Example sentences of "[be] not a lot of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well I 'm I 'm sorry but I 'm not a lot of use to him if I let him just walk away from the shield .
2 er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this
3 Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday .
4 Were n't a lot of choice was there ?
5 There were n't a lot of bleach in it .
6 There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ?
7 But I mean , there is not a lot of tar barrel rolling around the country .
8 ‘ Making the decision to come in is difficult for an investor , ’ Sir Bob Reid said in a recent interview , ‘ as there is no easy exit once you are in , and there is not a lot of money to be made in the railway business . ’
9 There is not a lot of case law for the adjudication officers to base their decisions on .
10 There is not a lot of doubt about the desirability of what is being proposed : the problem lies in anticipating the kind of difficulties which will arise and in devising effective and imaginative solutions .
11 This is not a lot of fun .
12 As with most coupes there is not a lot of room in the back , even kids find it tight .
13 The first is not a lot of use in an indirect system , since once the mains stopcock has been turned off , most of the water left in the rising main can be drained out from the kitchen tap .
14 Well this you can sit down in the seats , you can look at the you can touch the tables , there 's not a lot of stuff but if if you got any sense of history you can get the feel of the place you know .
15 The on the only thing is sometimes if you a if you ask some of these people to do these things I know it 's not a lot of responsibility but do you reckon it goes to his head ?
16 There 's not a lot of evidence that the government really does know what it 's talking about when it comes to BSE .
17 To make them think there 's not a lot of work and that you know ?
18 My father will go to the cash and carry every week , and perhaps he 'll pop into into Tesco 's or something and get a few bits and pieces , so we got a lot in the fridge , but it 's not a lot of variety .
19 And there 's not a lot of co-ordination between what she 's currently doing and what the children did last year , or what they will do with another teacher next .
20 Now , I know a sum of money of nearly twenty thousand may not seem a lot of money in total , it 's not a lot of money in terms of , it can be quite a large sum in terms of doing things with economic development .
21 Mind you , it 's not a lot of money for Whitbread .
22 There 's not a lot of choice ,
23 With classical mechanics , things tend to be all laid on a plate , there 's not a lot of scope for intuitive thought .
24 I know it 's not a lot of help but erm
25 There 's not a lot of heart in that , is there ? ’
26 At this time of year not much , it 's been a dryish summer , and there 's not a lot of water coming down .
27 At least there 's not a lot of chance to have hassles .
28 As with many myths there 's not a lot of truth in it , to make your own cable all you need is the connectors , a length of cable , scissors and a small bench vice .
29 There 's not a lot of death in advertising .
30 There 's not a lot of reason around when you fall in love .
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