Example sentences of "[adv] [art] lot of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Gosh , suddenly a lot of traffic . |
2 | Apparently a lot of ammunition was buried around airfields after the Second World War . |
3 | We would have to cut down a lot of woodland , we would have to alter our environment substantially , and that is something that people have to bear in mind when advocating free-range . |
4 | The pair have tracked down a lot of information about the Pagefield Ironworks including some of the original draughtsmen 's drawings . |
5 | He was able to track down a lot of detail about the original construction and decoration — so he could keep the design and get it back to what it was , but incorporate new features , like a Great Hall without all those pillars , which is much better from the customers ' point of view . " |
6 | Obviously a lot of thought has gone into the plan . |
7 | ( Fairly long silence — obviously a lot of head shaking was going on . ) |
8 | W w where they w w once when they 'd been installed or was it thought that it a mistake had been made in obviously a lot of cash had been spent on them but erm , was it considered a mis a waste of money or ? |
9 | The national companies such as Mexico and Venezuela are still re-organizing themselves and obviously a lot of time , effort and nervous energy is being spent by people on figuring out what to do in the C I S , where there are obviously great opportunities , but great risks as well . |
10 | So there was obviously a lot of debate around , you know , Is it going to happen ? and if it does happen , well it 'll clearly happen in . |
11 | A lot of people have also sold their Perrier shares following the Nestle bid , so a lot of money could go into blue chips ’ , says Thierry Flama at BZW Puget-Mahe in Paris . |
12 | So a lot of sort of tracking to and fro between one end of the office , hoping that the two groups would n't meet . |
13 | Yeah , well we do n't so a lot of business with them , it 's more distribution than anybody else actually . |
14 | We also plug West Cumbria and this is helping to bring in a lot of tourism to the whole region . ’ |
15 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
16 | But of course he was right about the trouser bit because Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face ; what he would n't admit to was that she brought in a lot of custom at the week-end , especially when there was a boat in and some of the sailors would make their way up from the quayside and spend freely on chocolate or toffee for their girls . |
17 | It showed not only a lot of racism and sexist vanity on the part of the psychiatrist but ignorance about the way of life of his patient . |
18 | The petrol tank exploded in a bloom of yellow and red , and then there was only a lot of smoke , with bits falling : bits of wing , bits of wheel , bits of pilot . |
19 | There were no red or blue buttons to push , only a lot of paperwork . |
20 | The cliché image of London clubs being full of government officials muttering Top Secrets over the cold steak-and-kidney pie had , Maxim was coming to see not only a lot of truth but also a lot of sense . |
21 | But it will render precise almost every judgment on run-outs , and that alone would clear away a lot of dirt . |
22 | ‘ I regretted it immediately but it was just a lot of frustration . ’ |
23 | Just a lot of furniture in there but there was nothing hung about you know . |
24 | ‘ Just a lot of stuff about his house and taxes and kids . ’ |
25 | ‘ I might say : you 're just a lot of dust and juices and bones and hair , and that 's true . |
26 | ‘ Just a lot of confusion . |
27 | At first it had seemed that the damage was slight , just a lot of pain and some bruising , and even after X-rays had shown a number of broken bones there had still been no reason to suppose that he would n't heal . |
28 | And as orchestras , even good ones , always Make mistakes in the same places , you carry over a lot of experience . |
29 | Not a lot of hope . |
30 | My father will go to the cash and carry every week , and perhaps he 'll pop into into Tesco 's or something and get a few bits and pieces , so we got a lot in the fridge , but it 's not a lot of variety . |