |
| 19 | Patients will have no way of telling whether the waiting list is a reflection of high quality and status , or that the consultant is doing a lot of outside non-NHS work . |
| 20 | Look at the horse , baby , the horse is saying a lot … ’ |
| 21 | The writer 's kitten is spending a lot of time , and not a little of his owner 's patience , in developing a set of skills specifically to enable him to find and to cope with living prey . |
| 22 | Erm s that 's my general s there 's no doubt that there are a great deal of activities there as always of course when one is spending a lot of new money quite rapidly , one has to monitor it very carefully to make sure that it 's being effectively spent , and I 'm sure the director and this committee will continue to do that . |
| 23 | ‘ At the moment , yes , because Ian is spending a lot of time with Joanna . |
| 24 | It is asking a lot , I know , but I think I should ask , and knowing you I believe it can be done . |
| 25 | Right , this is low this is this is letting a lot through , this is n't letting so much through . |
| 26 | The sale is creating a lot of interest with people who want a bargin , even though there are a few skeletons in the cupboard . |
| 27 | I was very impressed by Marcuse who started his talk by saying : ‘ What we are doing is hearing a lot of talk about the flower power , but the flower only has the power because the human being is watering it . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm more familiar with Asia so I 'm really talking about South Asia , South-East Asian countries , where the left is learning a lot from feminism , is changing a lot because of feminism . |
| 29 | All they are doing is making a lot more money out of a lot more misery . ’ |
| 30 | It really is hurting a lot . |