Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] have [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously the affect of the change in the pit review procedure has changed a lot . |
| 2 | The Jura alien had had a lot to say about Tellenorean life-forms . |
| 3 | ON THE LINE Verity Lambert has learnt a lot in 30 years of TV — and she 's going to need it Picture : HARRY PAGE |
| 4 | So the , the eating habits have changed a lot since then although we have shops which cater for every need of the immigrant community . |
| 5 | Well she she told me that your M E type symptoms had got a lot worse and I said that 's we had at That 's what I chatted with her about the other day but |
| 6 | But North Down have earned a lot of respect with their performances this season and Robin Haire , Adrian Semple and Charlie McCrum are all potential match winners . |
| 7 | Just then one of the young men said , ‘ Señor Felipe has seen a lot of life , señorita . |
| 8 | JOHN Major , Graham Gooch and Graham Taylor have had a lot in common over the last week , with the latter two probably coming under even more public pressure than our beleaguered Prime Minister . |
| 9 | HORROR movies have changed a lot in recent years . |
| 10 | She smiled as she recalled that Mrs Aggie had sworn a lot whilst that was being done . |
| 11 | Old Mrs Rogers has lost a lot of her marbles but she 'd surely know if it was someone actually living along there . ’ |
| 12 | Phone cards have done a lot to alleviate the problem , but British Telecommunications Plc is required by its licence to maintain coin-operated public telephones as well , and the company reckons that smashing and entering of the cash boxes costs it £19m a year — and if you think that it 's all just casual vandalism , think again — the company told the Daily Mail that there was actually a man offering courses on the best ways of clawing open the boxes quickly and easily — he charged £80 for the course , and then took the best pupil out for a test run around the local boxes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | What happened to Malcolm Beavers has upset a lot of policemen . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 : |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Finally , Japan 's manufacturing industry has staked a lot in the past 10 years on installing advanced production techniques , and has attained a substantial advance in the use of robots and other automated systems . |
| 20 | Hundens Lane resident Ian Haszeldine said members of the allotment association had taken a lot of criticism about the way their land was kept . |
| 21 | The Neutrality Act has got a lot of watchdogs . |
| 22 | He said that the Supersight people had put a lot of money up front , and this was his share and plenty more where that came from . ’ |
| 23 | It was no secret that the man-management methods of Bobby Simpson found favour with few during his two season in charge , and chief executive Mike Turner admits : ‘ Our new cricket manager jack Birkenshaw has devoted a lot of attention to creating a new spirit in the dressing-room . |
| 24 | The League picture has changed a lot in the last couple of weeks . |
| 25 | The Captain stops writing and listens more intently to the speaker on the wall — the PIN net has got a lot busier all of a sudden . |
| 26 | What has been achieved by 3i over the years is a very clear demonstration that the banking system has done a lot to help the growth of small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 27 | The general quality and variety of bread offered in London restaurants has improved a lot in the last few years , but not at the Ritz . |
| 28 | On the other hand , although in recent years the regulation of the financial services industry has generated a lot of judicial review applications against regulatory bodies , the courts have discouraged these largely because they do not want court proceedings to be used as tactical weapons to delay financial transactions by parties disappointed by the failure of a regulatory body to give the applicant the protection it sought from financial predators . |
| 29 | A service oriented hotel supplier has invested a lot of time making files of important companies such as banks , credit card companies , large stores , tobacco companies , soap and perfume shops , beverage companies , newspapers , discotheques , restaurants , and so forth , which can sponsor in part or in total the cost of purchasing new keycards . |
| 30 | For someone who is only 24 Charlie Swan has had a lot of falls and has broken both legs and arms as well as his nose . |