Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a lot [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 2 | Monika said yesterday : ‘ He needs to go a lot further for me to be happy — but these letters are certainly a start . ’ |
| 3 | I want to know a lot more about him . ’ |
| 4 | Partners are now expected to know a lot more about the broader picture of how businesses operate , not simply those areas relating to accountancy . |
| 5 | Partners are now expected to know a lot more about the broader picture of how businesses operate |
| 6 | Rival Airtours has fared a lot better . |
| 7 | On other JAR matters , the Library staff restructuring has pushed a lot more work down on to the front desk staff , and I 'm sure that the effects will be noticed in future . |
| 8 | The architect Richard MacCormac said , ‘ I believe there is a danger that classicism is being used as a cure-all architectural pill , when architecture has got a lot more to it than just putting in columns and capitals . |
| 9 | But since reorganization it 's become much more diverse and we 're expected to do a lot more different things . ’ |
| 10 | At the pragmatic level then , the rivalry has come to seem a lot less fierce than it did . |
| 11 | The G M B's European officer has contributed a lot here and at the cutting edge in Brussels . |
| 12 | Plumbing undoubtedly involves a number of skills , but with the disappearance of lead as an important plumbing material and the introduction of easy-to-use materials and do-it-yourself ‘ kits ’ for plumbing fittings , it has become a lot easier and more within the reach of the moderately competent amateur . |
| 13 | Corporate hospitality has become a lot more sophisticated , as the growth of sailing events illustrates . |
| 14 | Open Software Foundation chief David Tory has begun expressing hesitancy about the Novell Inc acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc in the US press , noting Novell 's tendency to go its own way and expressing curiosity about how it will handle the Unix Labs infrastructure : Tory said that Novell has become a lot more interested in the Foundation since the acquisition agreement , the implication being that Novell was interested in Unix Labs 's version of Distributed Computing Environment software . |
| 15 | And so even if we could produce Mercedes Benz over here alright , we probably would n't alright , unless all Mercedes Benz production were specialized over here , production has become a lot more specialized in manufacturing , where you just have large plants producing erm , the entire world production of that particular erm , product . |
| 16 | ‘ Since INR1 has been made off-limits to baby-boomers it has become a lot less attractive , ’ says Tim Schoonmaker , head of radio at EMAP , a magazine publisher once expected to bid . |
| 17 | Jones 's team produced a new , more comprehensive plan which , though still based on the CEGB 's tiny ( two-mile radius ) evacuation zone , could be expected to run a lot more efficiently than its predecessor . |
| 18 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that in some modern societies there is considerable reason to suppose that , as yet , the ego and superego-degradation has gone a lot further then the externalization of the superego functions of the state , but that there is no reason why in these circumstances the externalization process should not rapidly catch up . |
| 19 | Kahn says UI can no longer be a ‘ beacon ’ and needs to get a lot more aggressive . |
| 20 | You s you you 've indicat er you you 've sort of g given an impression that er this er this the centre h depends if you want to get a lot out of it , you 've really got to sort of work at it quite hard to er bring it up to anything together . |
| 21 | ‘ I think , ’ continues Dolores , ‘ that all this , everything that 's happened to us makes you say what you want to say a lot more . |
| 22 | Now the has changed a lot recently Mr . |
| 23 | Well that has changed a lot now and I think it i it , it is a good thing as well . |
| 24 | Corcoran went over on his ankle on Saturday and was quite lame on Sunday but he has improved a lot overnight . ’ |
| 25 | Expatriates are usually on short contracts and expect to achieve a lot quickly . |
| 26 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 27 | Given that on average each Spaniard eats 66 pounds of fish and seafood a year , and much of it comes from Galicia , you 'd expect to see a lot there . |
| 28 | I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh . |
| 29 | Well when when we were there before he 'd got a lot there ! |
| 30 | Punishments generally seemed to get a lot more severe whilst I was there . |