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 . |