Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watford have improved a lot over the past few weeks . |
| 2 | The designers have paid a lot of attention to safety , says Robert Chevillon , deputy general manager . |
| 3 | Users and manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to find ways to improve computer security . |
| 4 | His roles have meant a lot of work in ‘ behind the scenes matters ’ , looking after the systems that underpin the Company 's computer facilities . |
| 5 | Harnesses have progressed a lot from the early designs of the 1970s , and there are now three different types in use : |
| 6 | Sunbeds have received a lot of bad publicity over the last years . |
| 7 | I think black music and dance have given a lot of kids a break , but I 'd like to see the kind of dance I 'm into opened up just as much . ’ |
| 8 | However , recently , perhaps the conceptual basis for the teaching of engineering has shifted somewhat from that of an academic subject to a professional subject and indeed the professional institutions of engineering , and the Engineering Council have influenced a lot the ways in which the subject has grown up . |
| 9 | Now the District Council have taken a lot of money off this town , over the market stalls now , for a number of years , and I believe if they 're going to do a scheme like this which has been going on now for over eight years , it should be done all in one go . |
| 10 | ‘ There are plenty of apples in my home town but no other fruit , and the team have eaten a lot of fruit since they have been here , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Opinion polls suggest that the two rebels have attracted a lot of sympathy . |
| 12 | After reading this you will not be an expert on fusion science , but you will realise that fusions fluctuating fortunes have had a lot to do with the way in which the science and technology developed . |
| 13 | Forest have had a lot of dodgy results lately . |
| 14 | Many dealers have lost a lot of money on stocking BSB systems which they can not now sell . |
| 15 | First , because farmers have paid a lot of attention to improving the quality of their output and doing it as efficiently as possible , but have not taken time to tell the consumer and the general public about the efforts that have been made . |
| 16 | But er the consumption of those er goods have reduced a lot because the new generation 's er I think do n't bother to eat those things . |
| 17 | Such studies have received a lot of publicity , so it is small wonder that the average family doctor suspects a psychological cause rather than a physical one , especially where patients complain of multiple symptoms . |
| 18 | HORROR movies have changed a lot in recent years . |
| 19 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 20 | One of the things I would like say is , that although many things have changed a lot of things have stayed very much the same |
| 21 | But er things have changed a lot these days . |
| 22 | Quality Circles have received a lot of attention in the media over the last three years but , in general , studies of Circles have so far been limited to subjective analysis by interested parties . |
| 23 | people have talked a lot about collaboration and the need for joint working and so on . |
| 24 | It 's been empty so long that people have spread a lot of foolish stories about it . |
| 25 | Mr Harrower said : ‘ The media have had a lot of fun at our expense , but this is a serious business . |
| 26 | My tears have washed a lot of the make-up from that eye and there 's a black streak running down my cheek . |
| 27 | But IBM France , Spain and Italy have done a lot of work on the technology . |
| 28 | In 1989 , 1990 and 1991 New Millennium holidays have attracted a lot of favourable comments in the news media of which the following are a few examples : |
| 29 | Yeah because there 's a lot , I mean cereals have got a lot of vitamins and iron in ai n't they ? |
| 30 | It 's embarrassing and they take advantage especially at parties where some girls have had a lot to drink . ’ |