Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] have [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been empty so long that people have spread a lot of foolish stories about it . |
| 2 | The other boarding school story is a photo-story , and shows that headmistresses have got a lot younger since I was at school — and a lot nicer ! |
| 3 | Open Software Foundation chief David Tory has begun expressing hesitancy about the Novell Inc acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc in the US press , noting Novell 's tendency to go its own way and expressing curiosity about how it will handle the Unix Labs infrastructure : Tory said that Novell has become a lot more interested in the Foundation since the acquisition agreement , the implication being that Novell was interested in Unix Labs 's version of Distributed Computing Environment software . |
| 4 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that in some modern societies there is considerable reason to suppose that , as yet , the ego and superego-degradation has gone a lot further then the externalization of the superego functions of the state , but that there is no reason why in these circumstances the externalization process should not rapidly catch up . |
| 5 | Users and manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to find ways to improve computer security . |
| 6 | I think black music and dance have given a lot of kids a break , but I 'd like to see the kind of dance I 'm into opened up just as much . ’ |
| 7 | Flooding in December and January has caused a lot of problems on the Cambrian Coast and at Dovey Junction . |
| 8 | The attitude towards the role of currents in erosion and transport has varied a lot . |
| 9 | But IBM France , Spain and Italy have done a lot of work on the technology . |
| 10 | He and Compeyson had got a lot of money out of a rich lady some years before , and Arthur kept dreaming of this lady . |
| 11 | I 'll talk to you about one of his experiments to give you a sort of flavour of it , although other people and himself and others have done a lot of interesting work that 's similar . |
| 12 | I 'm sure you 're mum and dad have got a lot ! |
| 13 | His pride was shared by the rest of the family who were there in the front pews behind them — Hana , with little Jitka in her arms , Uncle Mick , who looked so much older all of a sudden , Carmella , who was much the same , but Joey had lost a lot of his old sunny quality and slumped sullenly in his place . |
| 14 | First , because farmers have paid a lot of attention to improving the quality of their output and doing it as efficiently as possible , but have not taken time to tell the consumer and the general public about the efforts that have been made . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 18 | The architect Richard MacCormac said , ‘ I believe there is a danger that classicism is being used as a cure-all architectural pill , when architecture has got a lot more to it than just putting in columns and capitals . |