Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , difference theorists dislike the implication that everything about women 's behaviour can be traced simply to their subordination , and this resistance has a lot to recommend it . |
| 2 | The Old Testament had a lot to say about God administering fire . |
| 3 | The school 's lollipop lady says some drivers have a lot to learn . |
| 4 | One way and another Mossad has a lot to offer and makes certain that it gets the best of the bargain . |
| 5 | So the , the overall figure is going down , and this really reflects the way outbreaks have occurred , in that some areas have a lot early on , they 're dropping off . |
| 6 | According the Consumers ' Association , the supposedly great British banger has a lot to answer for . |
| 7 | This crisis has a lot to do with press hype . ’ |
| 8 | But I 'm sure our distinguished visitor has a lot to say to us , so I wo n't say any more . ’ |
| 9 | Harvey said , ‘ I 'm a city-boy , but this cow-country has a lot of magic . |
| 10 | But again we said , see , that er although British children have a lot of freedom , the rate of the success in marriage is n't that great , not very encouraging . |
| 11 | I have to say that while I am quite sure that ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ is a perfectly suitable wash for people with sensitive skins and that a no-talcum powder has a lot going for it , I ca n't possible support the selling of this product as necessary for ‘ intimate ’ care . |
| 12 | This complexity arises simply because a typical molecule has a lot of electrons in different energy levels , together with a large number of unoccupied levels , and excitation can occur from each of the occupied levels to many or all of the unoccupied levels . |
| 13 | But the outside world has a lot to lose . |
| 14 | ‘ Neither team had a lot to offer when they reached the 18-yard line and I ca n't really see the replay being much different . ’ |
| 15 | MacArthur is modestly surprised by all the praise and talk of awards that has greeted her recent performances : ‘ These roles have a lot to do with the reason I became an actress in the first place — I still think of my career as being about to begin ! ’ |
| 16 | As you can see from their smiles , these women have a lot to be happy about in their lives . |
| 17 | Although much of today 's photographic technology has a lot of latitude , built into its products and processes , optimum quality is best obtained with care and attention paid to each stage of the photographic process . |
| 18 | All projects have a lot of features in common but equally there are areas that are special to a particular industry or a particular company . |
| 19 | She said yesterday : ‘ Healthy eating has a lot to do with living a good and honest life . |
| 20 | Trinidadians , disgusted by their violence ( they captured Mr Robinson and shot him in the leg ) , nevertheless reckoned that poor people had a lot to grumble about , as the government slashed away at public spending to rectify past extravagance . |
| 21 | I think the present Government has a lot to answer for . |
| 22 | Those poor men had a lot of problems driving in the poles to carry the lines and were obliged to use explosives on the last stretch over my land because they came across solid rock . |
| 23 | Specifically it suggests that something about how we respond , react to or construe the stressful situation has a lot to do with how stressed we feel , and how we feel stressed . |
| 24 | Many horses have a lot of negative things happen to them in their lives , like Anna ; but unlike with Anna , they are usually interspersed with good things too — which fortunately have an undoing effect . |
| 25 | Many women have a lot of trouble just writing one thing , and how many of you did n't write anything down at all ? |
| 26 | Those persistent but slightly fattening habits which are the key to your weight problem could be : having ‘ densely packed ’ calories at meals ( that means having a lot of fat , either visible such as butter on your bread or invisible like butter in a cake ) ; snacking in between meals , especially if those snacks include cream , alcohol and sugar ; and not expending energy with exercise to use up the calories . |
| 27 | That woman has a lot to answer for . |
| 28 | I am sure too , that this safety-first instinct has a lot to do with the fact that big bream are rarely caught from small bays , those semi-circular enclosures which are so appealing to the angler 's eye , and such deadly traps for the use of a pack of predators . |
| 29 | Each depot had a lot of food . |
| 30 | Finally , incumbent managers have a lot of insider information about the true state of the firm , information that is not available to either existing shareholders or potential raiders . |