Example sentences of "was [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spirituality was the lot of the clergy and the religious , who were judged to have left this crude level of human religious existence behind , through conversion and a subsequent , progressive spiritual change . |
| 2 | This was the lot of too many nice people . |
| 3 | If their staple diet still consisted of hydroponically grown vegetables , these were deliciously spiced and sauced — a far more piquant diet than the recycled synthfood that was the lot of the majority of most populations on crowded worlds . |
| 4 | It developed into the small , but well-endowed parish of St. John the Baptist in Bedford and it escaped the destruction and confiscation of property that was the lot of monasteries and most hospitals during the Reformation . |
| 5 | As to the second kind of evidence , which shows you could intrigue your way onto the Council , this is a puzzle : was the lot then ineffective ? |
| 6 | For a moment Hotspur almost believed in her extinction , her relegation to the servant 's role which was the lot of daughters in their parents ' households ; and even for a moment it grieved him to believe in it . |
| 7 | Worst of all was the lot of the stretcher-bearers , which usually fell — until the supply was used up — to the regimental musicians . |
| 8 | There was a lot of concentration on the voice and good diction . |
| 9 | At home he has chewed the door frame and part of the back door , as well as the kitchen cupboards , although these were done when he was a lot younger . |
| 10 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 11 | There were only two movements , and the first was a lot more striking than the second , which tended to lose energy with time-filling sequences . |
| 12 | We noticed that there was a lot of rushing around . |
| 13 | Indeed , there was a lot of ‘ shoe ’ put about at Kingsholm , and the end product was unfortunate to say the least . |
| 14 | There was a lot of stress , and a political career was something you would n't undergo unless you enjoyed it all . |
| 15 | There was a lot of activity around the orchard as we arrived back at H.Q The sniping had increased and a mortar attack seemed to be under way . |
| 16 | The Allied guns were still shelling the German positions and there was a lot of activity going on . |
| 17 | There was a lot of activity in the area of the farm buildings , people dashing about even though the farm was being heavily mortared . |
| 18 | There was a lot of emotive talk about the UK 's only helicopter company selling out to the Americans , but in the event the Sikorsky-Fiat minority involvement won the day and Heseltine resigned from the government . |
| 19 | There was a lot of misunderstanding about the European-American argument . |
| 20 | It is true there was a lot of housework but I used to be very lonely . |
| 21 | The car was a lot shorter and 4cwt lighter . |
| 22 | There was a lot more to this , Wexford thought with frustration , than met the eye . |
| 23 | Glasgow 1982–83 was a lot like New Romantic era London . |
| 24 | It was a lot of sort of hippies pulling together to pull something off — hardly your Daily Mirror love nest , if you get my drift . |
| 25 | I said we could select the venues , he could write his own cabaret show ; he could go out and do 20 minutes and pull £100 a week , which was a lot of money in the 60's . |
| 26 | There was a lot of waiting around — waiting for more dates . |
| 27 | Angie Bowie : ‘ There was a lot of garbage said about him feeling schizoid and it was all so crazy and easy to say that he felt schizoid because of Ziggy Stardust . |
| 28 | But I did think it was a lot , and I tell you why : I ca n't really see what a group of professionals charging fees like that needs cash for . |
| 29 | But the point remains : Mrs Thatcher was a lot less Arabist than the Foreign Office . |
| 30 | The new head of the hospital trust is an avuncular ex-admiral brimming with ill-justified optimism , who told his first meeting with bewildered staff that ‘ there was a lot in common between the NHS and the Navy ’ . |