Example sentences of "[art] [noun] have [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Harrogate , erm I think the discussions have clarified a lot of the the sort of outstanding issues that that er were between perhaps the County Council and erm Professor Lock , er not so much between ourselves and Harrogate , although we have the the issue , and I think if I read it right , this could well be er the only issue that is between us in the Harrogate area , the issue of the strategic sites . |
| 2 | It 's hoped the machines can be repaired , but the person responsible for the damage has wasted a lot of time and money and delayed an important project . |
| 3 | We saw that the storm had changed a lot of things as soon as we came to the river that marks the end of the island ; it had swollen hugely , carving immense channels out of the sand , great surging brown trenches of water streaming by and tearing lumps from the banks continually and sweeping them away . |
| 4 | The Netherlands has contributed a lot on the side to Hollywood in recent years , what with the success of Paul ( Robocop ) Verhoeven and , of course , Rutger Hauer . |
| 5 | But once they were on the market , the corp had spent a lot of R and D money coming up with a way to beat them . |
| 6 | A worker said : ‘ The industry has changed a lot and is now highly-mechanised , and we work continental shifts , but some things do n't change . |
| 7 | Erm if the car has done a lot of mileage , will you get a lot of money for it or will you get less money ? |
| 8 | The designers have paid a lot of attention to safety , says Robert Chevillon , deputy general manager . |
| 9 | ‘ The contractors had done a lot of the work , but we had to go over some of it again , including painting the wooden treads on the stairs just to make sure it was right , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | The Author has paid a lot of attention to detail in the use of controls and instruments . |
| 11 | The Author has paid a lot of attention to detail in the use of controls and instruments . |
| 12 | The lad has done a lot for the club out in the middle and in the dressing room , but has n't answered our prime need — someone to knock over the opposition . |
| 13 | ‘ There are plenty of apples in my home town but no other fruit , and the team have eaten a lot of fruit since they have been here , ’ he said . |
| 14 | As I mentioned in the chapter on ‘ Teachers ’ , the Bible has got a lot of things to say about how we get on with other people . |
| 15 | Among the possible destinations there was Switzerland , where the Shah had spent a lot of time ( and a lot of money ) on his ski holidays . |
| 16 | The place had changed a lot since last time . |
| 17 | Closer to home the constant noise through the night has taken a lot of people in Abingdon by surprise . |
| 18 | One had just won her school colours , and the other had raised a lot of money for the Endowment Fund by collecting empty jam jars . |
| 19 | The baby had helped a lot . |
| 20 | ‘ The commission has consulted a lot of people but only listened to what they said when they agreed with the commission , ’ one source said . |
| 21 | Mr Harrower said : ‘ The media have had a lot of fun at our expense , but this is a serious business . |
| 22 | The woman had groaned a lot as if in pain . |
| 23 | Although she always wanted to be a writer , the theatre has claimed a lot of her energy ( she has been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony award ) . |
| 24 | The spokeswoman said the centre had received a lot of complaints from women in the catering industry , concerning pay and conditions . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’ |
| 26 | Quite clearly the county 's spent a lot of time assessing environmental capacity and environmental problems within North Yorkshire . |
| 27 | At the time of writing , the situation had become a lot calmer , though it had only been a couple of weeks since Stan received his first injection . |
| 28 | But in the past 10 years physiological and pharmacological laboratories around the world have done a lot of research on acupuncture . |
| 29 | He is an excellent carpenter and the couple have done a lot of DIY throughout their home . |
| 30 | Over the past two years , the company has placed a lot of emphasis on debtor management , and has reduced payment to 72 days from 100 . |