Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Hundens Lane resident Ian Haszeldine said members of the allotment association had taken a lot of criticism about the way their land was kept . |
| 9 | The Neutrality Act has got a lot of watchdogs . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The League picture has changed a lot in the last couple of weeks . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In a sense dance music and the corporate soulboy mentality has destroyed a lot of that — the industry is now based around DJs , recycling hits , remixes and following the latest trend in dance music . ’ |