Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A specially-designed timetable means the driver has a lot of freedom to stop , start and reverse in response to events on the track .
2 The driver has a lot of freedom to stop , start and reverse in response to events on the track .
3 Well it , it , teaching has a lot of er er problems with that really because it 's , it 's , it 's playing a role .
4 Head Steve Sanderson said : ‘ We have had severe environmental problems and as a result have a lot of asthmatic children .
5 A problem arises with the finale , which Beethoven marks Allegro ma non troppo ( like Toscanini , Brüggen treats it as an Allegro molto ) but there is no doubting that the work has a lot of fire in its belly .
6 ‘ If a folder has a lot of stuff in it , it sounds bigger than one which is fairly small .
7 Comparative Neurobiology by Peter Mill has a lot about standard muscle and nerve physiology , nothing about development and too little about the status and functioning of the invertebrate nervous system .
8 The same theme recurred frequently ; because arts students had few timetabled hours , science students tended to assume that they did little work , although one first-year physical science student did note that most of her work was done in lectures and labs , while many girls on her corridor had a lot of background work to do outside timetabled sessions .
9 The decision based on a number of current offspring , larger numbers can be greater benefited with and therefore it 's more likely that if the parent had a lot of er offspring then he would continue with the investment and erm the conclusion from now is that males have a greater reproductive success , therefore they are more likely to desert because they can erm and erm this and erm the basic argument of this is one parent can get away with investing less share of erm resources they 're likely to spend more er then they 're to do it , so in other words erm if , if one of the , of the two is being to get away with having the other they can go out to er pursue their own and therefore erm each partner force the other to invest more .
10 The new Treasury team has a lot of rot to stop .
11 This complexity arises simply because a typical molecule has a lot of electrons in different energy levels , together with a large number of unoccupied levels , and excitation can occur from each of the occupied levels to many or all of the unoccupied levels .
12 The director had a lot of respect for Douglas as an actor but since this was to be Silverstein 's first theatrical film he did n't want to have to find himself dealing with ‘ A consummate ego ’ , as he put it , and then added , ‘ no , huge ego ’ .
13 ’ The vid has a lot of very educational and cultural programmes , ’ I said stiffly .
14 A King has a lot of work , James , you know that .
15 ‘ I 'm aware now that Gran had a lot of money .
16 Driving yourself to the Alps rather than taking the tour operator 's flight has a lot of attractions .
17 His father has a lot of money . ’
18 if it is known that the baby has a lot of pain eg , multiple chest drains
19 Ambache has a lot of energy , and manages to fit an enormous amount into each day .
20 And even where the student has a lot of choice , why should he or she choose incoherence ?
21 But father had a lot of Gaelic words .
22 His father had a lot of money in BCCI . ’
23 Harvey said , ‘ I 'm a city-boy , but this cow-country has a lot of magic .
24 Man has a lot of trouble keeping his friends in this business .
25 ‘ But it also meant a lot of brances had been washed down and the river has a lot of snags anyway .
26 It would mean that our man had a lot of time available for manoeuvring . ’
27 Each depot had a lot of food .
28 ‘ The foundry has a lot of potential .
29 Jamie has a lot of skill and I 'm pleased to give him this opportunity . ’
30 Mr Parkinson told MPs on the Commons transport committee : ‘ Road pricing has a lot of practical difficulties and ‘ there is something fundamentally unattractive about pricing people off the road , ’ he told MPs on the Commons transport committee .. ’
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