Example sentences of "[noun] do [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many countries do spend a lot of money on military arsenals so that they can invade and terrorise other countries . |
| 2 | In truth , elephants and E. coli do have a lot in common , inasmuch as all organisms share fundamental pathways of cellular metabolism — such as protein synthesis or carbohydrate breakdown — as well as the genetic code . |
| 3 | U unfortunately it 's not a perfect system because in relation to mineral applications , whilst as you would expect the largest fees are associated with the largest areas of er application for new mineral working and whilst it has to be admitted that those sorts of applications do take a lot of time in order to process them . |
| 4 | But a separate room does mean a lot of running back and forth with this and that , so perhaps it 's not really the best option . |
| 5 | Under the television lights does make a lot of difference , but when he knows it 's a big occasion , he can produce the goods when it matters , and there are n't too many of those . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , a foot sweep does require a lot of power to prevent it from degenerating into no more than a shin attack . |
| 7 | The fact that people do get a lot of . |
| 8 | How many of you people do use a lot of written communications ? |
| 9 | The money they had to pay the sheep for the Cuddly Woolly Protection Racket did seem a lot . |
| 10 | The objective is not to report on an individual teacher , but appraisals have highlighted teachers whose performance does leave a lot to be desired . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean you put your finger on an important problem here that we need to discuss and that is that if you concentrate on human beings in general , and this is true on our own society but I , I think it 's true of just about all societies and it 's emphatically true of primal hunting adult societies then men do make a lot of parental investment do n't they ? |
| 12 | But the deprivation of her early childhood in the depressed North East does explain a lot . |
| 13 | So he said it would n't involve much , but to run a fete does involve a lot of work . |
| 14 | Must be pleased , as was Ken Vasey we spoke to earlier , that you did n't concede a goal for the second game in succession , and the defence does look a lot tighter does n't it ? |
| 15 | It is true to say Dad did make a lot of money when , for a year or two during World War I , he had his own little factory and a War Department contract for uniforms . |
| 16 | But other women do help a lot , in fact they have such strong relationships with the child that it is not uncommon for them to be called Big Mother or Small Mother . |
| 17 | Because surgery does give a lot of women more confidence and men as well . |
| 18 | Leeds do play a lot of football , but they hit a long ball as well . |
| 19 | Yes , the Rat Pack did have a lot of fun . |
| 20 | But she knew that Miguel did understand a lot about her — sometimes possibly more than she did herself . |